Improving yield and fruit quality traits in sweet passion fruit: Evidence for genotype by environment interaction and selection of promising genotypes

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 15; no. 5; p. e0232818
• Main Authors: Chavarría-Perez, Lourdes Maria, Giordani, Willian, Dias, Kaio Olimpio Graças, Costa, Zirlane Portugal, Ribeiro, Carolina Albuquerque Massena, Benedetti, Anderson Roberto, Cauz-Santos, Luiz Augusto, Pereira, Guilherme Silva, Rosa, João Ricardo Bachega Feijó, Garcia, Antonio Augusto Franco, Vieira, Maria Lucia Carneiro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 14.05.2020; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Agricultural production; Aroma; Biology and Life Sciences; Breeding; Citrus; Correlation; Correlation analysis; Crop management; Crop yield; Crops; Diameters; Environmental aspects; Flavor; Fruits; Fruits (Food); Genetic aspects; Genetic variation; Genotype & phenotype; Genotype-environment interactions; Genotypes; Growth; Heritability; Incompatibility; Orchards; Passion; Passion fruit; People and places; Plant breeding; Polygenic inheritance; Progeny; Pulp; Quantitative genetics; Sea level; Seasons; Skin; Sweet taste; Thickness; Weight; Brazil; North Carolina; United States > US

Breeding for yield and fruit quality traits in passion fruits is complex due to the polygenic nature of these traits and the existence of genetic correlations among them. Therefore, studies focused on crop management practices and breeding using modern quantitative genetic approaches are still neede...