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Intense Breeding within Lentil Landraces for High-Yielding Pure Lines Sustained the Seed Quality Characteristics

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  • Elissavet Ninou

    (Institute of Industrial and Forage Crops, Hellenic Agricultural Organization Demeter, 41335 Larissa, Greece)

  • Fokion Papathanasiou

    (Department of Agriculture, University of Western Macedonia, 53100 Florina, Greece)

  • Dimitrios N. Vlachostergios

    (Institute of Industrial and Forage Crops, Hellenic Agricultural Organization Demeter, 41335 Larissa, Greece)

  • Ioannis Mylonas

    (Institute of Plant Breeding and Genetic Resources, Hellenic Agricultural Organization Demeter, 57001 Thermi, Greece)

  • Anastasia Kargiotidou

    (Institute of Industrial and Forage Crops, Hellenic Agricultural Organization Demeter, 41335 Larissa, Greece)

  • Chrysanthi Pankou

    (School of Agriculture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece)

  • Ioannis Papadopoulos

    (Department of Agriculture, University of Western Macedonia, 53100 Florina, Greece)

  • Evangelia Sinapidou

    (Department of Agricultural Development, Democritus University of Thrace, 68200 Orestiada, Greece)

  • Ioannis Tokatlidis

    (Department of Agricultural Development, Democritus University of Thrace, 68200 Orestiada, Greece)

Abstract

Landraces are a valuable source of genetic variability for breeders to develop high-yielding lentil varieties. Apart from productivity, simultaneous breeding for lentil seed nutritional quality is of paramount importance for wider lentil consumption. This work examined the indirect effect of single plant selection for high yield on important seed quality traits within three Greek lentil landraces (“Elassona” (EL), “Lefkada” (L), and “Evros” (EV)). The breeding methodology applied was proved to help either maintain or improve such characteristics in the high-yielding second-cycle lines (SLs) selected. Compared to the parental landrace “Elassona”, the high-yielding lines showed increased crude fiber by 30–110%; the line 2-SL-EL-6 had higher starch content by 3.9% and reduced cooking time by 6.67 min, while the 2-SL-EL-10 line had higher crude fiber by 73%. In the case of “Lefkada”, the high-yielding lines selected maintained the protein content present in the parental landrace, apart from the 2-SL-L-1 where a decrease by 5% was recorded; however, most of them showed increased crude fiber (5.59–7.52%) in comparison with the parental landrace (4.65%). Finally, in relation to the “Evros” parental landrace, the 2-SL-EV-3 and 2-SL-EV-4 showed higher crude fiber and reduced cooking time. This study provides evidence that proper management of genetic variability could improve productivity without compromising or sometimes improving some seed quality traits.

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  • Elissavet Ninou & Fokion Papathanasiou & Dimitrios N. Vlachostergios & Ioannis Mylonas & Anastasia Kargiotidou & Chrysanthi Pankou & Ioannis Papadopoulos & Evangelia Sinapidou & Ioannis Tokatlidis, 2019. "Intense Breeding within Lentil Landraces for High-Yielding Pure Lines Sustained the Seed Quality Characteristics," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 9(8), pages 1-13, August.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jagris:v:9:y:2019:i:8:p:175-:d:255853
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    1. Dimitrios N. Vlachostergios & Christos Noulas & Anastasia Kargiotidou & Dimitrios Baxevanos & Evangelia Tigka & Chrysanthi Pankou & Stavroula Kostoula & Dimitrios Beslemes & Maria Irakli & Miltiadis T, 2021. "Identification of the Optimum Environments for the High Yield and Quality Traits of Lentil Genotypes Evaluated in Multi-Location Trials," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(15), pages 1-23, July.
    2. Marija Knez & Marija Ranic & Mirjana Gurinovic & Maria Glibetic & Jasna Savic & Konstadinos Mattas & Murat Yercan, 2023. "Causes and Conditions for Reduced Cultivation and Consumption of Underutilized Crops: Is There a Solution?," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(4), pages 1-15, February.
    3. Elissavet Ninou & Ioannis Mylonas & Ioulia Karagianni & Sonia Michailidou & Athanasios Tsivelikas & Iosif Sistanis & Ilias Avdikos & Evangelos Korpetis & Fokion Papathanasiou, 2022. "Utilization of Intra-Cultivar Variation for Grain Yield and Protein Content within Durum Wheat Cultivars," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 12(5), pages 1-15, May.

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