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Improving Common Bean Performance under Drought Stress

Crop and Soil Sciences Dep., Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI 48824
Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias (INIFAP), Apartado Postal 10, Chapingo, Mexico, C.P. 56230
Centro de Genetica, Colegio de Postgraduados, Montecillo, Mexico 56230
Swedish Committee for Afghanistan, Peshawar, Pakistan

^* Corresponding author (kellyj.{at}pilot.msu.edu).

Drought is the second major constraint to common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L) production after disease. This study examined yield under drought, yield potential, drought susceptibility index, harvest index, and geometric mean as potential indicators of drought resistant genotypes. The performance of two common bean populations, consisting of 78 and 95 recombinant inbred lines, was examined under moisture stress and nonstress regimes. Experiments were conducted at seven locations (1990–1994) in Michigan and Mexico to identify effective selection criteria for drought resistance. Two genotypes from each population yielded in the top 10% under both stress and nonstress conditions. Heritability estimates for yield in the Sierra/AC1028 population, based on 5 yr of data, ranged from 0.55 to 0.59 for stress and nonstress, respectively, and from 0.20 to 0.19 for stress and nonstress, respectively, in the Sierra/Lef-2RB population. Heritability for plant biomass was 0.52 for stress and 0.55 for nonstress in the Sierra/AC1028 population and 0.15 under stress and 0.05 under nonstress in the Sierra/Lef-2RB population. One-hundred seed weight was the most highly heritable trait in both populations with heritability estimates of 0.80 for the Sierra/AC1028 population and 0.65 for the Sierra/Lef-2RB population. The geometric mean of the two moisture regimes was the single strongest indicator of performance under stress and nonstress, and a breeding strategy that involves selection based first on the geometric mean, followed by selection based on yield under stress, was suggested as the most effective strategy to improve drought resistance in common bean.

Received for publication January 2, 1996.

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