Abstract
AbstractExperiments were conducted with early segregating generations of a selected narrow‐leaf lupin cross to determine the effectiveness of selection for yield based on alternative criteria.F2 plants were selected on the basis of seed yield and several other yield‐related characters to generate separate F3 populations. Randomly selected plants from each population were grown over the summer (off‐season) in a glasshouse to generate F4 populations.Analyses of relationships between F2 plant measurements and F3 progeny mean yields revealed significant correlations only for those characters with the highest heritabilities ‐ flowering time, 100 seed weight and harvest index. However, selection for the earliest flowering F2 plants followed by selection within this group of plants with the highest number of pod bearing branches would result in the greatest increase in F3 mean yield.The F2‐derived F4 populations with the highest seed yields were those obtained by selection for total plant dry weight, number of pod bearing branches and number of pods per plant. Improvement in commercial crop yield should therefore be obtained through selection in early generations for those characters contributing to the greatest number of pods per unit area.A scheme involving selection for early flowering and high number of pod bearing branches in the F2 combined with replicated yield tests in the F4 is proposed.
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