Abstract
Several B. napus varieties (lines) including two semi-winter rapeseed varieties, two spring restorer lines, two spring male-sterile lines and 16 spring restorer lines (derived from the spring restorer lines and semi-winter rapeseed varieties) were analyzed using SSR, SRAP, and AFLP. Twenty-six combinations were produced according to the North Carolina mating design (NCII) by hand-pollinating 12 new restorer lines and one parental restorer line (Ag-5) with two spring male-sterile lines. The hybrid performance values were also determined. Among the 16 restorer lines, except for 931 and Zhang 23, the genetic distances were greater between the new restorer lines and two male-sterile lines than between the corresponding parental restorer line (Ag-5) and the two male-sterile lines, showing that introgressing semi-winter varieties into spring restorer lines could increase the genetic distance between spring restorer lines and spring male-sterile lines. The yield per plant for the maintainer lines of 15 combinations, which corresponded to the sterile lines showed high-parent values in 26 combinations, and 13 combinations showed stronger high-parent heterosis of yield per plant compared to combinations produced by the corresponding male-sterile and parental restorer lines (CMSL×Ag-5), suggesting that introgressing semi-winter varieties into spring restorer lines could enhance the heterosis of spring B. napus varieties. Eighteen hybrids among the 24 combinations showed higher yield per plant compared to the combinations of CMSL×Ag-5, indicating introgressing semi-winter varieties into spring restorer lines might improve the spring B. napus hybrids yield. The results also showed that introgressing semi-winter varieties into spring restorer lines could improve the resistance to Sclerotinia sclerotiorum of spring B. napus hybrids. This study indicates that semi-winter B. napus rapeseed may be avaluable source of germplasm for spring hybrid breeding.
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