Open AccessCharacterization and performance of castor bean lineages and parents at the UFRB germplasm bank
Author(s) -
Adielle Rodrigues da Silva,
Simone Alves Silva,
Lucas Ferraz dos Santos,
Deoclides Ricardo de Souza,
Gilmara de Melo Araújo,
J. L. L. Dantas,
Elton da Silva Leite,
Ana Cristina Vello Loyola Dantas
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
plos one
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.99
H-Index - 332
ISSN - 1932-6203
DOI - 10.1371/journal.pone.0209335
Subject(s) - germplasm , ricinus , agriculture , microbiology and biotechnology , christian ministry , randomized block design , biology , botany , agronomy , ecology , philosophy , theology
The objective of this work was to characterize 203 lineages and five parents of Ricinus communis L. from the germplasm bank at the Federal University of Recôncavo da Bahia (UFRB), which was established by the Genetic Improvement and Biotechnology Program (NBIO) at the Center for Agrarian, Environmental and Biological Sciences. The study used 35 morpho-agronomic descriptors, proposed by the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply, and 12 quantitative descriptors suggested by NBIO. The experiment was conducted in a randomized block design, composed of four blocks, in the experimental field at UFRB in 2014. The frequency and entropy level of the qualitative descriptors were estimated with the Renyi procedure, and an analysis of variance was used for the quantitative descriptors. The analyses were made with the statistical program R. Of the qualitative morpho-agronomic descriptors evaluated, 22.86% had a high level of entropy (above 1.0), and all 12 quantitative descriptors showed significant differences. This indicates genetic variability in the germplasm bank and a satisfactory performance for most of the descriptors evaluated, as well as the possibility of direct and indirect use of the lineages and parents in genetic improvement programs of the species.