Environmental stability of resistance to anthracnose and virus diseases of water yam (Dioscorea alata)

Yam anthracnose and virus diseases are the most important biotic constraints affecting yam production in the world. Six Dioscorea alata genotypes were evaluated for their reaction to these diseases in four distinct agro-ecological zones in Nigeria for two years. Data obtained were subjected to linea...

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Main Authors: Egesi, Chiedozie N., Onyeka, T.J., Asiedu, Robert
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: 2009
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/90215
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author Egesi, Chiedozie N.
Onyeka, T.J.
Asiedu, Robert
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Onyeka, T.J.
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description Yam anthracnose and virus diseases are the most important biotic constraints affecting yam production in the world. Six Dioscorea alata genotypes were evaluated for their reaction to these diseases in four distinct agro-ecological zones in Nigeria for two years. Data obtained were subjected to linear mixed modelling for ordinal data and site regression model. Environment (E), genotype (G) and G × E interactions contributed 26, 48 and 25.9% respectively to the total variation in severity of anthracnose disease symptoms indicating the confounding influence of the environment on evaluations in different locations. In the virus disease assessment, environment, genotype and their interaction contributed 5.67, 75.4 and 18.9% respectively indicating that host plant resistance is the ideal means of controlling the disease. Genotypes TDa 291 and TDa 297 showed stable resistance to both diseases across environments and would be valuable in breeding programs. Two sites, Ubiaja and Abuja were identified as very good for germplasm evaluation for reaction to the two diseases due to their high discriminatory abilities.
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spelling CGSpace902152023-02-15T06:52:15Z Environmental stability of resistance to anthracnose and virus diseases of water yam (Dioscorea alata) Egesi, Chiedozie N. Onyeka, T.J. Asiedu, Robert colletotrichum gloeosporioides genotype × environment interaction stable resistance water yam yam anthracnose yam mosaicvirus Yam anthracnose and virus diseases are the most important biotic constraints affecting yam production in the world. Six Dioscorea alata genotypes were evaluated for their reaction to these diseases in four distinct agro-ecological zones in Nigeria for two years. Data obtained were subjected to linear mixed modelling for ordinal data and site regression model. Environment (E), genotype (G) and G × E interactions contributed 26, 48 and 25.9% respectively to the total variation in severity of anthracnose disease symptoms indicating the confounding influence of the environment on evaluations in different locations. In the virus disease assessment, environment, genotype and their interaction contributed 5.67, 75.4 and 18.9% respectively indicating that host plant resistance is the ideal means of controlling the disease. Genotypes TDa 291 and TDa 297 showed stable resistance to both diseases across environments and would be valuable in breeding programs. Two sites, Ubiaja and Abuja were identified as very good for germplasm evaluation for reaction to the two diseases due to their high discriminatory abilities. 2009 2018-01-15T10:50:53Z 2018-01-15T10:50:53Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/90215 en Open Access Egesi, C.N., Onyeka, T.J. & Asiedu, R. (2009). Environmental stability of resistance to anthracnose and virus diseases of water yam (Dioscorea alata). African Journal of Agricultural Research, 4(2), 113-118.
spellingShingle colletotrichum gloeosporioides
genotype × environment interaction
stable resistance
water yam
yam anthracnose
yam mosaicvirus
Egesi, Chiedozie N.
Onyeka, T.J.
Asiedu, Robert
Environmental stability of resistance to anthracnose and virus diseases of water yam (Dioscorea alata)
title Environmental stability of resistance to anthracnose and virus diseases of water yam (Dioscorea alata)
title_full Environmental stability of resistance to anthracnose and virus diseases of water yam (Dioscorea alata)
title_fullStr Environmental stability of resistance to anthracnose and virus diseases of water yam (Dioscorea alata)
title_full_unstemmed Environmental stability of resistance to anthracnose and virus diseases of water yam (Dioscorea alata)
title_short Environmental stability of resistance to anthracnose and virus diseases of water yam (Dioscorea alata)
title_sort environmental stability of resistance to anthracnose and virus diseases of water yam dioscorea alata
topic colletotrichum gloeosporioides
genotype × environment interaction
stable resistance
water yam
yam anthracnose
yam mosaicvirus
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/90215
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