Physiological bases of genetic gains in sugarcane yield in Argentina

Breeding and management efforts during the 20th century have increased sugar yield in almost all sugarcane areas worldwide. However, a close analysis of the trends during the last decades reveals that the rate of increase in sugar yield has been actually slowing down since the 1980s. An experiment w...

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Autores principales: Acreche, Martin Moises, Saez, Julio Victor, Chalco Vera, Jorge Elias
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/3514
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378429015000441?via%3Dihub
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2015.02.002
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description Breeding and management efforts during the 20th century have increased sugar yield in almost all sugarcane areas worldwide. However, a close analysis of the trends during the last decades reveals that the rate of increase in sugar yield has been actually slowing down since the 1980s. An experiment was conducted to compare sugarcane varieties representing different eras of genetic improvement in Argentina (one widely grown self-pollination variety, 11 released sugarcane hybrids and one advanced breeding hybrid) during the 2010/11, 2011/12 and 2012/13 growing seasons under rainfed field conditions in Tucumán, the main sugarcane area of Argentina. The aim of the experiment was to quantify the achievements in sugarcane breeding since 1940 in Tucumán, by identifying the main crop physiological bases responsible for yield increases. Genetic gains for sugar yield were 0.08 and 0.14 Mg ha−1 y−1 for plant and ratoon cane, respectively. There was a linear increase in sugar yield, cane yield, sugar content and average stem weight with the year of release of the varieties throughout the period from 1940 to 2010. The increase in sugar yield was linearly and positively related to cane yield, sugar content and average stem weight, whereas the increase in cane yield was associated to average stem weight and not to the number of stems. Breeding also increased the total above ground dry biomass and the dry stem weight. However, the partitioning of total above ground dry biomass to stems or to sugar were not increased by breeding. These findings reveal that the varieties continuously released by Argentine sugarcane breeding programs have not reached a “plateau” in sugar yield.
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spelling INTA35142018-09-28T18:30:30Z Physiological bases of genetic gains in sugarcane yield in Argentina Acreche, Martin Moises Saez, Julio Victor Chalco Vera, Jorge Elias Caña de Azúcar Rendimiento Fisiología Vegetal Fitomejoramiento Sugarcane Yields Plant Physiology Plant Breeding Argentina Tucumán Breeding and management efforts during the 20th century have increased sugar yield in almost all sugarcane areas worldwide. However, a close analysis of the trends during the last decades reveals that the rate of increase in sugar yield has been actually slowing down since the 1980s. An experiment was conducted to compare sugarcane varieties representing different eras of genetic improvement in Argentina (one widely grown self-pollination variety, 11 released sugarcane hybrids and one advanced breeding hybrid) during the 2010/11, 2011/12 and 2012/13 growing seasons under rainfed field conditions in Tucumán, the main sugarcane area of Argentina. The aim of the experiment was to quantify the achievements in sugarcane breeding since 1940 in Tucumán, by identifying the main crop physiological bases responsible for yield increases. Genetic gains for sugar yield were 0.08 and 0.14 Mg ha−1 y−1 for plant and ratoon cane, respectively. There was a linear increase in sugar yield, cane yield, sugar content and average stem weight with the year of release of the varieties throughout the period from 1940 to 2010. The increase in sugar yield was linearly and positively related to cane yield, sugar content and average stem weight, whereas the increase in cane yield was associated to average stem weight and not to the number of stems. Breeding also increased the total above ground dry biomass and the dry stem weight. However, the partitioning of total above ground dry biomass to stems or to sugar were not increased by breeding. These findings reveal that the varieties continuously released by Argentine sugarcane breeding programs have not reached a “plateau” in sugar yield. EEA Salta Fil: Acreche, Martin Moises. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Salta; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Saez, Julio Victor. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Famaillá; Argentina Fil: Chalco Vera, Jorge Elias. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Famaillá; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina 2018-09-28T18:24:57Z 2018-09-28T18:24:57Z 2015-04 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/3514 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378429015000441?via%3Dihub 0378-4290 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2015.02.002 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess application/pdf Tucumán (province) 1940/2010 Elsevier Field crops research 175 : 80-86. (April 2015)
spellingShingle Caña de Azúcar
Rendimiento
Fisiología Vegetal
Fitomejoramiento
Sugarcane
Yields
Plant Physiology
Plant Breeding
Argentina
Tucumán
Acreche, Martin Moises
Saez, Julio Victor
Chalco Vera, Jorge Elias
Physiological bases of genetic gains in sugarcane yield in Argentina
title Physiological bases of genetic gains in sugarcane yield in Argentina
title_full Physiological bases of genetic gains in sugarcane yield in Argentina
title_fullStr Physiological bases of genetic gains in sugarcane yield in Argentina
title_full_unstemmed Physiological bases of genetic gains in sugarcane yield in Argentina
title_short Physiological bases of genetic gains in sugarcane yield in Argentina
title_sort physiological bases of genetic gains in sugarcane yield in argentina
topic Caña de Azúcar
Rendimiento
Fisiología Vegetal
Fitomejoramiento
Sugarcane
Yields
Plant Physiology
Plant Breeding
Argentina
Tucumán
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/3514
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378429015000441?via%3Dihub
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2015.02.002
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