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Aspects of the agronomy and genetics of quality components in a diallel set of progenies of Lolium perenne L.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

H. H. Rogers  and
A. J. Thomson
H. H. Rogers
Affiliation:
Plant Breeding Institute, Cambridge
A. J. Thomson
Affiliation:
Plant Breeding Institute, Cambridge
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Summary

Selfed and diallel progenies of selected clones of Lolium perenne were subjected to four nitrogen rates—0, 225, 450 and 675 kg/ha of N per annum. The herbage was analysed for total nitrogen (N), digestible dry matter (DMD), digestible organic matter (D) and acid-pepsin solubility was determined on total (PS) and organic matter (POMS) in 1967 and 1968.

Data for the percentage composition and the yield of quality components are presented with the variances of general (g.c.a.) and specific (s.c.a.) combining abilities for these characters. The g.c.a. and s.c.a. interaction with nitrogen is partitioned.

For percentage quality components and yields there were significant effects of years, nitrogen rates, progenies and their interactions. The variance for g.c.a. for all percentage quality components was not significant in 1968 but in 1967 all were significant except for total N. For yields, only the g.c.a.'s for PS and POMS were significant in 1967: no g.c.a.'s were significant in 1968.

There were considerable differences between years for heritability values. For digestibility the predicted performance of a theoretical F2 synthetic was little better than the mean of the population from which it was derived.

The implication of these studies in the formulation of a grass breeding programme is outlined.

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Research Article
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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 75 , Issue 1 , August 1970 , pp. 145 - 158
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1970

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