Comparative Phenotypic and Agronomic Assessment of Transgenic Potato with 3R-Gene Stack with Complete Resistance to Late Blight Disease
Abstract
:Simple Summary
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Plant Materials
2.2. Experimental Sites
2.3. Experimental Design
2.4. Late Blight Disease Scoring
2.5. Phenotypic Characterization
2.6. Agronomic Performance Assessment
2.7. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Trait Efficacy in the Field
3.2. Phenotypic Characterization
3.2.1. Stems
3.2.2. Leaves
3.2.3. Flowers
3.2.4. Harvested Tubers
3.3. Agronomic Performances
3.3.1. Sprouting and Emergence
3.3.2. Plant and Foliage Growth Characterization
3.3.3. Plant Vigor
3.3.4. Yield Estimation
Marketable Yield of Both Genotypes across Locations
Number of Marketable Tubers of Each Genotype across Locations
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Source of Variation | d.f. 1 | s.s. 2 | m.s. 3 | v.r. 4 | F pr. 5 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Genotype | 1 | 129.98 | 129.98 | 2.7 | 0.126 |
Location | 2 | 1409.71 | 704.86 | 14.65 | <0.001 |
Genotype X Location | 2 | 76.04 | 38.02 | 0.79 | 0.476 |
Residual | 12 | 577.4 | 48.12 | ||
Total | 17 | 2193.13 |
Source of Variation | d.f. 1 | s.s. 2 | m.s. 3 | v.r. 4 | F pr.5 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Genotype | 1 | 5.675 | 5.675 | 1.26 | 0.284 |
Location | 2 | 18.88 | 9.44 | 2.09 | 0.166 |
Genotype X Location | 2 | 0.105 | 0.053 | 0.01 | 0.988 |
Residual | 12 | 54.177 | 4.515 | ||
Total | 17 | 78.837 |
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Byarugaba, A.A.; Baguma, G.; Jjemba, D.M.; Faith, A.K.; Wasukira, A.; Magembe, E.; Njoroge, A.; Barekye, A.; Ghislain, M. Comparative Phenotypic and Agronomic Assessment of Transgenic Potato with 3R-Gene Stack with Complete Resistance to Late Blight Disease. Biology 2021, 10, 952. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology10100952
Byarugaba AA, Baguma G, Jjemba DM, Faith AK, Wasukira A, Magembe E, Njoroge A, Barekye A, Ghislain M. Comparative Phenotypic and Agronomic Assessment of Transgenic Potato with 3R-Gene Stack with Complete Resistance to Late Blight Disease. Biology. 2021; 10(10):952. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology10100952
Chicago/Turabian StyleByarugaba, Arinaitwe Abel, Gerald Baguma, Douglas Mutebi Jjemba, Aharinta Kenneth Faith, Arthur Wasukira, Eric Magembe, Anne Njoroge, Alex Barekye, and Marc Ghislain. 2021. "Comparative Phenotypic and Agronomic Assessment of Transgenic Potato with 3R-Gene Stack with Complete Resistance to Late Blight Disease" Biology 10, no. 10: 952. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology10100952