Abou-Zaid, G., El-Refeaey, R., El-Tokhy, M., Ghreeb, Z. (2023). Comparison between three breeding methods in segregating generations of faba bean (Vicia faba L.) crosses. Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research, 101(3), 751-767. doi: 10.21608/ejar.2023.194043.1355
Gehan G. Abou-Zaid; Ramadan A. El-Refeaey; Mohamed M. El-Tokhy; Zeinab E. Ghreeb. "Comparison between three breeding methods in segregating generations of faba bean (Vicia faba L.) crosses". Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research, 101, 3, 2023, 751-767. doi: 10.21608/ejar.2023.194043.1355
Abou-Zaid, G., El-Refeaey, R., El-Tokhy, M., Ghreeb, Z. (2023). 'Comparison between three breeding methods in segregating generations of faba bean (Vicia faba L.) crosses', Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research, 101(3), pp. 751-767. doi: 10.21608/ejar.2023.194043.1355
Abou-Zaid, G., El-Refeaey, R., El-Tokhy, M., Ghreeb, Z. Comparison between three breeding methods in segregating generations of faba bean (Vicia faba L.) crosses. Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research, 2023; 101(3): 751-767. doi: 10.21608/ejar.2023.194043.1355
Comparison between three breeding methods in segregating generations of faba bean (Vicia faba L.) crosses
1Field crops Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, Egypt.
2Faculty of Agriculture, Tanta University, Egypt.
3Central Laboratory for Design and Statistical Analysis Research, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, Egypt.
Abstract
This investigation was carried out in four winter seasons: 2017-–18 (F2), 2018–19 (F3), 2019–20 (F4), and 2020–21 (F5) at Sakha Agricultural Research Station, Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate, Egypt, to study the comparison between three breeding methods: pedigree, bulk, and single pod descent for improving seed yield in segregating generations of faba bean crosses: (1) Triple White x Giza 429; (2) Ohishima-Zaira x Giza 429; (3) Giza 40 x Giza 429; and (4) Ohishima-Zaira x Foul Sbai labiade. The pedigree method had a superiority over the other two breeding methods for almost all studied traits in all crosses of the three generations, except for the cross 1 of the F4 generation and the cross 4 of the F5 generation, where the bulk method had a superiority. Narrow-sense heritability estimates were moderate in the four studied crosses of the three generations, with few exceptions. Predicted genetic advance estimates were moderate for the number of branches, pods, seeds, and seed yield per plant in all crosses of the three generations. While the same estimate was low for chocolate spot disease, flowering date, plant height and 100-seed weight in approximately all crosses of the three generations. Comparable predicted genetic advances were observed with respect to the two breeding methods for chocolate spot disease in F3 and F4 generations. while bulk exceeded that for single pod descent in the F5 generation. The bulk method had a superiority over single-pod descent in the three generations for the number of pods and seeds per plant. The bulk method exceeded that for single pod descent in the F5 generation for seed yield per plant. Broad-sense heritability was moderate under bulk as well as single pod descent methods for plant height, number of branches, pods, and seeds per plant, and seed yield per plant. Predicted genetic advance was considered moderate in most cases, except for chocolate spot disease in the cross 3 and 4 of all generations, rust disease in the cross 3 of F3 and F4-generations, and flowering date in all crosses of all generations where the values were considered low.