Claim · model-written summary
Indirect selection on 100-kernel weight increased yield by 10.39% relative to the superior parent.
- Taxon
- durum wheat
Triticum turgidum subsp. durumt0 - Treatment
- indirect selection for 100-kernel weighte0
- Outcome
- grain yield plant-1e1
- Direction
- gaine3
- Value
- 10.39%e0
- Comparator
- superior parente2
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleSettingQualifier
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Verbatim
e0“7.57 and 10.39% with indirect selection for 100-kernel weight”
t0“Durum Wheat”
e1“The observed gain following two direct pedigree selection cycles were 11.12 and 8.45% for grain yield plant-1”
e2“superior parent”
e3“gain”
Title
Response to Direct and Indirect Selection to Improve Grain Yield of Durum Wheat
Gamal M. M. Soliman; Yaser S. I. Koubisy Assiut Journal of Agricultural Sciences/Assuit Journal of Agricultural Sciences 2025. doi:10.21608/ajas.2025.354491.1456
Other claims from this paper (13)
- Observation Phenotypic variance marginally exceeded genotypic variance.
- Observation Phenotypic and genotypic variance generally declined from F2 to F4.
- Observation Broad-sense heritability for grain yield per plant reached 78.73%.
- Observation Realized heritability for grain yield per plant reached 48.63%.
- Observation Broad-sense heritability for spike number per plant was 97.29%.
- Observation Realized heritability for spike number per plant was 46.14%.
- Observation Broad-sense heritability for 100-kernel weight was 91.51%.
- Observation Realized heritability for 100-kernel weight was 61.90%.
- Intervention effect Direct selection increased grain yield per plant by 11.12% relative to bulk.
- Intervention effect Direct selection increased grain yield per plant by 8.45% relative to the superior parent.
- Intervention effect Indirect selection on spike number increased yield by 5.23% relative to bulk.
- Intervention effect Indirect selection on spike number increased yield by 2.11% relative to the superior parent.
- Intervention effect Indirect selection on 100-kernel weight increased yield by 7.57% relative to bulk.