Biological implications in cassava for the production of amylose-free starch: impact on root yield and related traits

Cassava (Manihot esculenta, Crantz) is an important food security crop, but it is becoming an important raw material for different industrial applications. Cassava is the second most important source of starch worldwide. Novel starch properties are of interest to the starch industry, and one them is...

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Autores principales: Karlström, Amanda, Calle, Fernando, Salazar Erazo, Sandra Milena, Morante, Nelson, Dufour, D.L., Ceballos, Hernán
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Publicado: Frontiers Media 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/75547
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author Karlström, Amanda
Calle, Fernando
Salazar Erazo, Sandra Milena
Morante, Nelson
Dufour, D.L.
Ceballos, Hernán
author_browse Calle, Fernando
Ceballos, Hernán
Dufour, D.L.
Karlström, Amanda
Morante, Nelson
Salazar Erazo, Sandra Milena
author_facet Karlström, Amanda
Calle, Fernando
Salazar Erazo, Sandra Milena
Morante, Nelson
Dufour, D.L.
Ceballos, Hernán
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description Cassava (Manihot esculenta, Crantz) is an important food security crop, but it is becoming an important raw material for different industrial applications. Cassava is the second most important source of starch worldwide. Novel starch properties are of interest to the starch industry, and one them is the recently identified amylose-free (waxy) cassava starch. Waxy mutants have been found in different crops and have been often associated with a yield penalty. There are ongoing efforts to develop commercial cassava varieties with amylose-free starch. However, little information is available regarding the biological and agronomic implications of starch mutations in cassava, nor in other root and tuber crops. In this study, siblings from eight full-sib families, segregating for the waxy trait, were used to determine if the mutation has implications for yield, dry matter content (DMC) and harvest index in cassava. A total of 87 waxy and 87 wild-type starch genotypes from the eight families were used in the study. The only significant effect of starch type was on DMC (p < 0.01), with waxy clones having a 0.8% lower content than their wild type counterparts. There was no effect of starch type on fresh root yield (FRY), adjusted FRY and harvest index. It is not clear if lower DMC is a pleiotropic effect of the waxy starch mutation or else the result of linked genes introgressed along with the mutation. It is expected that commercial waxy cassava varieties will have competitive FRYs but special efforts will be required to attain adequate DMCs. This study contributes to the limited knowledge available of the impact of starch mutations on the agronomic performance of root and tuber crops.
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spelling CGSpace755472025-03-13T09:44:03Z Biological implications in cassava for the production of amylose-free starch: impact on root yield and related traits Karlström, Amanda Calle, Fernando Salazar Erazo, Sandra Milena Morante, Nelson Dufour, D.L. Ceballos, Hernán manihot esculenta starch yields markets economic impact amylose plant breeding almidón rendimiento mercados impacto económico amilosa fitomejoramiento Cassava (Manihot esculenta, Crantz) is an important food security crop, but it is becoming an important raw material for different industrial applications. Cassava is the second most important source of starch worldwide. Novel starch properties are of interest to the starch industry, and one them is the recently identified amylose-free (waxy) cassava starch. Waxy mutants have been found in different crops and have been often associated with a yield penalty. There are ongoing efforts to develop commercial cassava varieties with amylose-free starch. However, little information is available regarding the biological and agronomic implications of starch mutations in cassava, nor in other root and tuber crops. In this study, siblings from eight full-sib families, segregating for the waxy trait, were used to determine if the mutation has implications for yield, dry matter content (DMC) and harvest index in cassava. A total of 87 waxy and 87 wild-type starch genotypes from the eight families were used in the study. The only significant effect of starch type was on DMC (p < 0.01), with waxy clones having a 0.8% lower content than their wild type counterparts. There was no effect of starch type on fresh root yield (FRY), adjusted FRY and harvest index. It is not clear if lower DMC is a pleiotropic effect of the waxy starch mutation or else the result of linked genes introgressed along with the mutation. It is expected that commercial waxy cassava varieties will have competitive FRYs but special efforts will be required to attain adequate DMCs. This study contributes to the limited knowledge available of the impact of starch mutations on the agronomic performance of root and tuber crops. 2016-05 2016-06-01T19:51:56Z 2016-06-01T19:51:56Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/75547 en Open Access Frontiers Media Karlström, Amanda; Calle, Fernando; Salazar, Sandra; Morante, Nelson; Dufour, Dominique; Ceballos, Hernán. 2016. Biological implications in cassava for the production of amylose-free starch: impact on root yield and related traits . Frontier in Plant Science 7: 604.
spellingShingle manihot esculenta
starch
yields
markets
economic impact
amylose
plant breeding
almidón
rendimiento
mercados
impacto económico
amilosa
fitomejoramiento
Karlström, Amanda
Calle, Fernando
Salazar Erazo, Sandra Milena
Morante, Nelson
Dufour, D.L.
Ceballos, Hernán
Biological implications in cassava for the production of amylose-free starch: impact on root yield and related traits
title Biological implications in cassava for the production of amylose-free starch: impact on root yield and related traits
title_full Biological implications in cassava for the production of amylose-free starch: impact on root yield and related traits
title_fullStr Biological implications in cassava for the production of amylose-free starch: impact on root yield and related traits
title_full_unstemmed Biological implications in cassava for the production of amylose-free starch: impact on root yield and related traits
title_short Biological implications in cassava for the production of amylose-free starch: impact on root yield and related traits
title_sort biological implications in cassava for the production of amylose free starch impact on root yield and related traits
topic manihot esculenta
starch
yields
markets
economic impact
amylose
plant breeding
almidón
rendimiento
mercados
impacto económico
amilosa
fitomejoramiento
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/75547
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