Utilization of Evolutionary Plant Breeding Increases Stability and Adaptation of Winter Wheat Across Diverse Precipitation Zones

Merrick, Lance F.; Lyon, Steven R.; Balow, Kerry A.; Murphy, Kevin M.; Jones, Stephen S.; Carter, Arron H.

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Utilization of Evolutionary Plant Breeding Increases Stability and Adaptation of Winter Wheat Across Diverse Precipitation Zones

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Department of Crop and Soil Science, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA

Department of Crop and Soil Science, Washington State University, Mount Vernon Research and Extension Center, Mount Vernon, WA 98273, USA

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Sustainability 2020, 12(22), 9728; https://doi.org/10.3390/su12229728

Received: 20 October 2020 / Revised: 15 November 2020 / Accepted: 19 November 2020 / Published: 21 November 2020

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

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Evolutionary plant breeding (EPB) is a breeding method that was used to create wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)-evolving populations (EP), bi-parental and composite-cross populations (BPPs and CCPs), by using natural selection and bulking of seed to select the most adaptable, diverse population in an environment by increasing the frequency of favorable alleles in a heterogeneous population. This study used seven EPs to evaluate EPB in its ability to increase the performance of agronomic, quality, and disease resistance traits and adaptability across different precipitation zones. The populations were tested in field trials in three diverse locations over 2 years. Least significant differences showed the EPs performance was dependent on their pedigree and were statistically similar and even out-performed some of their respective parents in regards to grain yield, grain protein concentration, and disease resistance. Stability models including Eberhart and Russel’s deviation from Regression (

S^{2} d_{i}

), Shukla’s Stability Variance (

σ_{i}^{2}

), Wricke’s Ecovalance (

W_{i}

), and the multivariate Additive Main Effects and Multiplicative Interaction (AMMI) model were used to evaluate the adaptability of the EPs and their parents. The BPPs and CCPs demonstrated significantly greater stability over the parents across precipitation zones, confirming the capacity of genetically diverse EP populations to adapt to different environments. View Full-Text

Keywords: evolutionary plant breeding; evolving populations; bi-parental population; composite-cross population; natural selection; stability

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Merrick, L.F.; Lyon, S.R.; Balow, K.A.; Murphy, K.M.; Jones, S.S.; Carter, A.H. Utilization of Evolutionary Plant Breeding Increases Stability and Adaptation of Winter Wheat Across Diverse Precipitation Zones. Sustainability 2020, 12, 9728. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12229728

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Merrick LF, Lyon SR, Balow KA, Murphy KM, Jones SS, Carter AH. Utilization of Evolutionary Plant Breeding Increases Stability and Adaptation of Winter Wheat Across Diverse Precipitation Zones. Sustainability. 2020; 12(22):9728. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12229728

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Merrick, Lance F., Steven R. Lyon, Kerry A. Balow, Kevin M. Murphy, Stephen S. Jones, and Arron H. Carter 2020. "Utilization of Evolutionary Plant Breeding Increases Stability and Adaptation of Winter Wheat Across Diverse Precipitation Zones" Sustainability 12, no. 22: 9728. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12229728

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