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Phenotypic stability of oats measured with different stability analyses

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

P. Peltonen-Sainio
Affiliation:
University of Helsinki, Department of Crop Husbandry, SF-00710 Helsinki, Finland
K. Moore
Affiliation:
Rothamsted Experimental Station, Statistics Department, Harpenden, Herts AL5 2JQ, UK
E. Pehu
Affiliation:
University of Helsinki, Department of Crop Husbandry, SF-00710 Helsinki, Finland

Summary

The phenotypic stability of seven Finnish and Nordic oat cultivars and 12 breeding lines developed at the Hankkija Plant Breeding Institute, Finland, was studied using the Finlay–Wilkinson regression method, Eberhart–Russell stability analysis, principal component analysis (PCA) with biplot presentation, canonical variate analysis (CVA) and Procrustes analysis. Comparison of stability analyses was based on four dissimilar growing seasons. In addition to the measurement of phenotypic stability of grain yield, the performance of 12 morpho-physiological traits was evaluated, including maturity class and structure of canopy and plant stand.

The different stability analyses examined produced uniform results and ranked the cultivars and breeding lines without major disagreements. Lines with exceptionally stable yield performance over the different growing seasons were identified. In general, there was an association of high yielding ability with poor stability. However, some cultivars deviated from this tendency and showed high grain yield production and average stability of yield performance.

Type
Crops and Soils
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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