Acta Agriculturae Boreali-Sinica ›› 2022, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (5): 87-96. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.20193063

Special Issue: Multigrain crops

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Drought Tolerance Identification of Foxtail Millet Germplasm Resources Based on GGE Biplot

XIAO Jibing, LIU Zhi, XIN Zongxu, CHEN Guoqiu, WU Hongsheng   

  1. Liaoning Institute of Agriculture and Forestry in Arid, Chaoyang 122000,China
  • Received:2022-06-17 Published:2022-10-28

Abstract:

In order to explore the effective methods for the identification of drought tolerance of foxtail millet during the entire growth period,select the identification indices of drought tolerance of foxtail millet,and speed up the process of drought tolerance breeding of foxtail millet,a field experiment was conducted using a randomized incomplete block design(alpha-lattice design)and repeated thrice in 2019—2020. Each experiment consisted of 30 foxtail millet genotypes treated under drought stress(DS)and normal water supply(CK). The agronomic traits and drought tolerance coefficient(DC)of the genotypes were assessed during the entire growth period. Combined analysis of variance showed that soil water environment had significant effects on 1000-grain weight,and extremely significant effects on the other indices. Genotype had significant effects on spike weight and grain weight per plant,and extremely significant effects on the other indices. Besides,the interaction between genotype and soil water environment extremely significantly affected the growth traits of foxtail millet,but not yield traits(except 1000-grain weight). Under drought stress,the characteristic value of each index decreased in varying degrees compared with CK,and the sensitivity of each index to drought stress was different. The results of t test showed that the effect of drought stress was significant(except 1000-grain weight). GGE biplot explained 71.15% of the total variation of data.The drought tolerance coefficient of each index was correlated in different degrees,in which the drought tolerance coefficients of plant height,spike length,stem and leaf dry weight and top second leaf area were significant positive correlation,and that of spike weight per plant,grain weight per plant,kernels per spike and yield were also significant positive correlation. The drought tolerance of foxtail millet could be reflected by different agronomic traits. According to the distance from ideal drought-tolerant varieties and ideal drought-tolerant evaluation indices,the drought tolerance and evaluation indices of foxtail millet materials were ranked. Taixuan 26,Chaogu 62,Chaogu 13 and other materials had strong drought resistance,plant height and spike weight per plant could be used as indices for drought tolerance identification in foxtail millet. GGE biplot provided an objective and effective new visual identification method for the breeding of drought resistant foxtail millet varieties.

Key words: Foxtail millet, Drought tolerance identification, GGE biplot, Agronomic traits, Entire growth period

Cite this article

XIAO Jibing, LIU Zhi, XIN Zongxu, CHEN Guoqiu, WU Hongsheng. Drought Tolerance Identification of Foxtail Millet Germplasm Resources Based on GGE Biplot[J]. Acta Agriculturae Boreali-Sinica, 2022, 37(5): 87-96. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.20193063.

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