Parental Value for Tuber Yield in Potato Under High Temperature Environments in Climate Change Conditions

Abstract

Potato crop is expanding to areas with temperatures higher than those required. Climate change is increasing temperatures in traditional areas of potato production, thereby affecting tuber yield. The International Potato Center has developed a population adapted to these new conditions, being more tolerant to high temperatures, resistant to late blight, virus PVX and/or PVY and early maturity. In breeding programs it is very important to know the parental value of the progenitors. The parental value of 34 selected potato clones was determined through general combining ability for marketable, total yield and average tuber weight under high temperatures. Using the line by tester mating design, the potato clones were crossed as lines and varieties Katahdin, Huagalina and clones CIP398098.204 and CIP302533.31 as testers. The field experiments were carried out in three locations in Peru: San Ramon, La Molina and Majes, where average temperatures at night were between 15.25 to 21.65°C, and during the day fluctuated between 21.47 to 27.20°C. We used a randomized complete block design, with three replications. At harvest the number and weight of marketable and non-marketable tubers were taken. Then the average tuber weight, marketable and total yield per hectare was calculated. 18 potato clones were identified with high parental value for marketable yield, seventeen for total tuber yield and 11 for average tuber weight; nine of them combine high parental value for the three characteristics studied. These clones with late blight resistance, heat tolerant, adapted to medium altitudes, growing period of 90 days and high parental value can be used as parents in breeding programs, to obtain new varieties under the new climate change scenarios with high temperatures. 12 crosses that presented high SCA are the most promising for the development of superior clones.

Tolerância ao calor em batata: do fenótipo ao genótipo

“…possível que genes relacionados tenham sido introgredidos e expliquem o desempenho superior de alguns clones em ambientes mais quentes Levy et al (1991). eManuel et al (2019) relatam que progênies tolerantes podem ser identificadas em famílias oriundas de parentais sensíveis ao calor, o que pode ser um indicativo de efeitos heteróticos para a resposta ao estresse para produção Menezes et al (2001). também encontraram que efeitos não-aditivos são importantes para produção no estresse, porém para outras características os efeitos aditivos tiveram uma maior importância, demonstrando a complexidade no contexto de seleção de parentais para diferentes características envolvendo a seleção para tolerância ao calor.…”