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Selection index based on phenotypic and genotypic values predicted by REML/BLUP in Papaya

Índices de seleção baseados em valores fenotípicos e genotípicos preditos via REML/BLUP em mamoeiro

Abstract

Selection of superior genotypes based on the simultaneous responses to different characteristics is a fundamental strategy in plant breeding. This study aimed to compare the efficiency of four selection index constructed using phenotypic and genotypic values in a segregating population of the cultivar Rubi Incaper 511. Eight morpho-agronomic variates and the severity of black-spot and phoma-spot were evaluated under field conditions. The classical selection index were calculated based on non-standardized phenotypic means (NSM), standardized means (SM), and genotypic values predicted by REML/BLUP (GVP), using predetermined economic weights. Additionally, the rank sum (RS) was obtained on the basis of the classification of individuals in these three selection index. For ten characteristics, the selected individuals showed a higher mean than did the original population. The best selection differential values were obtained by SM, however, the highest degree of coincidence among the selected individuals was obtained between GVP and RS (80%). The index used were efficient at selecting individuals with higher soluble solids and lower diseases severity evaluated. Therefore, for the papaya breeding programs, different selection index need to be evaluated to maximize genetic gain.

Index terms
Carica papaya L.; selection criteria; mixed model; selection differential

Resumo

A seleção de genótipos superiores com base na resposta simultânea à diferentes caracteres é uma estratégia fundamental no melhoramento de plantas. Neste estudo objetivou-se comparar a eficiência de quatro índices de seleção construídos a partir de valores fenotípicos e genotípicos, em uma população segregante da cultivar Rubi Incaper 511. Foram avaliadas oito variáveis morfoagronômicas e a severidade de pinta-preta e mancha-de-phoma em condições de campo. Os índices clássicos de seleção foram calculados com base na média fenotípica não padronizada (NSM), padronizada (SM) e nos valores genotípicos preditos via REML/Blup (GVP), utilizando pesos econômicos pré-determinados. Adicionalmente, foi obtida a soma de ranks (RS), considerando o ordenamento dos indivíduos nesses três indices de seleção. Em dez características, os indivíduos selecionados melhoraram a média em relação à população original. Os melhores valores de diferencial de seleção foram obtidos pelo SM, porém, o maior grau de coincidência entre os indivíduos selecionados foi obtido entre GVP e RS (80%). Os índices utilizados foram eficientes para selecionar os indivíduos com maior teor de sólidos solúveis e menor severidade das doenças avaliadas. Os diferentes índices de seleção devem ser avaliados quanto a sua eficiência na obtenção de ganhos genéticos, buscando aquele que trará melhores resultados aos programas de melhoramento do mamoeiro.

Termos para indexação
Carica papaya L.; critérios de seleção; modelos mistos; diferencial de seleção

Introduction

The Brazil is one of the leading papaya-producing (Carica papaya L.) countries globally. However, only a few cultivars and hybrids are available to producers (PINTO et al., 2013 PINTO, F.O.; LUZ, L.N.; PEREIRA, M.G.; CARDOSO, D.L.; RAMOS, H.C.C. Metodologia dos modelos mistos para seleção combinada em progênies segregantes de mamoeiro. Revista Brasileira de Ciências Agrárias, Recife, v.8, n.2, p.211-217, 2013. ; LUZ et al., 2015 LUZ, L.N.; PEREIRA, M.G.; BARROS, F.R.; BARROS, G.B.; FERREGUETTI, G.A. Novos híbridos de mamoeiro avaliados nas condições de cultivo tradicional e no semiárido brasileiro. Revista Brasileira de Fruticultura, Jaboticabal, v.37, n.1, p.159-171, 2015. ). To achieve high productivity and obtain good-quality fruits, selection of new genotypes is crucial for fruit producers. Nevertheless, selection based on a small number of variables could be inadequate because of potential negative correlations between the variables (PEDROZO et al., 2009 PEDROZO, C.A.; BENITES, F.R.G.; BARBOSA, M.H.P.; RESENDE, M.D.V.de; SILVA, F.L. da. Eficiência de índices de seleção utilizando a metodologia REML/BLUP no melhoramento da cana-de-açúcar. Scientia Agraria, Curitiba, v.10, n.1, p.31-36, 2009. ; RAMOS et al., 2014 RAMOS, H.C.C.; PEREIRA, M.G.; VIANA, A.P.; LUZ, L.N.; CARDOSO, D.L.; FERREGUETTI, G.A. Combined selection in backcross population of papaya (Carica papaya L.) by the mixed model methodology. American Journal of Plant Sciences, Irvine, v.5, n.20, p.2973-2983, 2014. ) and low heritability of characteristics of interest, such as productivity. Therefore, genotype selection is more effective when it considers several characteristics (VIVAS et al., 2012 VIVAS, M.; SILVEIRA, S.F. da; PEREIRA, M.G. Prediction of genetic gain from selection indices for disease resistance in papaya hybrids. Revista Ceres, Viçosa, MG, v.59, n.6, p.781-786, 2012. ; PINTO et al.; 2013 PINTO, F.O.; LUZ, L.N.; PEREIRA, M.G.; CARDOSO, D.L.; RAMOS, H.C.C. Metodologia dos modelos mistos para seleção combinada em progênies segregantes de mamoeiro. Revista Brasileira de Ciências Agrárias, Recife, v.8, n.2, p.211-217, 2013. ; ENTRINGER et al., 2016 ENTRINGER, G.C.; VETTORAZZI, J.C.F.; SANTOS, E.A.S.; PEREIRA, M.G.; VIANA, A.P. Genetic gain estimates and selection of S1 progenies based on selection indices and REML/BLUP in super sweet corn. Australian Journal of Crop Science, Lismore, v.10, n.3, p.411-417, 2016. ; LEITE et al., 2016 LEITE, W.S.; PAVAN, B.E.; MATOS FILHO, C.H.A.; ALCANTARA NETO, F.; OLIVEIRA, C.B.; FEITOSA, F.S. Estimativas de parâmetros genéticos, correlações e índices de seleção para seis caracteres agronômicos em linhagens F8 de soja. Comunicata Scientiae, Bom Jesus, v.7, n.3, p.302-310, 2016. ) and with selection methods capable of efficiently evaluating available genetic material.

Different selection index can be used in plant breeding, which are generally constructed from estimates of genetic parameters or phenotypic means obtained using analysis of variance. Furthermore, one way to increase the effectiveness of selection would be to use individual genotypic values, which are additive and have greater accuracy (RAMOS et al., 2014 RAMOS, H.C.C.; PEREIRA, M.G.; VIANA, A.P.; LUZ, L.N.; CARDOSO, D.L.; FERREGUETTI, G.A. Combined selection in backcross population of papaya (Carica papaya L.) by the mixed model methodology. American Journal of Plant Sciences, Irvine, v.5, n.20, p.2973-2983, 2014. ; QUINTAL et al., 2017 QUINTAL, S. S. R.; VIANA, A. P.; CAMPOS, B. M.; VIVAS, M.; AMARAL JUNIOR, A. T. do. Selection via mixed models in segregating guava families based on yield and quality traits. Revista Brasileira de Fruticultura, Jaboticabal, v.39, n.2, e-866, 2017. ).

These individual genotypic values can be estimated using mixed linear models of the restricted maximum likelihood/ best linear unbiased prediction type (REML/BLUP) (FERREIRA et al., 2016b FERREIRA, R.T.; VIANA, A.P.; SILVA, F.H.L.; SANTOS, E.A.; SANTOS, J.O. Seleção recorrente intrapopulacional em maracujazeiro-azedo via modelos mistos. Revista Brasileira de Fruticultura, Jaboticabal, v.38, n.1, p.158-166, 2016b. ; RESENDE, 2016 RESENDE, M.D.V. de. Software Selegen-REML/BLUP: a useful tool for plant breeding. Crop Breeding and Applied Biotechnology, Viçosa, MG, v.16, n.4, p.330 -339, 2016. ).

In order to select individuals based on the morphoagronomic characteristics, tolerance papaya skin freckles (PINTO et al., 2013 PINTO, F.O.; LUZ, L.N.; PEREIRA, M.G.; CARDOSO, D.L.; RAMOS, H.C.C. Metodologia dos modelos mistos para seleção combinada em progênies segregantes de mamoeiro. Revista Brasileira de Ciências Agrárias, Recife, v.8, n.2, p.211-217, 2013. ), and disease resistance (VIVAS et al., 2013 VIVAS, M.; SILVEIRA, S.F. da; VIVAS, J.M.S.; PEREIRA, M.G. Predição de ganhos genéticos e seleção de progênies de mamoeiro para resistência à pinta-preta. Tropical Plant Pathology, Viçosa, MG, v.38, n.2, p.142-148, 2013. ; VIVAS et al.,2014 VIVAS, M.; SILVEIRA, S.F.da; VIVAS, J.M.S.; VIANA, A.P.; AMARAL JUNIOR, A.T.do; PEREIRA, M.G. Seleção de progênies femininas de mamoeiro para resistência a mancha-de-phoma via modelos mistos. Bragantia, Campinas, v.73, n.4, p.446-450, 2014. ), different selection index have been used in papaya in the last few years. After comparing selection index based on phenotypic and genotypic values obtained by REML/BLUP, Ramos et al. (2014) RAMOS, H.C.C.; PEREIRA, M.G.; VIANA, A.P.; LUZ, L.N.; CARDOSO, D.L.; FERREGUETTI, G.A. Combined selection in backcross population of papaya (Carica papaya L.) by the mixed model methodology. American Journal of Plant Sciences, Irvine, v.5, n.20, p.2973-2983, 2014. concluded that this strategy resulted in greater consistency in the individual rankings. However, Pinto et al. (2013) PINTO, F.O.; LUZ, L.N.; PEREIRA, M.G.; CARDOSO, D.L.; RAMOS, H.C.C. Metodologia dos modelos mistos para seleção combinada em progênies segregantes de mamoeiro. Revista Brasileira de Ciências Agrárias, Recife, v.8, n.2, p.211-217, 2013. support the idea that the efficiency of the selection index is specific to each population and experimental conditions; hence, a specific evaluation is required for each breeding program.

‘Rubi Incaper 511’ is an open-pollinated cultivar launched by the Capixaba Institute for Research, Technical Assistance and Rural Extension (Incaper) in 2010 (CATTANEO et al., 2010 CATTANEO, L.F.; COSTA, A.F.S.; SERRANO, L.A.L.; COSTA, A.N.; FANTON, C.J.; BRAVIM, A.J.B. ‘Rubi INCAPER 511’ Primeira variedade de mamão do grupo ‘Formosa’ para o Espírito Santo. Vitória: DCM/Incaper, 2010. (Série Documentos, 178). Disponível em: http://biblioteca.incaper.es.gov.br/digital/bitstream/item/44/1/Folder-Mamao-Rubi.pdf. Acesso em: 10 jun. 2018.
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). In a study by Barros et al. (2017) BARROS, F.L.S.; KUHLCAMP, K.T.; ARANTES, S.D.; MOREIRA, S.O. Productivity and quality of Formosa and Solo papaya over two harvest seasons. Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira, Brasília, DF, v. 52, n. 8, p. 599-606, 2017. , in which this cultivar was compared with eight other genetic materials, including hybrids, and the ‘Rubi Incaper 511’ had higher productivity, higher number of commercial fruits and fewer deformed fruits in the two harvests evaluated. However, the low soluble solids content of its fruits prevents its use on a commercial scale, which reinforces the need to continue the papaya breeding program developed by Incaper, which seeks to improve fruit quality of ‘Rubi Incaper 511’.The objective of this study was to compare different selection index based on the phenotypic and genotypic values predicted by REML/ BLUP in a segregating population of the papaya cultivar Rubi Incaper 511.

Material and methods

The experiment was conducted at the experimental farm of the Capixaba Institute for Research, Technical Assistance, and Rural Extension (Incaper) in Sooretama, state Espírito Santo. According to Köppen’s climate classification, the climate of this area is tropical with dry season (Aw), and it has an average annual air temperature of 23.5 °C and average annual precipitation of 1,276 mm (ALVARES et al., 2013 ALVARES, C.A.; STAPE, J.L.; SENTELHAS, P.C.; GOLÇALVES, J.L.M.; SPAVOREK, G. Köppen’s climate classification map for Brazil. Meteorologische Zeitschrift, Stuttgart, v.22, n.6, p.711-728, 2013. ).

The segregating population consisted of 750 plants of Carica papaya L. ‘Rubi Incaper 511’. Because of the absence of parental control, the evaluation was performed individually, which in a later stage will form half-sib families. The experiment was conducted between March 2014 and November 2015, with a spacing of 3.5 × 2 m between plants. The cultural practices were carried out according to a recommendation for culture (MARTINS; COSTA, 2003 MARTINS, D.S.; COSTA, A.F.S. A cultura do mamoeiro: tecnologias de produção. Vitória: Incaper, 2003. 497 p. Disponível em: http://biblioteca.incaper.es.gov.br/digital/bitstream/item/924/1/Livro-A-Cultura-do-Mamoeiro-1.pdf Acesso em: 10 jun. 2018.
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Eighteen months after planting, were pre-selected 150 hermaphrodite plants with the same fruit pattern and productivity of ‘Rubi Incaper 511’ as reported by Cattaneo et al. (2010) CATTANEO, L.F.; COSTA, A.F.S.; SERRANO, L.A.L.; COSTA, A.N.; FANTON, C.J.; BRAVIM, A.J.B. ‘Rubi INCAPER 511’ Primeira variedade de mamão do grupo ‘Formosa’ para o Espírito Santo. Vitória: DCM/Incaper, 2010. (Série Documentos, 178). Disponível em: http://biblioteca.incaper.es.gov.br/digital/bitstream/item/44/1/Folder-Mamao-Rubi.pdf. Acesso em: 10 jun. 2018.
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. In the selected plants, the plant height (PH), stem circumference (SC) at 20 cm distance from soil, and insertion height of the first fruit (IHFF) (in cm) were measured. Three fruits per plant were harvested at stage 2 of maturation (when 15% of the surface showed yellow skin) and the length of the fruit (LF); width of the fruit (WF); pulp thickness (PT), in cm; mass of the fruit (MF), in kg; and soluble solids (SS), in °Brix; were measured.

The severity of black-spot on leaves (BSL) and fruits (BSF), caused by Asperisporium caricae (Speg.) Maubl., and phoma-spot on leaf (PSL), caused by Stagonosporopsis caricae (Sydow ; P. Sydow) Aveskamp, Gruyter &Verkley, were evaluated monthly between the 5th and 16th month. For BSL and PSL, the symptoms were evaluated on the leaf associated with the first open flower, where: 1 = 0%; 3 = <5%; 5 = 6-15%; 7 = 16-25%; 8 = 26-50%; 9 = >50% of injured leaf area (ANDRADE et al., 2003 ANDRADE. J.S; TATAGIBA, J.S.; VENTURA, J.A.; COSTA, H.; MARTINS, D. dos S. Avaliação da mancha-de-corynespora em diferentes sistemas de condução do mamoeiro no Norte do Espírito Santo. In: MARTINS, D. dos S. (Ed.). Papaya Brasil: qualidade do mamão para o mercado interno. Vitória: Incaper, 2003. p. 577-579. ). For BSF, to facilitate field evaluation, the diagrammatic scale proposed by Vivas et al. (2010) VIVAS, M.; TERRA, C.E.P.S.; SILVEIRA, S.F.; FONTES, R.V.; PEREIRA, M.G. Escala diagramática para avaliação da severidade de pinta-preta em frutos de mamoeiro. Summa Phytopathologica, Botucatu, v.36, n.2, p.161-163, 2010. was converted into a scale of notes with the following standardization: 1 = 0%; 2 = 0.1%; 3 = 0.3%; 4 = 0.6%; 5 = 1.2%; 6 = 2.5%; 7 = 5.0%; 8 = 10.0%; 9 = 20.0% of injured fruit surface. The data for disease progress curves were evaluated using the trapezoidal model (SHANER; FINNEY, 1977 SHANER, G.; FINNEY, R.E. The effect of nitrogen fertilization on the expression of slow-mildewing resistance in knox wheat. Phytopathology, St Paul, v.67, n.8, p.1051-1056, 1977. ).

For the individual values, the classical selection index proposed by Smith (1936) SMITH, H.F. A discriminant function for plant selection. Annual Eugenics, London, v.7, n.3, p.240-250, 1936. and Hazel (1943) HAZEL, L.N. The genetic basis for constructing selection indexes. Genetics, Bethesda, v.28, n.6, p.476-490, 1943. was used with three variations: (i) non-standardized means (NSM) obtained by the phenotypic evaluation of the variables, (ii) standardized means (SM) obtained by (c-c)/s2c , where c is the arithmetic mean of the individual, c is the overall mean of the characteristic, and s2c is the standard deviation, and (iii) genotypic values predicted by mixed models (GVP). The following economic weights were defined as proposed by Ramos et al. (2014) RAMOS, H.C.C.; PEREIRA, M.G.; VIANA, A.P.; LUZ, L.N.; CARDOSO, D.L.; FERREGUETTI, G.A. Combined selection in backcross population of papaya (Carica papaya L.) by the mixed model methodology. American Journal of Plant Sciences, Irvine, v.5, n.20, p.2973-2983, 2014. , Vivas et al. (2014) VIVAS, M.; SILVEIRA, S.F.da; VIVAS, J.M.S.; VIANA, A.P.; AMARAL JUNIOR, A.T.do; PEREIRA, M.G. Seleção de progênies femininas de mamoeiro para resistência a mancha-de-phoma via modelos mistos. Bragantia, Campinas, v.73, n.4, p.446-450, 2014. and in the objectives of the Incaper breeding program: PH, WF, and LF = 1; SC = 5; IHFF = −10; PT = 50; MF = 20; SS = 100; PSL, BSL, and BSF = −30.

In addition, selection was made using a variation of the Mulamba and Mock (1978) MULAMBA, N.N.; MOCK, J.J. Improvement of yield potential of the Eto Blanco maize (Zea mays L.) population by breeding for plant traits. Egypt Journal of Genetics and Cytology, Alexandria, v.7, n.1, p.40-51, 1978. index (RS), using the sum of the ordering obtained in the three selection index described above, instead of the rank sum of the individuals in each variable. For each selection index, the mean of the first 20 classified (selection pressure of 13%) and the selection differential (SD) and the coefficient of coincidence between selection index were estimated.

The overall mean, upper and inferior limit, phenotypic variance (s2f), environmental variance (s2), coefficient of variation (CVe), broad-sense heritability (H2g), broad-sense heritability, adjusted for line and column effects (H2adj), were estimated with mixed models using REML/BLUP, considering the absence of an experimental design. The statistical model was defined by y = Xu + Zg + Wl + Tc + e; where y is the vector of data; u is the vector of overall mean; g is the vector of genotypic effects; l is the vector of line effects; c is the vector of column effects; and e is the vector of errors. Uppercase letters represent the incidence matrices for the said effects.

The genetic parameters were estimated using the Selegen software (RESENDE, 2016 RESENDE, M.D.V. de. Software Selegen-REML/BLUP: a useful tool for plant breeding. Crop Breeding and Applied Biotechnology, Viçosa, MG, v.16, n.4, p.330 -339, 2016. ), and the selection index were calculated using Microsoft Excel 2016.

Result and discussion

At its release, the values of MF, WF, LF, and SS for ‘Rubi Incaper 511’ were 1.47 kg, 11.6 cm, 24.1 cm, and 10.2 °Brix, respectively (CATTANEO et al., 2010 CATTANEO, L.F.; COSTA, A.F.S.; SERRANO, L.A.L.; COSTA, A.N.; FANTON, C.J.; BRAVIM, A.J.B. ‘Rubi INCAPER 511’ Primeira variedade de mamão do grupo ‘Formosa’ para o Espírito Santo. Vitória: DCM/Incaper, 2010. (Série Documentos, 178). Disponível em: http://biblioteca.incaper.es.gov.br/digital/bitstream/item/44/1/Folder-Mamao-Rubi.pdf. Acesso em: 10 jun. 2018.
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Although the species has a mixed reproductive system and the open-pollinated cultivar, pre-selected individuals maintained fruit size averages close to the original ones.

However, the mean SS value in pre-selected individuals was 11.52 °Brix, better than that in the original population by approximately 13% (Table 1). The papaya producers prefer plant materials with SS values around 12 °Brix (LUZ et al., 2015 LUZ, L.N.; PEREIRA, M.G.; BARROS, F.R.; BARROS, G.B.; FERREGUETTI, G.A. Novos híbridos de mamoeiro avaliados nas condições de cultivo tradicional e no semiárido brasileiro. Revista Brasileira de Fruticultura, Jaboticabal, v.37, n.1, p.159-171, 2015. ). The SS content of ‘Rubi Incaper 511’, of the 10.2 °Brix (CATTANEO et al., 2010 CATTANEO, L.F.; COSTA, A.F.S.; SERRANO, L.A.L.; COSTA, A.N.; FANTON, C.J.; BRAVIM, A.J.B. ‘Rubi INCAPER 511’ Primeira variedade de mamão do grupo ‘Formosa’ para o Espírito Santo. Vitória: DCM/Incaper, 2010. (Série Documentos, 178). Disponível em: http://biblioteca.incaper.es.gov.br/digital/bitstream/item/44/1/Folder-Mamao-Rubi.pdf. Acesso em: 10 jun. 2018.
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), considered low, has been one of the main obstacles for expansion of its cultivation. Hence, the objective of the papaya breeding program at Incaper is to improve the sugar content of the fruits without negatively affecting productivity. Our results indicate that pre-selection could prove useful in achieving this objective.

According to the classification proposed by Ferreira et al. (2016a) FERREIRA, J.P.; SCHMILDT, E.R.; SCHMILDT, O.CATTANEO, L.F.ALEXANDRE, R.S.; CRUZ, C.D. Comparison of methods for classification of the coefficient of variation in papaya. Revista Ceres, Viçosa, MG, v.63, n.2, p.138-144, 2016a. , the coefficients of variation (CVe) for the evaluated characteristics were medium, except for PT, and agreed to Pinto et al. (2013) PINTO, F.O.; LUZ, L.N.; PEREIRA, M.G.; CARDOSO, D.L.; RAMOS, H.C.C. Metodologia dos modelos mistos para seleção combinada em progênies segregantes de mamoeiro. Revista Brasileira de Ciências Agrárias, Recife, v.8, n.2, p.211-217, 2013. and Ramos et al. (2014) RAMOS, H.C.C.; PEREIRA, M.G.; VIANA, A.P.; LUZ, L.N.; CARDOSO, D.L.; FERREGUETTI, G.A. Combined selection in backcross population of papaya (Carica papaya L.) by the mixed model methodology. American Journal of Plant Sciences, Irvine, v.5, n.20, p.2973-2983, 2014. . CVe of this magnitude were expected because the experiment was not replicated, which would enhance the environmental influence as the study was conducted under field conditions. However, they still allowed inferences about the study population.

The environmental influence might be responsible for the low heritability coefficients obtained for all evaluated variables. The H2 gvalues were between 8.6% and 14.8% and the H2adj values were between 12.3% and 14.8%, for both BSL and SS (Table 1). These values corroborate those reported by Pinto et al. (2013) PINTO, F.O.; LUZ, L.N.; PEREIRA, M.G.; CARDOSO, D.L.; RAMOS, H.C.C. Metodologia dos modelos mistos para seleção combinada em progênies segregantes de mamoeiro. Revista Brasileira de Ciências Agrárias, Recife, v.8, n.2, p.211-217, 2013. , which even using experimental design reported coefficients of heritability that ranged between 0% and 20%. Oliveira et al. (2012) OLIVEIRA, E.J.; FRAIFE FILHO, G.de A.; FREITAS, J.P.X.de; DANTAS, J.L.L.; RESENDE, M.D.V. de. Plant selection in F2 segregating populations of papaya from commercial hybrids. Crop Breeding and Applied Biotechnology, Viçosa, MG, v. 12, n. 3, p. 191-198, 2012. observed heritability of 18% for SS. The low heritability estimates can be attributed to the narrow genetic base of the population, which reduces the available genetic variability (BARROS et al., 2017 BARROS, F.L.S.; KUHLCAMP, K.T.; ARANTES, S.D.; MOREIRA, S.O. Productivity and quality of Formosa and Solo papaya over two harvest seasons. Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira, Brasília, DF, v. 52, n. 8, p. 599-606, 2017. ; PINTO et al., 2013 PINTO, F.O.; LUZ, L.N.; PEREIRA, M.G.; CARDOSO, D.L.; RAMOS, H.C.C. Metodologia dos modelos mistos para seleção combinada em progênies segregantes de mamoeiro. Revista Brasileira de Ciências Agrárias, Recife, v.8, n.2, p.211-217, 2013. ), as well as the effects of climate and of the nutritional conditions of the crop on fruit development. These results indicate that to improve the heritability coefficient, it is necessary to use strategies such as increasing the number of replicates, the environments evaluated, and the genetic variability of the population. In this study, it is intended to open half-sib families of the selected individuals, which will allow the evaluation between and within families, which may favor the achievement of higher heritability coefficients.

Table 1
Overall mean, upper and inferior limit, phenotypic variance (a2f) environmental variance ( coefficient of variation (CVe), broad-sense heritability ( ), broad-sense heritability, adjusted for line and column effects ( ) for 11 morpho-agronomic variables and disease response in papaya.

Only individuals 26, 59, 75, 146, and 148 were selected by all the selection index studied (Table 2).

Between SM and NSM, only 25% of the selected genotypes were coincident. In contrast, the similarity between RS and GVP was 80%. Pedrozo et al. (2009) PEDROZO, C.A.; BENITES, F.R.G.; BARBOSA, M.H.P.; RESENDE, M.D.V.de; SILVA, F.L. da. Eficiência de índices de seleção utilizando a metodologia REML/BLUP no melhoramento da cana-de-açúcar. Scientia Agraria, Curitiba, v.10, n.1, p.31-36, 2009. , reported that the agreement coefficients between genotypes selected by different selection index were between 20% and 82%.

Table 2
Individuals selected and coefficients of coincidence between selection index based on non-standard means (NSM), standardized means (SM), genotypic values predicted by REML/BLUP (GVP), and rank sum (RS) for 11 morpho-agronomic variables and disease response in papaya.

The greater the agreement between two selection index, the more similar will be the results of the selection, which can a similar observation was made in the current study, because for IHFF, WF, LF, PT, MF and SS, the highest and lowest selection differential values were obtained by NSM and SM, respectively (Table 3). The high similarity between RS e GVP corroborated by the results obtained by Ramos et al. (2014) RAMOS, H.C.C.; PEREIRA, M.G.; VIANA, A.P.; LUZ, L.N.; CARDOSO, D.L.; FERREGUETTI, G.A. Combined selection in backcross population of papaya (Carica papaya L.) by the mixed model methodology. American Journal of Plant Sciences, Irvine, v.5, n.20, p.2973-2983, 2014. which also obtained a coefficient of coincidence of 80%. This high level of similarity was reflected in the SD values which were also close as observed for BSF, PH, IHFF, and SC (Table 3).

For ten characteristics, the selected individuals showed best mean values than individuals of the original population, in at least one of the selection index (Table 3). For SC, the selection was unfavorable for all evaluated methods. It is emphasized that for PSL, BSL, BSF, PH, and IHFF the selection must be negative that is, aiming to decrease the population mean.

The highest values of selection differential were obtained for BSF by NSM (-37.21%), GVP (-32.01%), and RS (-29.78%). For SS, the applied index increased the overall mean between 3.15% for NSM and 11.15% for SM (Table 3). The objectives of the papaya breeding programs are to get genetic materials that are less susceptible to diseases and would yield fruits of better quality (VIVAS et al. 2013 VIVAS, M.; SILVEIRA, S.F. da; VIVAS, J.M.S.; PEREIRA, M.G. Predição de ganhos genéticos e seleção de progênies de mamoeiro para resistência à pinta-preta. Tropical Plant Pathology, Viçosa, MG, v.38, n.2, p.142-148, 2013. ; RAMOS et al., 2014 RAMOS, H.C.C.; PEREIRA, M.G.; VIANA, A.P.; LUZ, L.N.; CARDOSO, D.L.; FERREGUETTI, G.A. Combined selection in backcross population of papaya (Carica papaya L.) by the mixed model methodology. American Journal of Plant Sciences, Irvine, v.5, n.20, p.2973-2983, 2014. ). Among the selection index evaluated, the SM had a better overall result, as it provided a higher SD for eight of the 11 evaluated characteristics and for not having SD results contrary to the interest of the breeding program, as observed in the other indexes studied. The results obtained from the current study indicate that the evaluated index were efficient at selecting individuals of interest, without, however, impairing other important characteristics such as MF, WF, LF and PT.

The selection index based on phenotypic values, such as NSM and SM, does not require estimates of genetic parameters, and can be used in a simpler and direct way. Thus, was observed the phenotypic means must be standardized before they are used in selection index. Similar results were obtained by Ramos et al., (2014) RAMOS, H.C.C.; PEREIRA, M.G.; VIANA, A.P.; LUZ, L.N.; CARDOSO, D.L.; FERREGUETTI, G.A. Combined selection in backcross population of papaya (Carica papaya L.) by the mixed model methodology. American Journal of Plant Sciences, Irvine, v.5, n.20, p.2973-2983, 2014. , who evaluated the standardization of phenotypic and genotypic means and concluded that, in these two cases, the standardization of means favors selection by eliminating scale problems.

However, the mixed models allowed the identification of the genetic values that can be used for the selection, even in the absence of an experimental design. According to Pinto et al. (2013) PINTO, F.O.; LUZ, L.N.; PEREIRA, M.G.; CARDOSO, D.L.; RAMOS, H.C.C. Metodologia dos modelos mistos para seleção combinada em progênies segregantes de mamoeiro. Revista Brasileira de Ciências Agrárias, Recife, v.8, n.2, p.211-217, 2013. , the association between individual genotypic values obtained by REML/ BLUP and selection index was efficient at selecting individuals above the original population mean. Similarly, Pedrozo et al. (2009) PEDROZO, C.A.; BENITES, F.R.G.; BARBOSA, M.H.P.; RESENDE, M.D.V.de; SILVA, F.L. da. Eficiência de índices de seleção utilizando a metodologia REML/BLUP no melhoramento da cana-de-açúcar. Scientia Agraria, Curitiba, v.10, n.1, p.31-36, 2009. emphasized that the use of mixed models contributed to a greater accuracy in selection, and Ferreira et al (2016b) FERREIRA, R.T.; VIANA, A.P.; SILVA, F.H.L.; SANTOS, E.A.; SANTOS, J.O. Seleção recorrente intrapopulacional em maracujazeiro-azedo via modelos mistos. Revista Brasileira de Fruticultura, Jaboticabal, v.38, n.1, p.158-166, 2016b. reported that mixed models are recommended for characteristics of low heritability, such as those obtained in the study. The SD values for severity of black-spot on leaves (BSL) and fruits (BSF) obtained by GVP was larger than that obtained by SM, which resulted in a better overall result. This suggests that it is prudent to evaluate different selection indices, looking for one that will bring more results that are satisfactory to the breeding program.

The rank sum index (MULAMBA; MOCK, 1978 MULAMBA, N.N.; MOCK, J.J. Improvement of yield potential of the Eto Blanco maize (Zea mays L.) population by breeding for plant traits. Egypt Journal of Genetics and Cytology, Alexandria, v.7, n.1, p.40-51, 1978. ), had intermediate selection differential values for the analyzed variables, except for PSL, which had the best SD value. This result was expected since this index is constructed from the sum of the ranking of individuals in all other indices used in this study. Evaluating different index for papaya selection, Vivas et al. (2012) VIVAS, M.; SILVEIRA, S.F. da; PEREIRA, M.G. Prediction of genetic gain from selection indices for disease resistance in papaya hybrids. Revista Ceres, Viçosa, MG, v.59, n.6, p.781-786, 2012. reported selection differential -27.4% for PSL, and concluded that the sum of ranks index is the most efficient procedure for simultaneous selection of papaya hybrid resistant to blackspot, powdery mildew, and phoma-spot. When considering only the variables related to disease severity (BSL, BSF and PSL), the rank sum index was efficient in the selection of more tolerant papaya genotypes, as reported by Vivas et al. (2012) VIVAS, M.; SILVEIRA, S.F. da; PEREIRA, M.G. Prediction of genetic gain from selection indices for disease resistance in papaya hybrids. Revista Ceres, Viçosa, MG, v.59, n.6, p.781-786, 2012. . However, when fruit quality and productivity variables (LF, WF, MF and SS) are included, RS index does not exceed the overall result obtained for SM.

Table 3
Means of selected individuals (Xs), and selection differential (SD) for 11 morpho-agronomic variables and disease response from different selection index.

Conclusion

The selection index used improved the means compared to the original population for ten of the eleven characteristics evaluated. However, the values of the selection differential and the selected individuals were different. Depending on the genetic nature of the population and the experimental design used, different selection index should be evaluated in accordance with the objectives of the breeding program.

For this study, the selection index of Smith and Hazel using the standardized phenotypic means was more efficient in the identification of individuals with better values of soluble solids; mass, length and width of the fruit; height of the plant and the insertion of the first fruit; and pulp thickness.

Acknowledgments

The authors thank CNPq and Fapes for their financial support.

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Publication Dates

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    2019

History

  • Received
    13 July 2018
  • Accepted
    12 Nov 2018
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