Multivariate Interaction Analysis of Winter Wheat Grown in Environment of Limited Soil Conditions

Ljubičić Nataša; Popović Vera; Ćirić Vladimir; Kostić Marko; Ivošević Bojana; Popović Dragana; Pandžić Miloš; El Musafah Seddiq; Snežana Janković

doi:10.3390/plants10030604

Published March 17, 2021 | Version https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10030604

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Multivariate Interaction Analysis of Winter Wheat Grown in Environment of Limited Soil Conditions

1. BioSense Institute, University of Novi Sad, 21000 Novi Sad, SERBIA
2. Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops, Novi Sad, Serbia
3. University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Agriculture
4. Faculty of Economics in Subotica, University of Novi Sad, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
5. Institute of Applied Ecology Futura, University of Metropolitan, 21000 Belgrade, Serbia
6. Institute of Applied Sciences in Agriculture, 21000 Belgrade, Serbia

The less productive soils present one of the major problems in wheat production. Because of unfavorable conditions, halomorphic soils could be intensively utilized using ameliorative measures and by selecting suitable stress tolerant wheat genotypes. This study examined the responses of ten winter wheat cultivars on stressful conditions of halomorphic soil, solonetz type in Banat, Serbia. The wheat genotypes were grown in field trails of control and treatments with two soil amelioration levels using phosphor gypsum, in amounts of 25 and 50 tha⁻¹. Across two vegetation seasons, phenotypic variability and genotype by environment interaction (GEI) for yield traits of wheat were studied. The additive main effects and multiplicative interaction (AMMI) models were used to study the GEI. AMMI analyses revealed significant genotype and environmental effects, as well as GEI effect. Analysis of GEI using the IPCA (Interaction Principal Components) analysis showed a statistical significance of the first two main components, IPCA1 and IPCA2 for yield, which jointly explained 70% of GEI variation. First source of variation IPCA1 explained 41.15% of the GEI for the grain weight per plant and 78.54% for the harvest index. The results revealed that wheat genotypes responded differently to stressful conditions and ameliorative measures.

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Acknowledgments: The authors express their appreciation for providing financial support to Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia (Grant No. 451-03-9/2021-14/200358, 200032 and 200045); FAO Project 2020–2022—Redesigning the exploitation of small grains genetic resources towards increased sustainability of grain-value chain and improved farmers' livelihoods in Serbia and Bulgaria—GRAINEFIT; and Bilateral Project Montenegro-Serbia, 2019–2021, Alternative cereals and oil crops as a source of healthcare food and an important raw material for the production of biofuel.

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