Recurrent phenotypic selection for low grasshopper food preference in rangeland alfalfa

cg.contactunknown449@unknown.comen_US
cg.contributor.centerInternational Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas - ICARDAen_US
cg.contributor.centerUnited States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service - USDA-ARSen_US
cg.contributor.funderInternational Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas - ICARDAen_US
cg.contributor.projectCommunication and Documentation Information Services (CODIS)en_US
cg.contributor.project-lead-instituteInternational Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas - ICARDAen_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3898676en_US
cg.isijournalISI Journalen_US
cg.issn0022-409Xen_US
cg.issue3en_US
cg.journalJournal of Range Managementen_US
cg.subject.agrovocheritabilityen_US
cg.subject.agrovocAlfalfaen_US
cg.volume43en_US
dc.contributorHewitt, G. B.en_US
dc.contributorMiller, R. H.en_US
dc.creatorBerdahl, J. D.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2021-11-11T23:18:33Z
dc.date.available2021-11-11T23:18:33Z
dc.description.abstractGrasshopper [Melanoplus spp. and Camnula pellucida (Scudder)] feeding is an important factor that can prevent establishment and reduce yields of alfalfa [Medicago sativa subsp. × varia (Martyn) Arcang.] interseeded into semiarid rangelands of the northern Great Plains. Objectives of this study were to determine narrow-sense heritability estimates of grasshopper preference for an alfalfa population and to develop low-preference alfalfa germplasm adapted to rangeland use. The base population was derived from 5 cultivars and an experimental strain, all of M. sativa L. subsp. sativa × M. sativa subsp. falcata (L.) Arcang. parentage, that had been developed for rangeland use in the northern Great Plains. Except for cycle 4 which was conducted in a greenhouse, each cycle of recurrent phenotypic selection involved transferring replicated half-sib families of 6- to 8-week-old plants in flats to a field site with a heavy infestation of grasshoppers. Half-sib families were scored for defoliation when the entire population was at least 50% defoliated. Narrow-sense heritability estimates of defoliation under greenhouse conditions for 31 half-sib families and their respective parents ranged from 45 to 58%, depending on how defoliation from the multi-species grasshopper populations was measured. Alfalfa populations produced from cycles 1, 3, and 5 of recurrent phenotypic selection were evaluated simultaneously under greenhouse conditions with a common grasshopper population and rated for defoliation on a scale from 1-5 where 1 = 0-20% and 5 = 81-100% defoliation. Mean defoliation decreased significantly (P<0.05) from 3.83 to 3.25 from cycle 1 to cycle 3, but the small decrease from 3.25 to 3.15 from cycle 3 to cycle 5 was not significant. The lack of progress from cycle 3 to cycle 5 was attributed to a major change in species composition of the grasshopper populations used in the selection process.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://repository.arizona.edu/handle/10150/644910en_US
dc.identifierhttps://mel.cgiar.org/reporting/downloadmelspace/hash/3f74fd54467560761376ce0015308485/v/c8bc6e8f9a9bbff43062a86ab5d47e2den_US
dc.identifier.citationJ. D. Berdahl, G. B. Hewitt, R. H. Miller. (31/5/1990). Recurrent phenotypic selection for low grasshopper food preference in rangeland alfalfa. Journal of Range Management, 43 (3), pp. 216-219.en_US
dc.identifier.statusOpen accessen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766/66364
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherSociety for Range Managementen_US
dc.rightsCopyrighted; Non-commercial educational use onlyen_US
dc.sourceJournal of Range Management;43,(1990) Pagination 216-219en_US
dc.subjectinsect resistanceen_US
dc.subjectmedicago sativa subsp. x variaen_US
dc.subjectmelanoplus spp.en_US
dc.subjectgrasshopper defoliationen_US
dc.titleRecurrent phenotypic selection for low grasshopper food preference in rangeland alfalfaen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
dcterms.available1990-05-31en_US
dcterms.extent216-219en_US

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