Photosynthetica, 2010 (vol. 48), issue 4

Photosynthetica 2010, 48(4):545-558 | DOI: 10.1007/s11099-010-0072-x

The evaluation of photosynthetic parameters in maize inbred lines subjected to water deficiency: Can these parameters be used for the prediction of performance of hybrid progeny?

D. Holá1,*, M. Benešová1, J. Honnerová1, F. Hnilička2, O. Rothová1, M. Kočová1, H. Hniličková2
1 Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Science, Prague 2, Czech Republic
2 Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Department of Botany and Plant Physiology, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague 6, Czech Republic

The response of selected photosynthetic and morphological parameters of plants to drought was examined in 5 inbred lines of maize (Zea mays L.) and their 10 F1 hybrids. The aim of the study was to establish whether the photosynthetic performance of parental genotypes under drought conditions correlates with the performance of their progeny and whether the net photosynthetic rate, the chlorophyll fluorescence parameters or the content of photosynthetic pigments could be used as reliable physiological markers for early breeding generations. The relative importance of the additive and the nonadditive (dominance, maternal) genetic effects in the inheritance of these parameters was also assessed by means of the quantitative genetics analysis. The results showed that the nonadditive genetic effects associated with a particular combination of genotypes or a particular direction of crossing are at least equally and often even more important as the additivity and that these genetic effects almost totally change with the exposure of plants to drought conditions. This was reflected in the inability to predict the response of F1 hybrids to drought on the basis of the photosynthetic performance of their parents, which indicates that the practical usability of such parameters in maize breeding programs is rather limited.

Keywords: additivity; chlorophyll fluorescence; dominance; drought; genetic analysis; maternal effects; photosynthesis; stress tolerance

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Holá, D., Benešová, M., Honnerová, J., Hnilička, F., Rothová, O., Kočová, M., & Hniličková, H. (2010). The evaluation of photosynthetic parameters in maize inbred lines subjected to water deficiency: Can these parameters be used for the prediction of performance of hybrid progeny? Photosynthetica, 48(4), 545-558. doi: 10.1007/s11099-010-0072-x.
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