Variation among Australian accessions of Vigna vexillata for traits of agronomic, adaptive, or taxonomic interest

Grant, T., Lawn, R.J., and Bielig, L.M. (2003) Variation among Australian accessions of Vigna vexillata for traits of agronomic, adaptive, or taxonomic interest. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research, 54 (3). pp. 243-250.

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Abstract

Variation among 79 accessions of Vigna vexillata was evaluated for a range of traits of potential agronomic, taxonomic, or adaptive significance, using potted plants grown in the glasshouse over summer. There was significant variation among accessions for all of the traits evaluated except for tuber morphology. The nature and extent of variation are likely to be of agronomic interest in a plant improvement context. Variation among accessions for quantitatively inherited traits relating to phenology, biomass accumulation (vegetative growth, seeds, and tubers), and pod and seed traits was, in most instances, normally distributed, with no evidence of large discontinuities in response. There was evidence of photoperiodic adaptation among accessions from different latitudes and some interrelations between quantitative traits, for which there were usually plausible physiological explanations. Among the several qualitative traits evaluated, there was evidence of minor linkages between some alleles. There was no evidence of major discontinuities in the observed variation, and no evidence of aggregations of traits into distinctive or geographically discrete morphotypes. It is concluded that V. vexillata is relatively homogeneous across the wide geographical range over which it occurs within Australia.

Item ID: 5902
Item Type: Article (Research - C1)
ISSN: 1836-5795
Keywords: variation; Vigna vexillata
Date Deposited: 11 Feb 2010 04:17
FoR Codes: 05 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES > 0502 Environmental Science and Management > 050202 Conservation and Biodiversity @ 49%
07 AGRICULTURAL AND VETERINARY SCIENCES > 0703 Crop and Pasture Production > 070305 Crop and Pasture Improvement (Selection and Breeding) @ 51%
SEO Codes: 82 PLANT PRODUCTION AND PLANT PRIMARY PRODUCTS > 8205 Winter Grains and Oilseeds > 820503 Grain Legumes @ 51%
96 ENVIRONMENT > 9608 Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity > 960806 Forest and Woodlands Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity @ 49%
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