Production and performance of sugarcane seeds (caryopses) from different hybridizations involving RB92579



Document title: Production and performance of sugarcane seeds (caryopses) from different hybridizations involving RB92579
Journal: Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000435612
ISSN: 0001-3765
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Institutions: 1Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Centro de Ciencias Agrarias, Rio Largo, Alagoas. Brasil
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Season: Dic
Volumen: 90
Number: 4
Pages: 3243-3248
Country: Brasil
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Analítico, descriptivo
English abstract A major challenge in sugarcane breeding program is the obtaining of enough number of seeds (caryopses) for the development of new improved cultivars. Genotypes differ in their function as pollen recipient and pollen donor, which also affect the seed performance. Thus, the aim of this study was to verify the production and performance of sugarcane seeds from different hybridizations involving RB92579 as pollen recipient and pollen donor. Twelve bi-parental crossings were carried out involving RB92579 and other different genotypes randomly chosen. Seed production potential was evaluated by percentage of fertile spikelets and caryopsis fresh weight. The seed physiological potential was determined by evaluating germination and vigor (index of germination rate, number of normal seedlings per gram of fuzz, and seedling dry weight). The results showed better performance for RB92579 as pollen donor for all characteristics studied. Therefore, RB92579 sugarcane cultivar should be used as pollen donor during hybridizations, condition that permits a greater production and physiological performance of seeds for the sugarcane breeding programs
Disciplines: Agrociencias
Keyword: Fitotecnia,
Gramíneas,
Fitomejoramiento,
Semillas,
Híbridos,
Tasa de germinación,
Plántulas,
Caña de azúcar,
Saccharum
Keyword: Crop husbandry,
Gramineae,
Plant breeding,
Seeds,
Hybrids,
Germination rate,
Seedlings,
Sugar cane,
Saccharum
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