ISSN:
1573-5060
Keywords:
flooding
;
flood-tolerance
;
Saccharum
;
sugarcane
;
waterlogging
;
heritability
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
Notes:
Summary An experiment screening for flood-tolerance and estimating the heritability of flood-tolerance was conducted on 160 sugarcane clones in the Canal Point, Florida, USA sugarcane breeding population. Clones were grown in two environments, a drained control and a continuous, five-month flood. The test ran for two crop years, plant-cane and first ratoon. A wide range of production was observed, with some clones dying out after the first year. Several clones had two-year mean cane production in flood that was ≥70% of their production in control. Heritabilities calculated by parent-offspring regression ranged from 0.29 to 0.51.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00042059
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