Avaliação de linhagens de soja derivadas de dois cruzamentos com diferentes níveis de divergência genética

Abstract

Evaluation of soybean lines derived from two crosses with different levels of genetic divergence There is limited information in relation to comparison of populations derived from crosses with different levels of genetic divergence (DG) in soybeans. This work was carried out to compare the performance of two soybean populations derived from parents with low and high DG. From two two-way crosses of soybeans with different levels of AFLP molecular marker genetic divergence (DG): low DG (IAC-12 x IAC-100) and high DG (EMBRAPA-60 x EMGOPA-315), one hundred F2:3 progenies were evaluated in three environments and then selected the 25 high yielding progenies. Ten inbred lines were derived in the generation F5:7 from each of 25 high yielding progeny giving rise to approximately 250 inbred lines for each cross. Evaluation trials were carried out in the 2012/13 growing season, using a split plot design, where progenies were allocated in the plots and inbred lines within progenies in the subplots, and plots arranged according to a 5x5 balanced lattice (six replications). Subplots consisted of 2 m rows spaced by 0.5 m, with 30 plants after thinning. The following traits were recorded: number of days to maturity (DM), plant height at maturity (AM), lodging (AC) and grain yield (PG). The following parameters were estimated: general mean, amplitude of variation of inbred lines within progenies means, genetic variance of inbred lines within progenies ( 2 l/p σ ), phenotypic variance on inbred lines within progenies mean basis ( 2 (l/p) F σ ), heritability coefficients on inbred line mean basis ( 2 (l/p) X ĥ ) and expected response to selection (Rs) on inbred line mean basis. For all traits, general means were higher for the high DG cross. For PG, AM and DM, genetic variance among inbred lines within F5:7 progenies were higher for the high DG cross, as well as the amplitude of variation of inbred line means. As a result, expected response to selection for grain yield (PG) was 47.6% higher, on average, as well as the proportion of high yielding inbred lines for the high DG cross. General results indicate that the use of genetically divergent parents based on AFLP molecular markers for choosing parents for crossings can be useful to reduce the number of crossings, and thus, to improve the efficiency of selection for grain yield in soybeans.