Abstract
A diallel set of crosses, including selfs and some reciprocal crosses, was made between 15 parents chosen for their male fertility from those included in a tetraploid potato (Solanum tuberosum subsp. tuberosum) breeding programme at the Scottish Crop Research Institute. Seedling progeny tests were used to evaluate the progenies for non-race-specific resistance to late blight (Phytophthora infestans) in both foliage and tubers, quantitative resistance to the white potato cystnematode (PCN) (Globodera pallida) and the commercial worth of their tubers as judged by breeders' visual preference. No reciprocal differences were found. Comparisons of the selfs and crosses revealed inbreeding depression for breeders' preference, which varied among the parents from negligible to severe, whilst there were also statistically significant differences for foliage and tuber blight, but not for PCN. When the selfs were omitted from the combining ability analyses, large differences in general combining ability (GCA) were found for all four traits, and smaller differences in specific combining ability for tuber blight and breeders' preference. The only statistically significant correlation between GCAs for different traits was a favourable one of r = 0.56 between foliage and tuber resistance to late blight. It was concluded that prospects were good for simultaneously improving all four traits by multitrait genotypic recurrent selection.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Similar content being viewed by others
References
Barker H, Solomon-Blackburn RM, McNicol JW, Bradshaw JE (1994) Resistance to potato leaf roll virus multiplication in potato is under major gene control. Theor Appl Genet 88:754–758
Black W (1970) The nature and inheritance of field resistance to late blight (Phytophthora infestans) in potatoes. Am Potato J 47:279–288
Black W, Mastenbroek C, Millsand WR, Peterson LC (1953) A proposal for an international nomenclature of races of Phytophthora infestans and of genes controlling immunity in Solanum demissum derivatives. Euphytica 2:173–178
Bradshaw JE (1994) Quantitative genetics theory for tetrasomic inheritance. In: Bradshaw JE, Mackay GR (eds) Potato genetics. CAB Int, Wallingford, UK, pp 71–99
Bradshaw JE, Mackay GR (1994) Breeding strategies for clonally propagated potatoes. In: Bradshaw JE, Mackay GR (eds) Potato genetics. CAB Int, Wallingford, UK, pp 467–497
Brown J, Caligari PDS (1989) Cross prediction in a potato breeding programme by evaluation of parental material. Theor Appl Genet 77:246–252
Brown J, Caligari PDS, Dale MFB, Swan GEL, Mackay GR (1988) The use of cross prediction methods in a practical potato breeding programme. Theor Appl Genet 76:33–38
Cole CS, Howard HW (1957) The genetics of resistance to potatoroot eelworm of Solanum tuberosum subsp. andigenum, clone CPC 1690. Euphytica 6:242–246
Colon LT, Budding DJ (1988) Resistance to late blight (Phytophthora infestans) in ten wild Solanum species. Euphytica Suppl. 77–86
Dale MFB, Phillips MS (1982) An investigation of resistance to the white potato cyst-nematode. J Agric Sci 99:325–328
Dale MFB, Phillips MS (1985) Variation for the degree of susceptibility to the potato cyst nematode (Globodera pallida) within Solanum tuberosum ssp. tuberosum. Potato Res 28:55–64
Gardner CO, Eberhart SA (1966) Analysis and interpretation of the variety cross diallel and related populations. Biometrics 22:439–452
Glendinning DR (1983) Potato introductions and breeding up to the early 20th century. New Phytol 94:479–505
Griffing B (1956) Concept of general and specific combining ability in relation to diallel crossing systems. Aust J Biol Sci 9:463–493
Hoopes RW, Plaisted RL, Cubillos AE (1980) Yield and fertility of reciprocal cross Tuberosum—Andigena hybrids. Am Potato J 57:275–284
Killick RJ, Malcolmson JF (1973) Inheritance in potatoes of field resistance to late blight [Phytophthora infestans (Mont.) de Bary]. Physiol Plant Pathol 3:121–131
Malcolmson JF, Killick RJ (1980) The breeding values of potato parents for field resistance to late blight measured by whole seedlings. Euphytica 29:489–495
Maris B (1989) Analysis of an incomplete diallel cross among three ssp. tuberosum varieties and seven long-day adapted ssp. andigena clones of the potato (Solanum tuberosum L.). Euphytica 41:163–182
Mendoza HA, Haynes FL (1974) Genetic basis of heterosis for yield in the autotetraploid potato. Theor Appl Genet 45:21–25
Neele AEF, Nab HJ, Louwes KM (1991) Identification of superior parents in a potato breeding programme. Theor Appl Genet 82:264–272
Phillips MS, Dale MFB (1982) Assessing potato seedling progenies for resistance to the white potato cyst-nematode. J Agric Sci 99:67–70
Phillips MS, Wilson LA, Forrest JMS (1979) General and specific combining ability of potato parents for resistance to the white potato cyst nematode (Globodera pallida). J Agric Sci 92:255–256
Phillips MS, Forrest JMS, Wilson LA (1980) Screening for resistance to potato cyst nematode using closed containers. Ann Appl Biol 96:317–322
Stewart HE, Flavelle PH, McCalmont DC, Wastie RL (1983a) Correlation between glasshouse and field tests for resistance to foliage blight caused by Phytophtora infestans. Potato Res 26:41–48
Stewart HE, McCalmont DC, Wastie RL (1983b) The effect of harvest date and the interval between harvest and inoculation on the assessment of the resistance of potato tubers to late blight. Potato Res 26:101–107
Stewart HE, Taylor K, Wastie RL (1983c) Resistance to late blight (Phytophthora infestans) in foliage of potatoes assessed as true seedlings and as adult plants in the glasshouse. Potato Res 26:363–366
Stewart HE, Wastie RL, Bradshaw JE, Brown J (1992) Inheritance of resistance to late blight in foliage and tubers of progenies from parents differing in resistance. Potato Res 35:313–319
Stewart HE, Bradshaw JE, Wastie RL (1994) Correlation between resistance to late blight in foliage and tubers in potato clones from parents of contrasting resistance. Potato Res 37:429–434
Tarn TR, Miller SM (1981) Flower abnormalities and male sterilities in Solanum tuberosum groups Tuberosum and Andigena, and in inter-group hybrids. Am Potato J 58:521 (abstract)
Wastie RL (1991) Breeding for resistance. In: Ingram DS, Williams PH (eds) Phytophthora infestans, the cause of late blight of potato. Adv Plant Pathol 7:193–224
Wastie RL, Caligari PDS, Stewart HE, Mackay GR (1987) A glasshouse progeny test for resistance to tuber blight (Phytophthora infestans). Potato Res 30:533–538
Wastie RL, Bradshaw JE, Stewart HE (1993) Assessing general combining ability for late blight resistance and tuber characteristics by means of glasshouse seedling tests. Potato Res 36:353–357
Wright AJ (1985) Diallel designs, analyses, and reference populations. Heredity 54:307–311
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Additional information
Communicated by G. Wenzel
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Bradshaw, J.E., Stewart, H.E., Wastie, R.L. et al. Use of seedling progeny tests for genetical studies as part of a potato (Solanum tuberosum subsp. tuberosum) breeding programme. Theoret. Appl. Genetics 90, 899–905 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00222029
Received:
Accepted:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00222029