Efficiency of GGE Biplot and AMMI Analyses for Adaptability and Grain Yield Stability of Durum Wheat Lines under Different Environments

Subject Areas : Journal of Crop Ecophysiology

Behzad Sadeghzadeh ¹ , Reza Mohammadi ² , Hasan Ahmadi ³ , Gholamreza Abedi-asl ⁴ , Gholamreza Khalilzadeh ⁵ , Mahnaz Mohammadfam ⁶ , Nozar Bahrami ⁷ , Hasan Ismaeilzad ⁸ , Mohammad-Sharif Khaledian ⁹ , Maghsoud Hasanpour-hosni ¹⁰

1 - Dryland Agricultural Research Institute (DARI), Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Maragheh, Iran
2 - Dryland Agricultural Research Institute (DARI), Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Sararood Branch, Iran
3 - Kordestan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Sanandaj, Iran
4 - Ardabil Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Ardabil, Iran
5 - West Azarbaijan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Urmia, Iran
6 - Dryland Agricultural Research Institute (DARI), Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Maragheh, Iran
7 - Dryland Agricultural Research Institute (DARI), Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Sararood Branch, Iran
8 - Dryland Agricultural Research Institute (DARI), Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Maragheh, Iran
9 - Kordestan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Sanandaj, Iran
10 - Dryland Agricultural Research Institute (DARI), Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Maragheh, Iran

Received: 2016-12-05 Accepted : 2017-08-13 Published : 2017-07-23

Keywords: Stability, Adaptability, Genotype &times, Environment, Durum, Cold rainfed,

Abstract :

Genotype × environment interactions make it difficult to release high yielding durum varieties for diverse environmental conditions. The main purpose of this study was to achieve high yielding durum wheat genotypes with higher yield stability in different environmental conditions, tolerance to environmental stresses such as cold damage, terminal drought, and heat stresses. Hence, 16 durum wheat lines were evaluated for grain yield stability and morphological traits in Maragheh, Sararood, Qamloo, Ardabil and Urmia Agricultural Research Stations in 2012-15. In each location, the experiments were conducted in a randomized complete block design with three replications. Based on combined ANOVA, there were significant differences among the environments (E), genotypes (G) and G×E. GGE-biplot analysis showed that the 14 environments belonged to 3 mega-environments, and different genotypes had higher yield in each mega-environments. The AMMI and GGE results also confirmed that genotypes 2 (G-1252) and 3 (61-130/414-44//…) were the most high-yielding durum lines with reasonable yield stability across environments. Also, genotype 10 was the most adapted genotype to Ardabil. Line 61-130/414-44//… had 60, 11, 31, 10 and 17% more yield than check line (Saji) in Maragheh, Sararood, Qamloo, Ardabil and Urmia under rainfed conditions, respectively. Hence, these lines can be candiates to release as new durum varieties for cold and moderate rainfed areas. Complementary irrigation could increase grain yield up to 14 and 68% in Maragheh and Sararood, respectively. It can be concluded that finding new stable high-yielding durum lines, with better performances, as compared to the existed varieties, is a great progress in durum breeding programs in cold rainfed areas. Moreover, the GGE biplot and AMMI analysis had good performance in adaptability and yield stability analysis in durum genotypes and could be used to evaluate durum genotypes at different locations over the years in durum breeding programs.

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