Title:	Combining ability and molecular marker approach identified genetic resources to improve agronomic performance in coffea arabica breeding.
Authors:	MEDEIROS, A. C. CAIXETA, E. T. OLIVEIRA, A. C. B. de SOUSA, T. V. STOCK, V. de M. CRUZ, C. D. ZAMBOLIM, L. PEREIRA, A. P.
Affiliation:	ALEXSANDRA CORREIA MEDEIROS, UFV; EVELINE TEIXEIRA CAIXETA MOURA, CNPCa; ANTONIO CARLOS BAIÃO DE OLIVEIRA, EPAMIG; TIAGO VIEIRA SOUSA, UFTM; VINÍCIUS DE MOURA STOCK, UFV; COSME DAMIÃO CRUZ, UFV; LAÉRCIO ZAMBOLIM, UFV; ANTONIO ALVES PEREIRA, EPAMIG.
Date Issued:	2021
Citation:	Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, v. 5, 705278, 2021.
Description:	Plant breeding aims to develop cultivars with good agronomic traits through gene recombination and elite genotype selection. To support Coffea arabica breeding programs and assist parent selection, molecular characterization, genetic diversity (GD) analyses, and circulating diallel studies were strategically integrated to develop new cultivars. Molecular markers were used to assess the GD of 76 candidate parents and verify the crossing of potential F1 hybrids. Based on the complementary agronomic traits and genetic distance, eight elite parents were selected for circulating diallel analysis. The parents and 12 hybrids were evaluated based on 10 morpho-agronomic traits. For each trait, the effects of general and specific combining abilities, as well as the averages of the parents, hybrids, and predicted hybrids, were estimated. Crosses that maximize the genetic gains for the main agronomic traits of C. arabica were identified. Joint analysis of phenotypic and molecular data was used to estimate the correlation between molecular GD, phenotypic diversity (PD), phenotypic mean, and combining ability. The selection of parents that optimize the allele combination for the important traits of C. arabica is discussed in detail.
NAL Thesaurus:	Molecular genetics Plant breeding Coffea arabica var. arabica
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2021.705278
Type of Material:	Artigo de periódico
Access:	openAccess
Appears in Collections:	Artigo em periódico indexado (SAPC)