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- Title
Adventitious root formation in Castanea sp. semi-hard cuttings is under moderate genetic control caused mainly by non-additive genetic variance.
- Authors
López-Villamor, A.; Míguez-Soto, B.; Fernández-López, J.
- Abstract
Breeding programmes of European chestnut ( Castanea sativa Mill.) for disease resistance have focused on interspecific hybridization followed by clonal propagation. Although chestnut species are recalcitrant to rooting by cuttings, it is possible to mass propagate new softwood cuttings taken from shoot stumps. To determine the importance of genetic control in adventitious root formation in chestnut, two trials were conducted with 705 ortets from 25 young full-sib families generated by combining 11 different parents including seven C. sativa, one C. crenata, one C. mollissima, and two F1 hybrid ( C. crenata × C. sativa) individuals. Rooting variables were analysed using an incomplete diallel model, and statistical analyses were performed using the MIXED and GLIMMIX procedures for continuous and binomial variables, respectively. Very high rooting percentages were obtained (91% and 82%) and the cuttings showed adequate numbers of roots (17 and 10); both characteristics were correlated ( = 0.93) and presented moderate genetic control ( = 0.33 for the presence of root (Proot); 0.43 and 0.35 for number of roots (Nroots)) due mainly to dominance and epistasis ( = 0.21 for Proot; 0.23 and 0.27 for Nroots). There were good rooting ortets within all families, and accordingly, it is possible to select for rooting capability within each family, at least at a young age.
- Subjects
ROOT formation; CHESTNUT; PLANT hybridization; ROOTING of plant cuttings; POLLINATION
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 2017, Vol 47, Issue 7, p946
- ISSN
0045-5067
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1139/cjfr-2016-0397