Genetic progress in cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.] stemming from breeding modernization efforts at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

Genetic gain has been proposed as a quantifiable key performance indicator that can be used to monitor breeding programs’ effectiveness. The cowpea breeding program at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) has developed and released improved varieties in 70 countries globally. T...

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Autores principales: Ongom, O.P., Fatokun, C., Togola, A., Dieng, I., Salvo, S., Gardunia, B., Mohammed, S.B., Boukar, O.
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Wiley 2024
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/155381
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author Ongom, O.P.
Fatokun, C.
Togola, A.
Dieng, I.
Salvo, S.
Gardunia, B.
Mohammed, S.B.
Boukar, O.
author_browse Boukar, O.
Dieng, I.
Fatokun, C.
Gardunia, B.
Mohammed, S.B.
Ongom, O.P.
Salvo, S.
Togola, A.
author_facet Ongom, O.P.
Fatokun, C.
Togola, A.
Dieng, I.
Salvo, S.
Gardunia, B.
Mohammed, S.B.
Boukar, O.
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description Genetic gain has been proposed as a quantifiable key performance indicator that can be used to monitor breeding programs’ effectiveness. The cowpea breeding program at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) has developed and released improved varieties in 70 countries globally. To quantify the genetic changes to grain yield and related traits, we exploited IITA cowpea historical multi environment trials (METs) advanced yield trial (AYT) data from 2010 to 2022. The genetic gain assessment targeted short duration (SD), medium duration (MD), and late duration (LD) breeding pipelines. A linear mixed model was used to calculate the best linear unbiased estimates (BLUE). Regressed BLUE of grain yield by year of genotype origin depicted realized genetic gain of 22.75 kg/ha/year (2.65%), 7.91kg/ha/year (0.85%), and 22.82 kg/ha/year (2.51%) for SD, MD, and LD, respectively. No significant gain was realized in 100-seed weight (Hsdwt). We predicted, based on2022 MET data, that recycling the best genotypes at AYT stage would result in grain yield gain of 37.28 kg/ha/year (SD), 28.00 kg/ha/year (MD), and 34.85 kg/ha/year (LD), and Hsdwt gain of 0.48 g/year (SD), 0.68 g/year (MD), and 0.55 g/year (LD).These results demonstrated a positive genetic gain trend for cowpea, indicating that a yield plateau has not yet been reached and that accelerated gain is expected with the recent integration of genomics in the breeding program. Advances in genomics include the development of the reference genome, genotyping platforms, quantitative trait loci mapping of key traits, and active implementation of molecular breeding.
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spelling CGSpace1553812025-11-11T10:40:15Z Genetic progress in cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.] stemming from breeding modernization efforts at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture Ongom, O.P. Fatokun, C. Togola, A. Dieng, I. Salvo, S. Gardunia, B. Mohammed, S.B. Boukar, O. cowpeas genetics breeding yields grain assessment genomics genotypes africa Genetic gain has been proposed as a quantifiable key performance indicator that can be used to monitor breeding programs’ effectiveness. The cowpea breeding program at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) has developed and released improved varieties in 70 countries globally. To quantify the genetic changes to grain yield and related traits, we exploited IITA cowpea historical multi environment trials (METs) advanced yield trial (AYT) data from 2010 to 2022. The genetic gain assessment targeted short duration (SD), medium duration (MD), and late duration (LD) breeding pipelines. A linear mixed model was used to calculate the best linear unbiased estimates (BLUE). Regressed BLUE of grain yield by year of genotype origin depicted realized genetic gain of 22.75 kg/ha/year (2.65%), 7.91kg/ha/year (0.85%), and 22.82 kg/ha/year (2.51%) for SD, MD, and LD, respectively. No significant gain was realized in 100-seed weight (Hsdwt). We predicted, based on2022 MET data, that recycling the best genotypes at AYT stage would result in grain yield gain of 37.28 kg/ha/year (SD), 28.00 kg/ha/year (MD), and 34.85 kg/ha/year (LD), and Hsdwt gain of 0.48 g/year (SD), 0.68 g/year (MD), and 0.55 g/year (LD).These results demonstrated a positive genetic gain trend for cowpea, indicating that a yield plateau has not yet been reached and that accelerated gain is expected with the recent integration of genomics in the breeding program. Advances in genomics include the development of the reference genome, genotyping platforms, quantitative trait loci mapping of key traits, and active implementation of molecular breeding. 2024-06 2024-10-17T07:49:08Z 2024-10-17T07:49:08Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/155381 en Open Access application/pdf Wiley Ongom, P.O., Fatokun, C., Togola, A., Dieng, I., Salvo, S., Gardunia, B., ... & Boukar, O. (2024). Genetic progress in cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.] stemming from breeding modernization efforts at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture. Plant Genome, 17(2): e20462, 1-16.
spellingShingle cowpeas
genetics
breeding
yields
grain
assessment
genomics
genotypes
africa
Ongom, O.P.
Fatokun, C.
Togola, A.
Dieng, I.
Salvo, S.
Gardunia, B.
Mohammed, S.B.
Boukar, O.
Genetic progress in cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.] stemming from breeding modernization efforts at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
title Genetic progress in cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.] stemming from breeding modernization efforts at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
title_full Genetic progress in cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.] stemming from breeding modernization efforts at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
title_fullStr Genetic progress in cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.] stemming from breeding modernization efforts at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
title_full_unstemmed Genetic progress in cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.] stemming from breeding modernization efforts at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
title_short Genetic progress in cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.] stemming from breeding modernization efforts at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
title_sort genetic progress in cowpea vigna unguiculata l walp stemming from breeding modernization efforts at the international institute of tropical agriculture
topic cowpeas
genetics
breeding
yields
grain
assessment
genomics
genotypes
africa
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/155381
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