Parent-offspring regression analysis for total carotenoids and some agronomic traits in cassava

• Published in: Euphytica Vol. 206; no. 3; pp. 657 - 666
• Main Authors: Njoku, D. N, Gracen, V. E, Offei, S. K, Asante, I. K, Egesi, C. N, Kulakow, P, Ceballos, H
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.12.2015; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: agronomic traits; Analysis; biomass; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biotechnology; carotenes; Carotenoids; Cassava; correlation; Cultivars; Dry matter; dry matter content; Environmental factors; Genetic factors; Genetic improvement; Genotype & phenotype; Germination; harvest index; Heredity; heritability; Life Sciences; Offspring; parents; phenotypic variation; Phenotypic variations; plant breeding; Plant Genetics and Genomics; Plant Pathology; Plant Physiology; Plant Sciences; Regression analysis; roots; Seed germination; Seedlings; seeds; Selective breeding; Yugoslavia; Heritability; Carotenoids; Midparent-offspring regression; Clone; Cassava

Six cassava cultivars, three yellow and three white-fleshed roots were crossed in a 3 × 3 topcross mating design to generate nine F₁ populations. One thousand, one hundred and ten botanical seeds from the 9 populations were sown in pots and maintained for 42 days in a screenhouse. The emerged seedli...