Autopolyploids in fodder grass breeding: induction and field performance

  • Giedrė Dabkevičienė Institute of Agriculture, Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry, Instituto av. 1, Akademija 58344
  • Vilma Kemešytė Institute of Agriculture, Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry, Instituto av. 1, Akademija 58344
  • Gražina Statkevičiūtė Institute of Agriculture, Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry, Instituto av. 1, Akademija 58344
  • Nijolė Lemežienė Institute of Agriculture, Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry, Instituto av. 1, Akademija 58344
  • Gintaras Brazauskas Institute of Agriculture, Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry, Instituto av. 1, Akademija 58344
Keywords: embryo culture, meadow fescue, mitotic inhibitors, polyploidization, ryegrass

Abstract

Doubling of chromosome set directly affects plant performance through increase of organ size, higher feeding value and increased resistance to adverse environmental factors. Therefore efficient methods of polyploid induction are needed in order to develop new varieties of naturally diploid fodder grass species. The efficiency of antimitotic agents as colchicine, amiprophos-methyl, trifluralin and oryzalin was compared in a series of tetraploid induction experiments in Lolium multiflorum, L. perenne and Festuca pratensis, while newly developed tetraploid plants were compared to standard tetraploid varieties in the field trials. Colchicine treatment proved to be the most efficient method for in vitro cultured embryos in comparison with the other agents. Induced tetraploids of F. pratensis produced higher dry matter and seed yield and could be used for the development of new varieties. Induced tetraploid plants of Lolium spp. were equal to the standard varieties in field trials, therefore they could be used as parental genotypes in crosses. Induced tetraploids of F. pratensis produced higher dry matter and seed yield and could be used for development of new variety.

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Published
2018-02-07
How to Cite
Dabkevičienė, G., Kemešytė, V., Statkevičiūtė, G., Lemežienė, N., & Brazauskas, G. (2018). Autopolyploids in fodder grass breeding: induction and field performance. Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research, 15(4), e0706. https://doi.org/10.5424/sjar/2017154-11357
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Plant breeding, genetics and genetic resources