Evaluation of hybrid sorghum parents for morphological, physiological and agronomic traits under post-flowering drought

Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor, (L.) Moench.), is one of the most important cereals in semi-arid and subtropical regions of Africa. However, in these regions, sorghum cultivation is often faced with several constraints. In Mali, terminal or post-flowering drought, caused by the early cessation of rains to...

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Autores principales: Touré, Kadiatou, Jumbo, MacDonald, Sissoko, Sory, Nébié, Baloua, Falalou, Hamidou, Diancoumba, Madina, Harou, Abdou, Dembele, Joseph Sékou B., Gano, Boubacar, Sodio, Bernard
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Publicado: MDPI 2025
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/179246
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author Touré, Kadiatou
Jumbo, MacDonald
Sissoko, Sory
Nébié, Baloua
Falalou, Hamidou
Diancoumba, Madina
Harou, Abdou
Dembele, Joseph Sékou B.
Gano, Boubacar
Sodio, Bernard
author_browse Dembele, Joseph Sékou B.
Diancoumba, Madina
Falalou, Hamidou
Gano, Boubacar
Harou, Abdou
Jumbo, MacDonald
Nébié, Baloua
Sissoko, Sory
Sodio, Bernard
Touré, Kadiatou
author_facet Touré, Kadiatou
Jumbo, MacDonald
Sissoko, Sory
Nébié, Baloua
Falalou, Hamidou
Diancoumba, Madina
Harou, Abdou
Dembele, Joseph Sékou B.
Gano, Boubacar
Sodio, Bernard
author_sort Touré, Kadiatou
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description Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor, (L.) Moench.), is one of the most important cereals in semi-arid and subtropical regions of Africa. However, in these regions, sorghum cultivation is often faced with several constraints. In Mali, terminal or post-flowering drought, caused by the early cessation of rains towards the end of the rainy season, is one of the most common constraints. Sorghum is generally adapted to harsh conditions. However, drought combined to heat reduce its yield and production in tropical and subtropical regions. To identify parents of sorghum hybrids tolerant to post-flowering drought for commercial hybrids development and deployment, a total of 200 genotypes, including male and female parents of the hybrids, were evaluated in 2022 by lysimeters under two water regimes, well-irrigated and water-stressed, at ICRISAT in Niger. Agronomic traits such as phenological stages, physiological traits including transpiration efficiency, and morphological traits such as green leaf number were recorded. Genotype × environment (G × E) interaction was significant for harvest index (HI), green leaf number (GLN), and transpiration efficiency (TE), indicating different responses of genotypes under varying water conditions. Transpiration efficiency (TE) was significantly and positively correlated with total biomass (BT), harvest index (HI), and grain weight (GW) under both stress conditions. Genotypes ICSV216094, ICSB293, ICSV1049, ICSV1460016, and ICSV216074 performed better under optimal and stress conditions. The Principal Component Analysis (PCA) results led to the identification of three groups of genotypes. The Groups 1 and 3 are characterized by their yield stability and better performance under stress and optimal conditions. These two groups could be used by breeding programs to develop high yield and drought tolerant hybrids.
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spelling CGSpace1792462025-12-24T02:09:44Z Evaluation of hybrid sorghum parents for morphological, physiological and agronomic traits under post-flowering drought Touré, Kadiatou Jumbo, MacDonald Sissoko, Sory Nébié, Baloua Falalou, Hamidou Diancoumba, Madina Harou, Abdou Dembele, Joseph Sékou B. Gano, Boubacar Sodio, Bernard sorghum genotypes drought lysimeters drought stress Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor, (L.) Moench.), is one of the most important cereals in semi-arid and subtropical regions of Africa. However, in these regions, sorghum cultivation is often faced with several constraints. In Mali, terminal or post-flowering drought, caused by the early cessation of rains towards the end of the rainy season, is one of the most common constraints. Sorghum is generally adapted to harsh conditions. However, drought combined to heat reduce its yield and production in tropical and subtropical regions. To identify parents of sorghum hybrids tolerant to post-flowering drought for commercial hybrids development and deployment, a total of 200 genotypes, including male and female parents of the hybrids, were evaluated in 2022 by lysimeters under two water regimes, well-irrigated and water-stressed, at ICRISAT in Niger. Agronomic traits such as phenological stages, physiological traits including transpiration efficiency, and morphological traits such as green leaf number were recorded. Genotype × environment (G × E) interaction was significant for harvest index (HI), green leaf number (GLN), and transpiration efficiency (TE), indicating different responses of genotypes under varying water conditions. Transpiration efficiency (TE) was significantly and positively correlated with total biomass (BT), harvest index (HI), and grain weight (GW) under both stress conditions. Genotypes ICSV216094, ICSB293, ICSV1049, ICSV1460016, and ICSV216074 performed better under optimal and stress conditions. The Principal Component Analysis (PCA) results led to the identification of three groups of genotypes. The Groups 1 and 3 are characterized by their yield stability and better performance under stress and optimal conditions. These two groups could be used by breeding programs to develop high yield and drought tolerant hybrids. 2025-06 2025-12-23T17:25:24Z 2025-12-23T17:25:24Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/179246 en Open Access application/pdf MDPI Touré, K., Jumbo, M. B., Sissoko, S., Nebie, B., Falalou, H., Diancoumba, M., Abdou, H., Dembele, J. S. B., Gano, B., & Sodio, B. (2025). Evaluation of hybrid sorghum parents for morphological, physiological and agronomic traits under post-flowering drought. Agronomy, 15(6), 1399. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy15061399
spellingShingle sorghum
genotypes
drought
lysimeters
drought stress
Touré, Kadiatou
Jumbo, MacDonald
Sissoko, Sory
Nébié, Baloua
Falalou, Hamidou
Diancoumba, Madina
Harou, Abdou
Dembele, Joseph Sékou B.
Gano, Boubacar
Sodio, Bernard
Evaluation of hybrid sorghum parents for morphological, physiological and agronomic traits under post-flowering drought
title Evaluation of hybrid sorghum parents for morphological, physiological and agronomic traits under post-flowering drought
title_full Evaluation of hybrid sorghum parents for morphological, physiological and agronomic traits under post-flowering drought
title_fullStr Evaluation of hybrid sorghum parents for morphological, physiological and agronomic traits under post-flowering drought
title_full_unstemmed Evaluation of hybrid sorghum parents for morphological, physiological and agronomic traits under post-flowering drought
title_short Evaluation of hybrid sorghum parents for morphological, physiological and agronomic traits under post-flowering drought
title_sort evaluation of hybrid sorghum parents for morphological physiological and agronomic traits under post flowering drought
topic sorghum
genotypes
drought
lysimeters
drought stress
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/179246
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