Development of selection indices for improvement of seed yield and lipid composition in bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea (l.) verdc.)

Halimi, Razlin Azman; Raymond, Carolyn A.; Barkla, Bronwyn J.; Mayes, Sean; King, Graham J.

Abstract

The underutilised grain legume bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea) has the potential to contribute significantly to nutritional security. However, the lack of commercial cultivars has hindered its wider adoption and utilisation as a food source. The development of competitive cultivars is impeded by (1) lack of systematic data describing variation in nutritional composition within the gene pool, and (2) a poor understanding of how concentrations of different nutritional components interact. In this study, we analysed seed lipid and protein concentration and lipid composition within a collection of 100 lines representing the global gene pool. Seed protein and lipid varied over twofold with a normal distribution, but no significant statistical correlation was detected between the two components. Seed lipid concentration (4.2–8.8 g/100 g) is primarily determined by the proportion of oleic acid (r2 = 0.45). Yield and composition data for a subset of 40 lines were then used to test selection parameters for high yielding, high lipid breeding lines. From five selection indices tested using 15 scenarios, an index based on the seed number, seed weight, and oleic acid yielded a >50% expected increase in each of the mean values of seed number, pod dry weight, seed dry weight, and seed size, as well as an expected 7% increase in seed lipid concentration.

Citation

Halimi, R. A., Raymond, C. A., Barkla, B. J., Mayes, S., & King, G. J. (2022). Development of selection indices for improvement of seed yield and lipid composition in bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea (l.) verdc.). Foods, 11(1), Article 86. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods11010086

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Dec 23, 2021
• Online Publication Date: Dec 29, 2021
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2022
• Deposit Date: Jan 4, 2022
• Publicly Available Date: Jan 6, 2022
• Journal: Foods
• Electronic ISSN: 2304-8158
• Publisher: MDPI
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 11
• Issue: 1
• Article Number: 86
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/foods11010086
• Keywords: Plant Science; Health Professions (miscellaneous); Health (social science); Microbiology; Food Science
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/7164465
• Publisher URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/11/1/86