Genetic Variation and Trait Correlations for Fruit Weight, Firmness and Color Parameters in Wild Accessions of Fragaria chiloensis
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Plant Material
2.2. Measurement of Fruit Weight, Skin Color and Firmness
2.3. Genetic and Statistical Analyses
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Competitive Models | Weight (g) | Firmness (N) | L* | a* | b* | Hue angle (h°) | Chroma |
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y = Xβ (M0) 1 | 1107.1 | −337.4 | 2685.2 | 2612.8 | 2290.3 | 2747.1 | 2627.2 |
y = Xβ + Zg (M1) 2 | 854.5 | −381.6 | 2364.9 | 2324.5 | 2173.3 | 2535.5 | 2398.7 |
DeltaDIC 3 | 252.6 | 44.2 | 320.2 | 288.3 | 117.0 | 211.7 | 228.6 |
Trait | Variance Components | Broad Sense Heritability | ||||
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SD | Credible Set | |||||
Lower | Upper | |||||
Weight | 1.092 | 0.664 | 0.61 | 0.077 | 0.487 | 0.740 |
Firmness | 0.006 | 0.017 | 0.26 | 0.087 | 0.113 | 0.394 |
L* | 84.08 | 40.36 | 0.67 | 0.063 | 0.561 | 0.767 |
a* | 73.31 | 36.03 | 0.66 | 0.065 | 0.549 | 0.763 |
b* | 11.22 | 24.01 | 0.31 | 0.071 | 0.201 | 0.433 |
Hue angle | 120.7 | 65.15 | 0.64 | 0.070 | 0.528 | 0.756 |
Chroma | 54.74 | 44.62 | 0.54 | 0.073 | 0.418 | 0.657 |
Pair of Traits | Credible Sets | ||
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Lower | Upper | ||
Weight-Firmness | −0.467 1 | −0.822 | −0.119 |
Firmness-Hue angle 3 | −0.217 2 | −0.693 | 0.236 |
Firmness-Chroma 3 | 0.204 2 | −0.175 | 0.599 |
Weight-Hue angle 3 | 0.649 1 | 0.414 | 0.878 |
Weight-Chroma | −0.169 2 | −0.532 | 0.168 |
Hue angle-Chroma | −0.762 1 | −0.901 | −0.616 |
Firmness-L* 3 | −0.151 2 | −0.555 | 0.236 |
Firmness-a* 3 | 0.254 2 | −0.151 | 0.626 |
Firmness-b* 3 | 0.069 2 | −0.341 | 0.482 |
Weight-L* | 0.518 1 | 0.257 | 0.775 |
Weight-a* | −0.333 1 | −0.652 | −0.003 |
Weight-b* | 0.131 2 | −0.234 | 0.509 |
Locus | LG 1 | Pair of Traits | Estimate | Credible Set | pMCMC 2 | |
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Lower | Upper | |||||
FvH4045 | FG3A | Weight-Hue angle 3 | 1.31 | 0.31 | 2.38 | 0.022 |
CFACT084 | FG2A/2B/2C | Weight-Hue angle | −2.05 | −3.03 | −0.99 | <0.001 |
FvH4045 | FG3A | Weight-L* 3 | 1.47 | 0.34 | 2.48 | 0.008 |
FvH4045 | FG3A | Weight-a* 3 | 1.18 | 0.07 | 2.39 | 0.044 |
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Mora, F.; Zúñiga, P.E.; Figueroa, C.R. Genetic Variation and Trait Correlations for Fruit Weight, Firmness and Color Parameters in Wild Accessions of Fragaria chiloensis. Agronomy 2019, 9, 506. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy9090506
Mora F, Zúñiga PE, Figueroa CR. Genetic Variation and Trait Correlations for Fruit Weight, Firmness and Color Parameters in Wild Accessions of Fragaria chiloensis. Agronomy. 2019; 9(9):506. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy9090506
Chicago/Turabian StyleMora, Freddy, Paz E. Zúñiga, and Carlos R. Figueroa. 2019. "Genetic Variation and Trait Correlations for Fruit Weight, Firmness and Color Parameters in Wild Accessions of Fragaria chiloensis" Agronomy 9, no. 9: 506. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy9090506