Genetic basis of yield as viewed from a crop physiologist's perspective

Annals of Applied Biology - Tập 142 Số 2 - Trang 117-128 - 2003
Gustavo A. Slafer1
1Departamento de Producción Vegetal & IFEVA, Facultad de Agronomia, Universidad de Buenos Aires, San Martin 4453, 1417 Buenos Aires, Argentina

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SummaryThe final yield of a crop is the product of growth during the growing season and a number of developmental processes occurring throughout the life cycle of a crop, with most genes influencing the final outcome to a degree. However, recent advances in molecular biology have developed the potential to identify and map many genes or QTLs related to various important traits, including yield, plant adaptation and tolerance to stresses. Significant G×E interactions for yield have been identified, as have interactions associated with QTLs for yield. However, there is little evidence available to confirm that a QTL for yield from a parental line in one mapping population may improve yield when transferred into an adapted, high‐yielding line of another population. In order to narrow the apparent gap between the genotype and the phenotype with regard to yield, it is important to identify key traits related to yield and then attempt to identify and locate the genes controlling them. The partitioning of the developmental time to anthesis into different phases: from sowing to the onset of stem elongation and from then to anthesis, as a relatively simple physiological attribute putatively related to yield, is discussed. If the relationship holds in a wider range of conditions and the genetic factors responsible are located then the genetic basis of yield should be identified. There has also been significant progress in crop simulation modelling. Using knowledge of crop physiology and empirical relationships these models can simulate the performance of crops, including the G×E interactions. Such models require information regarding the genetic basis of yield, which are included in the form of genetic coefficients. Essentially models are constructed as decision‐making tools for management but may be of use in detecting prospective traits for selection within a breeding programme. Problems associated with this approach are discussed. This review discusses the need to use crop physiology approaches to analyse components of yield in order to reliably identify the genetic basis of yield.

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Annals of Applied Biology

Tập 142 Số 2

117-128

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