Genome wide association study to identify the genetic base of smallholder farmer preferences of Durum wheat traits

Smallholder agriculture involves millions of farmers worldwide. A methodical utilization of their traditional knowledge in modern breeding efforts may help the production of locally adapted varieties better addressing their needs. In this study, a combination of participatory approaches, genomics,...

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Main Authors: Kidane, Yosef Gebrehawaryat, Mancini, C., Mengistu, D.K., Frascaroli, E., Fadda, Carlo, Pe, M.E., Dell'Acqua, M.
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Published: Frontiers Media 2017
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/82830
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author Kidane, Yosef Gebrehawaryat
Mancini, C.
Mengistu, D.K.
Frascaroli, E.
Fadda, Carlo
Pe, M.E.
Dell'Acqua, M.
author_browse Dell'Acqua, M.
Fadda, Carlo
Frascaroli, E.
Kidane, Yosef Gebrehawaryat
Mancini, C.
Mengistu, D.K.
Pe, M.E.
author_facet Kidane, Yosef Gebrehawaryat
Mancini, C.
Mengistu, D.K.
Frascaroli, E.
Fadda, Carlo
Pe, M.E.
Dell'Acqua, M.
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description Smallholder agriculture involves millions of farmers worldwide. A methodical utilization of their traditional knowledge in modern breeding efforts may help the production of locally adapted varieties better addressing their needs. In this study, a combination of participatory approaches, genomics, and quantitative genetics is used to trace the genetic basis of smallholder farmer preferences of durum wheat traits. Two smallholder communities evaluated 400 Ethiopian wheat varieties, mostly landraces, for traits of local interest in two locations in the Ethiopian highlands. For each wheat variety, farmers provided quantitative evaluations of their preference for flowering time, spike morphology, tillering capacity, and overall quality. Ten agronomic and phenology traits were simultaneously measured on the same varieties, providing the means to compare them with farmer traits. The analysis of farmer traits showed that they were partially influenced by gender and location but were repeatable and heritable, in some cases more than metric traits. The durum wheat varieties were genotyped for more than 80,000 SNP markers, and the resulting data was used in a genome wide association (GWA) study providing the molecular dissection of smallholder farmers' choice criteria.
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spelling CGSpace828302025-11-12T05:41:55Z Genome wide association study to identify the genetic base of smallholder farmer preferences of Durum wheat traits Kidane, Yosef Gebrehawaryat Mancini, C. Mengistu, D.K. Frascaroli, E. Fadda, Carlo Pe, M.E. Dell'Acqua, M. smallholders participatory approaches genomics hard wheat indigenous knowledge triticum durum Smallholder agriculture involves millions of farmers worldwide. A methodical utilization of their traditional knowledge in modern breeding efforts may help the production of locally adapted varieties better addressing their needs. In this study, a combination of participatory approaches, genomics, and quantitative genetics is used to trace the genetic basis of smallholder farmer preferences of durum wheat traits. Two smallholder communities evaluated 400 Ethiopian wheat varieties, mostly landraces, for traits of local interest in two locations in the Ethiopian highlands. For each wheat variety, farmers provided quantitative evaluations of their preference for flowering time, spike morphology, tillering capacity, and overall quality. Ten agronomic and phenology traits were simultaneously measured on the same varieties, providing the means to compare them with farmer traits. The analysis of farmer traits showed that they were partially influenced by gender and location but were repeatable and heritable, in some cases more than metric traits. The durum wheat varieties were genotyped for more than 80,000 SNP markers, and the resulting data was used in a genome wide association (GWA) study providing the molecular dissection of smallholder farmers' choice criteria. 2017-07-17 2017-07-19T09:15:07Z 2017-07-19T09:15:07Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/82830 en Open Access application/pdf Frontiers Media Kidane, Y.G.; Mancini, C.; Mengistu, D.K.; Frascaroli, E.; Fadda, C.; Pe, M.E.; Dell'Acqua, M. (2017) Genome wide association study to identify the genetic base of smallholder farmer preferences of Durum wheat traits. Frontiers in Plant Science 8: article 1230. ISSN: 1664-462X
spellingShingle smallholders
participatory approaches
genomics
hard wheat
indigenous knowledge
triticum durum
Kidane, Yosef Gebrehawaryat
Mancini, C.
Mengistu, D.K.
Frascaroli, E.
Fadda, Carlo
Pe, M.E.
Dell'Acqua, M.
Genome wide association study to identify the genetic base of smallholder farmer preferences of Durum wheat traits
title Genome wide association study to identify the genetic base of smallholder farmer preferences of Durum wheat traits
title_full Genome wide association study to identify the genetic base of smallholder farmer preferences of Durum wheat traits
title_fullStr Genome wide association study to identify the genetic base of smallholder farmer preferences of Durum wheat traits
title_full_unstemmed Genome wide association study to identify the genetic base of smallholder farmer preferences of Durum wheat traits
title_short Genome wide association study to identify the genetic base of smallholder farmer preferences of Durum wheat traits
title_sort genome wide association study to identify the genetic base of smallholder farmer preferences of durum wheat traits
topic smallholders
participatory approaches
genomics
hard wheat
indigenous knowledge
triticum durum
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/82830
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