Adaptive values of wild x cultivated sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) hybrids in generations F-1, F-2, and F-3

作者：Muraya Moses M^*; Geiger Hartwig H; Sagnard Fabrice; Toure Lassana; Traore Pierre C S; Togola Sabine; de Villiers Santie; Parzies Heiko K

来源：Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 2012, 59(1): 83-93.

DOI：10.1007/s10722-011-9670-0

• Adaptive value
• Ecological risk
• Gene flow
• Introgresssion
• Sorghum bicolor
• Wild x cultivated hybridisation
• Wild-crop hybrids

Gene flow between cultivated and their wild relatives is one of the main ecological concerns associated with the introduction genetically modified (GM) cultivars. GM sorghum cultivar has been developed and its commercial production may be possible in the near future. The rate of gene flow depends on the fitness of wild x cultivated sorghum hybrids. The study aimed at estimating adaptive values of wild x cultivated sorghum hybrids in generations F-1, F-2, and F-3 compared to their parents. Artificial crosses of four wild sorghums, five cultivated sorghums, and two male sterile lines were made to produce the F-1 generation, which were advanced to F-2 and F-3. Each hybrid generation and their respective parents were evaluated for their adaptive value at two sites in a randomised complete block design with seven replicates. The resulting progenies did not show serious fitness penalties. Some hybrids were as fit as their respective wild parents and no consistent differences exist between the three generations studied. Thus, the resultant wild x cultivated hybrids may act as avenue for introgression.

• 出版日期2012-1