Yield, market quality, and leaf spots partial resistance of interspecific peanut progenies

• Main Authors: Taís de Moraes Falleiro Suassuna, Nelson Dias Suassuna, Márcio de Carvalho Moretzsohn, Soraya Cristina de Macedo Leal Bertioli, David Jonh Bertioli, Everaldo Paulo de Medeiros
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Brazilian Society of Plant Breeding 2015-08-01
• Series: Crop Breeding and Applied Biotechnology
• Subjects: Arachis sp.; pre-breeding; wild relatives; oil content; O/L ratio
• Online Access: http://www.sbmp.org.br/cbab/siscbab/uploads/c8eb9792-b1b0-1f28.pdf

Development of leaf spots resistant runner peanut cultivars is one of the major demands in Brazil. In the 2009/10 crop season, 12 pre-breeding progenies (LPM) were selected out of 380 plants of an interspecific BC1 F3 population for leaf spots resistance and agronomic traits. In the 2010/11, the 12 LPMs were evaluated for leaf spots resistance, without fungicide sprays. The recurrent parent (susceptible control) and all LPMs were susceptible; partial resistant segregating plants were selected. Some progenies had yield, pod and seed shape similar to the control. The 12, and the 5 LPMs selected in the 2011/12 and 2012/13 crop seasons, respectively, were evaluated under appropriate disease management. Differences were detected for pod yield and weight of 100 seeds. Seed/pod weight ratio, oil content and oleic/linoleic ratio were similar to the control. Individual plants were selected for pod yield and market quality. Variability detected in the first backcross generation for partial resistance and agronomic traits will be useful.