Agro-morphological characterisation of a collection of Cynodon
Ninety–eight accessions of Cynodon, belonging to 4 different species and including several hybrids were haracterised using a set of 23 agro–morphological characters. The collection included both collections from natural populations and breeding lines, selected among siblings of open–pollinated plant...
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| author | Wouw, M. van de Mohammed, J. Jorge, M.A.B. Hanson, Jean |
| author_browse | Hanson, Jean Jorge, M.A.B. Mohammed, J. Wouw, M. van de |
| author_facet | Wouw, M. van de Mohammed, J. Jorge, M.A.B. Hanson, Jean |
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| description | Ninety–eight accessions of Cynodon, belonging to 4 different species and including several hybrids were haracterised using a set of 23 agro–morphological characters. The collection included both collections from natural populations and breeding lines, selected among siblings of open–pollinated plants. Morphological and agronomic traits were assessed and multivariate analysis was applied to cluster similar accessions. The research identified a group of turf grass type accessions, a group consisting of the accessions of C. aethiopicus and a main group of C. dactylon and C. nlemfuensis. Clustering within this main group of 89 accessions revealed 7 sub– groups of similar accessions differentiated mostly by the length of the leaf, spikelet colour and days to 50% flowering. Only the number of stolons and days to first flowering did not show significant differences among clusters. Three accessions were so different that they could not be assigned to any cluster. C. dactylon and C. nemfuensis were very similar, with a large overlap in diversity of characters. The breeding lines were very variable and were present in 6 out of 7 clusters, demonstrating that the progeny of a limited number of accessions provided almost as much variation as the accessions collected from natural populations. |
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| spelling | CGSpace9582025-06-13T04:20:15Z Agro-morphological characterisation of a collection of Cynodon Wouw, M. van de Mohammed, J. Jorge, M.A.B. Hanson, Jean cynodon plant species plant anatomy biodiversity Ninety–eight accessions of Cynodon, belonging to 4 different species and including several hybrids were haracterised using a set of 23 agro–morphological characters. The collection included both collections from natural populations and breeding lines, selected among siblings of open–pollinated plants. Morphological and agronomic traits were assessed and multivariate analysis was applied to cluster similar accessions. The research identified a group of turf grass type accessions, a group consisting of the accessions of C. aethiopicus and a main group of C. dactylon and C. nlemfuensis. Clustering within this main group of 89 accessions revealed 7 sub– groups of similar accessions differentiated mostly by the length of the leaf, spikelet colour and days to 50% flowering. Only the number of stolons and days to first flowering did not show significant differences among clusters. Three accessions were so different that they could not be assigned to any cluster. C. dactylon and C. nemfuensis were very similar, with a large overlap in diversity of characters. The breeding lines were very variable and were present in 6 out of 7 clusters, demonstrating that the progeny of a limited number of accessions provided almost as much variation as the accessions collected from natural populations. 2009-09-15 2010-03-28T10:57:21Z 2010-03-28T10:57:21Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/958 en Limited Access Wouw, M. van de; Mohammed, J.; Jorge, M.A.; Hanson, J. 2009. Agro-morphological characterisation of a collection of Cynodon. Tropical Grasslands. 43(3):151-161 |
| spellingShingle | cynodon plant species plant anatomy biodiversity Wouw, M. van de Mohammed, J. Jorge, M.A.B. Hanson, Jean Agro-morphological characterisation of a collection of Cynodon |
| title | Agro-morphological characterisation of a collection of Cynodon |
| title_full | Agro-morphological characterisation of a collection of Cynodon |
| title_fullStr | Agro-morphological characterisation of a collection of Cynodon |
| title_full_unstemmed | Agro-morphological characterisation of a collection of Cynodon |
| title_short | Agro-morphological characterisation of a collection of Cynodon |
| title_sort | agro morphological characterisation of a collection of cynodon |
| topic | cynodon plant species plant anatomy biodiversity |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/958 |
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