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Heritability, genetic variability and performance of some sweet sorghum varieties for morphological, quality and yield parameters influenced by soil salinity

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Last updated: 07 Jan 2025

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Breeding and production of sugar crops

Abstract

Two field experiments were carried out at El-Sabahia Research Station (latitude 31ᵒ 12΄N and longitude 29ᵒ 58΄E), Alexandria Governorate, Egypt, in the two summer successive seasons of 2021 and 2022 for studying the responses of five varieties of sweet sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Mohlenbr.) to soil salinity. The experimental design was a split plot with three replications used. Two types of soil (normal (3.48 dSm-1) and saline soil (6.43 dSm-1) were considered as main plots, while five sweet sorghum varieties, namely, GK Gaba, Brands, MN4508, SS301-1, and GK Ahron, were randomly planted in subplots.  The findings showed that there were notable variations between the varieties of sweet sorghum for every trait examined during the two seasons. The GK Ahron variety recorded the highest significance for most studied traits such as proline content, stimulated stalk yield, and juice extraction % under saline soil. Broad-sense heritability and genetic advancement expressed as a percentage of the grand mean were used to estimate the extent of genetic variability. There were three promise varieties, Brands, GK Gaba, and GK Ahron, that surpassed the other varieties regarding juice extraction % and juice yield, indicating their magnitude as breeding materials that may be successfully used in breeding programs of sweet sorghum. In the same context, high values of heritability accompanied by genetic advance percentage were observed in terms of juice extraction%, leaf area index, stalk yield (ton/fed), and juice yield (ton/fed), indicating that these traits were well heritable and can be improved through breeding programs.

DOI

10.21608/esugj.2025.344503.1074

Keywords

Sweet sorghum, saline soil, Genetics parameters, physiological traits

Authors

First Name

Farrag

Last Name

Abu-Ellail

MiddleName

F.B.

Affiliation

Sugar Crops Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, Egypt

Email

farrag_abuellail@yahoo.com

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0000-0001-8807-0780

First Name

El-Araby

Last Name

Salem

MiddleName

S.R.

Affiliation

Sugar Crops Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center

Email

elaraby28@yahoo.com

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Orcid

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First Name

Wafaa

Last Name

Grad

MiddleName

E.

Affiliation

Sugar Crops Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center,

Email

wafaagrad@gmail.com

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First Name

Amr

Last Name

El-Sheikh

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

Sugar Crops Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, Egypt

Email

fero2030@yahoo.com

City

Giza

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Volume

23

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0

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52008

Issue Date

2024-12-01

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2024-12-14

Publish Date

2024-12-10

Print ISSN

2636-2694

Online ISSN

2636-283X

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2,178

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Publication Title

Egyptian Sugar Journal

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https://esugj.journals.ekb.eg/

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Heritability, genetic variability and performance of some sweet sorghum varieties for morphological, quality and yield parameters influenced by soil salinity

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07 Jan 2025