Evaluation of yield, yield stability, and yield–protein relationship in 17 commercial faba bean cultivars
Abstract Faba bean is a legume crop with high protein content and considerable potential for wider cultivation in cool climates. However, it has a reputation for having unstable yield with large interannual variability, mostly attributed to yearly variation in rainfall. In this study, 17 commercial...
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| author | Cathrine Kiel Skovbjerg Jens Nørgaard Knudsen Winnie Füchtbauer Jens Stougaard Frederick L. Stoddard Luc Janss Stig Uggerhøj Andersen |
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| description | Abstract Faba bean is a legume crop with high protein content and considerable potential for wider cultivation in cool climates. However, it has a reputation for having unstable yield with large interannual variability, mostly attributed to yearly variation in rainfall. In this study, 17 commercial cultivars of faba bean were evaluated for seed yield, yield stability and the relationship between seed yield and protein content at four locations in Denmark and Finland during 2016–2018. We found that location and year effects accounted for 89% of the total seed yield variation. Cultivar × environment (GxE) interactions were small (2.4%) and did not cause reranking of cultivars across environments. Yield stability contributed little to the mean yield of the cultivars, as high‐yielding cultivars consistently outperformed the lower yielding genotypes, even under the most adverse conditions. Similarly, GxE effects on protein content were limited, and we found an overall negative correlation of −0.61 between seed yield and protein content for the cultivars and environments studied. These data may be helpful for selecting cultivars for field use or for use in breeding programmes, considering that future faba bean pricing could depend on both protein quantity and concentration. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-41f06aa51c474c7c9b8fece2cb95fb682022-12-22T01:28:35ZengWileyLegume Science2639-61812020-09-0123n/an/a10.1002/leg3.39Evaluation of yield, yield stability, and yield–protein relationship in 17 commercial faba bean cultivarsCathrine Kiel Skovbjerg0Jens Nørgaard Knudsen1Winnie Füchtbauer2Jens Stougaard3Frederick L. Stoddard4Luc Janss5Stig Uggerhøj Andersen6Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics Aarhus University Aarhus DenmarkNordic Seed Odder DenmarkSejet Planteforædling Horsens DenmarkDepartment of Molecular Biology and Genetics Aarhus University Aarhus DenmarkDepartment of Agricultural Sciences, Viikki Plant Science Centre and Helsinki Sustainability Centre University of Helsinki Helsinki FinlandDepartment of Molecular Biology and Genetics Aarhus University Aarhus DenmarkDepartment of Molecular Biology and Genetics Aarhus University Aarhus DenmarkAbstract Faba bean is a legume crop with high protein content and considerable potential for wider cultivation in cool climates. However, it has a reputation for having unstable yield with large interannual variability, mostly attributed to yearly variation in rainfall. In this study, 17 commercial cultivars of faba bean were evaluated for seed yield, yield stability and the relationship between seed yield and protein content at four locations in Denmark and Finland during 2016–2018. We found that location and year effects accounted for 89% of the total seed yield variation. Cultivar × environment (GxE) interactions were small (2.4%) and did not cause reranking of cultivars across environments. Yield stability contributed little to the mean yield of the cultivars, as high‐yielding cultivars consistently outperformed the lower yielding genotypes, even under the most adverse conditions. Similarly, GxE effects on protein content were limited, and we found an overall negative correlation of −0.61 between seed yield and protein content for the cultivars and environments studied. These data may be helpful for selecting cultivars for field use or for use in breeding programmes, considering that future faba bean pricing could depend on both protein quantity and concentration.https://doi.org/10.1002/leg3.39genotype × environment interactionpotential cropVicia fabayieldyield stabilityyield–protein relationship |
| spellingShingle | Cathrine Kiel Skovbjerg Jens Nørgaard Knudsen Winnie Füchtbauer Jens Stougaard Frederick L. Stoddard Luc Janss Stig Uggerhøj Andersen Evaluation of yield, yield stability, and yield–protein relationship in 17 commercial faba bean cultivars Legume Science genotype × environment interaction potential crop Vicia faba yield yield stability yield–protein relationship |
| title | Evaluation of yield, yield stability, and yield–protein relationship in 17 commercial faba bean cultivars |
| title_full | Evaluation of yield, yield stability, and yield–protein relationship in 17 commercial faba bean cultivars |
| title_fullStr | Evaluation of yield, yield stability, and yield–protein relationship in 17 commercial faba bean cultivars |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evaluation of yield, yield stability, and yield–protein relationship in 17 commercial faba bean cultivars |
| title_short | Evaluation of yield, yield stability, and yield–protein relationship in 17 commercial faba bean cultivars |
| title_sort | evaluation of yield yield stability and yield protein relationship in 17 commercial faba bean cultivars |
| topic | genotype × environment interaction potential crop Vicia faba yield yield stability yield–protein relationship |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/leg3.39 |
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