Pea Breeding Lines Adapted to Autumn Sowings in Broomrape Prone Mediterranean Environments

In Mediterranean environments, with mild winters and dry summers, peas are planted in autumn or early winter to profit from winter rain and to avoid terminal drought and high summer temperatures. The root parasitic weed broomrape (Orobanche crenata) appears as a major limiting factor under these conditions. To address such specific growing conditions and associated constraints, targeted breeding is needed. We present here recent achievements in the development of pea lines arising from a wide hybridization program incorporating resistance to broomrape and to powdery mildew (Erysiphe pisi) from landraces and wild relatives. Their adaption to autumn sowings under Mediterranean rain fed conditions, and their agronomic performance and resistance to prevailing diseases is compared with those of check cultivars in a multi-environment field test with nine trials performed over three seasons. HA-GGE biplots were a powerful tool for comparison among accessions in terms of performance and stability for each trait assessed. Like this, breeding lines NS22, NS34, NS8, NS39, NS35, NS21 and NS83 over-yielded all check cultivars. Grain yield was strongly affected by broomrape infection, with little influence of powdery mildew and ascochyta blight. All breeding lines studied showed high to moderate resistance to broomrape, whereas all check cultivars were severely infected. Broomrape infection was not correlated with days to flowering, whereas powdery mildew infection was favored by long cycles. Broomrape infection was enhanced by mild winter temperatures before flowering and spring rain, whereas high spring temperatures hampered broomrape development.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Rubiales, Diego, Osuna-Caballero, Salvador, González-Bernal, María José, Cobos, María José, Flores, Fernando
Other Authors:	Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España)
Format:	artículo biblioteca
Published:	Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021-04-14
Subjects:	Pea, Pisum, Broomrape, Powdery mildew, Adaptation, Breeding, Genotype × environment interactions,
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10261/268068 http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100011033
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