Additive and Non-Additive Effects on the Control of Key Agronomic Traits in Popcorn Lines under Contrasting Phosphorus Conditions.
Talles de Oliveira SantosFábio Tomaz de OliveiraAntônio Teixeira do Amaral JúniorJaneo Eustáquio de Almeida FilhoRosimeire Barboza BispoMarta Simone Mendonça de FreitasJosé Francisco Teixeira do AmaralSamuel Henrique KamphorstValter Jário de LimaFlávia Nicácio VianaGuilherme Ferreira PenaPedro Henrique Araujo Diniz SantosWallace de Paula BernadoMessias Gonzaga PereiraJurandi Gonçalves de OliveiraRicardo Enrique Bressan-SmithRoberto Dos Santos TrindadePublished in: Plants (Basel, Switzerland) (2022)
Phosphorus is a non-renewable natural resource that will run out of reserves in the upcoming decades, making it essential to understanding the inheritance of nutrient use efficiency for selecting superior genotypes. This study investigated the additive and non-additive effects of commercially relevant traits for the popcorn crop (grain yield-GY, popping expansion-PE, and expanded popcorn volume per hectare-PV) in different conditions of phosphorus (P) availability in two locations in Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil. Six S 7 lines previously selected for P use-L59, L70, and P7, efficient and responsive; and L54, L75, and L80, inefficient and non-responsive-were used as testers in crosses with 15 progenies from the fifth cycle of intrapopulation recurrent selection of UENF-14, with adaptation to the North and Northwest regions of Rio de Janeiro State. Using the Griffing diallel analysis, P use efficiency was predominantly additive in the expression of PE, and non-additive effects were prominent for GY and PV. For obtaining genotypes that are efficient for phosphorus use, it is recommended that heterosis with parents that provide additive gene accumulation for PE be explored.