Desempenho agronômico de linhas de melancia com resistência ao oídio.

O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar o desempenho agronômico em termos de produtividade e características de frutos em 32 genótipos de melancia. O ensaio foi conduzido na Embrapa Semi-Árido, em Petrolina-PE, durante o período de agosto a outubro de 2005, utilizando o delineamento experimental de blocos ao acaso, com quatro repetições e parcelas com 10 plantas. As mudas foram transplantadas para o campo no espaçamento de 3 x 0,8 m. A cv ?C. Sweet? e as 31 linhas originadas do cruzamento entre ?C. Sweet? e ?CPATSA 85-030? foram avaliadas quanto a rendimento e aspectos externos e internos dos frutos. Verificou-se alto rendimento dos genótipos (33,6 a 66,7 t/ha). Na maioria das linhas, predominaram os frutos com casca rajada, com listras verde-claras alternadas com verde-escuras (96,8%), polpa vermelha (83,9%), alto teor de sólidos solúveis (10 a 12,3o Brix) (93,5%), frutos grandes (8,60 a 11,70 kg) (54,8%) e formato arredondado. Algumas linhas (9,7%) apresentaram alta prolificidade (2,9 a 2,5 frutos/planta), frutos pequenos e arredondados (4,30 a 4,60 kg) e casca rajada verde escura (3,2%). Entre os genótipos de melancia, 05.1168.003, 05.1172.004, 05.1185.001, 05.1189.003, 05.1203.007/1, 05.1194.001/1, 05.1194.005 e 05.1194.006 foram os mais promissores para a obtenção de cultivares resistentes ao oídio e com padrões de frutos para os mercados interno e externo.

Drought impact on rainfed common bean production areas in Brazil.

Common bean production in Goiás, Brazil is concentrated in the same geographic area, but spread acrossthree distinct growing seasons, namely, wet, dry and winter. In the wet and dry seasons, common beansare grown under rainfed conditions, whereas the winter sowing is fully irrigated. The conventional breed-ing program performs all varietal selection stages solely in the winter season, with rainfed environmentsbeing incorporated in the breeding scheme only through the multi environment trials (METs) wherebasically only yield is recorded. As yield is the result of many interacting processes, it is challengingto determine the events (abiotic or biotic) associated with yield reduction in the rainfed environments(wet and dry seasons). To improve our understanding of rainfed dry bean production so as to produceinformation that can assist breeders in their efforts to develop stress-tolerant, high-yielding germplasm,we characterized environments by integrating weather, soil, crop and management factors using cropsimulation models. Crop simulations based on two commonly grown cultivars (Pérola and BRS Radi-ante) and statistical analyses of simulated yield suggest that both rainfed seasons, wet and dry, can bedivided in two groups of environments: highly favorable environment and favorable environment. Forthe wet and dry seasons, the highly favorable environment represents 44% and 58% of production area,respectively. Across all rainfed environment groups, terminal and/or reproductive drought stress occursin roughly one fourth of the seasons (23.9% for Pérola and 24.7% for Radiante), with drought being mostlimiting in the favorable environment group in the dry TPE. Based on our results, we argue that eventhough drought-tailoring might not be warranted, the common bean breeding program should adapttheir selection practices to the range of stresses occurring in the rainfed TPEs to select genotypes moresuitable for these environments.

Produção de mudas do maracujazeiro silvestre: Passiflora cincinnata Mast. BRS Sertão Forte (BRS SF).

Cultivar de maracujazeiro silvestre BRS Sertão Forte foi obtida por pesquisas desenvolvidas na Embrapa Semiárido (Petrolina, PE) em parceria com a Embrapa Cerrados (Planaltina, DF), resultante de um processo de seleção massal de uma população de acessos silvestres da espécie Passiflora cincinnata Mast. de diferentes origens, visando, principalmente, ao aumento da produtividade e do tamanho do fruto.

Desempenho de variedades crioulas e comerciais de feijão-macassar ou feijão-caupi no agreste paraibano.

2016

Resultados do ensaio nacional de cultivares do algodoeiro herbáceo nas condições do Cerrado - safra 2013/2014.

Após a Helicoverpa armigera ser identificada no Brasil, os produtores passaram a ter que conviver com uma nova e importante praga da cotonicultura. Para conviver com essa praga e outros lepidópteros e facilitar o manejo de plantas daninhas, os programas de melhoramento genético que atuam no Brasil disponibilizaram ao mercado novas cultivares transgênicas resistentes a lepidópteros e a herbicidas. Contudo, para que a transgenia visando ao controle de lepidópteros seja sustentável em longo prazo, é imprescindível o uso de áreas de refúgio, que nada mais são do que áreas comerciais cultivadas sem a presença do evento para resistência a pragas. Por isso, foram disponibilizadas ao mercado cultivares convencionais e transgênicas com resistência a herbicidas, visando atender à demanda dessas áreas.Essa grande quantidade de novas cultivares disponíveis no mercado tem ocasionado dificuldades para os produtores e consultores em fazerem suas escolhas. Uma vez que, além da resistência às pragas e a herbicidas, é necessário que essas cultivares tenham bom desempenho agronômico, aliado à qualidade de fibras exigida pela indústria têxtil. Nesse sentido, esta publicação pode auxiliar o produtor de algodão brasileiro a fazer a escolha da cultivar mais adequada à sua região e ao manejo adotado na propriedade.

Avaliação de cultivares de algodoeiro no Cerrado da Bahia - safra 2014/2015.

2015

Comportamento de linhagens de algodoeiro no Cerrado baiano - Safra 2014/2015.

A parceria entre a Embrapa Algodão e a Fundação Bahia vem concentrando esforços para desenvolver cultivares de algodoeiro com elevado desempenho produtivo, com fibra de alta qualidade tecnológica e, portando, eventos transgênicos que contribuam para o melhor êxito da atividade nas condições do cerrado da região MATOPIBA (Maranhão, Tocantins, Piauí e Bahia). Ao final de mais um ano de atividades de pesquisa dessa parceria, são relatados os principais resultados na área de Melhoramento Genético do Algodoeiro, demonstrando os avanços que estão sendo conquistados.São apresentados os resultados referentes a quatro tipos de ensaios: Ensaio de Linhagens Finais da Bahia (ELF BA), com linhagens convencionais; Ensaio de Linhagens Finais da Bahia RF (ELF BA RF), com linhagens contendo o evento Roundup Ready Flex ? RF, que confere tolerância ao herbicida glifosato; Ensaio de Valor de Cultivo e Uso RF (VCU RF), com linhagens RF; Ensaio de Valor de Cultivo e Uso B2RF (VCU B2RF), com linhagens com os eventos RF e Bollgard II, que confere resistência às principais lagartas praga da cultura e ao herbicida glifosato. Através dos resultados obtidos e aqui apresentados, objetiva-se contribuir com a cotonicultura do oeste baiano com lançamentos de cultivares adaptadas a região.

Genetic associations between scrotal circumference and body weight measured at different ages in Canchim cattle.

2015

Genome selection in fruit breeding: application to table grapes.

Genomic selection (GS) has recently been proposed as a new selection strategy which represents an innovative paradigm in crop improvement, now widely adopted in animal breeding. Genomic selection relies on phenotyping and high-density genotyping of a sufficiently large and representative sample of the target breeding population, so that the majority of loci that regulate a quantitative trait are in linkage disequilibrium with one or more molecular markers and can thus be captured by selection. In this study we address genomic selection in a practical fruit breeding context applying it to a breeding population of table grape obtained from a cross between the hybrid genotype D8909-15 (Vitis rupestris × Vitis arizonica/girdiana), which is resistant to dagger nematode and Pierce?s disease (PD), and ?B90-116?, a susceptible Vitis vinifera cultivar with desirable fruit characteristics. Our aim was to enhance the knowledge on the genomic variation of agronomical traits in table grape populations for future use in marker-assisted selection (MAS) and GS, by discovering a set of molecular markers associated with genomic regions involved in this variation. A number of Quantitative Trait Loci (QTL) were discovered but this method is inaccurate and the genetic architecture of the studied population was better captured by the BLasso method of genomic selection, which allowed for efficient inference about the genetic contribution of the various marker loci. The technology of genomic selection afforded greater efficiency than QTL analysis and can be very useful in speeding up the selection procedures for agronomic traits in table grapes.

Factor analysis applied to genome prediction for high-dimensional phenotypes in pigs.

The aim of the present study was to propose and evaluate the use of factor analysis (FA) in obtaining latent variables (factors) that represent a set of pig traits simultaneously, for use in genome-wide selection (GWS) studies. We used crosses between outbred F2 populations of Brazilian Piau X commercial pigs. Data were obtained on 345 F2 pigs, genotyped for 237 SNPs, with 41 traits. FA allowed us to obtain four biologically interpretable factors: ?weight?, ?fat?, ?loin?, and ?performance?. These factors were used as dependent variables in multiple regression models of genomic selection (Bayes A, Bayes B, RR-BLUP, and Bayesian LASSO). The use of FA is presented as an interesting alternative to select individuals for multiple variables simultaneously in GWS studies; accuracy measurements of the factors were similar to those obtained when the original traits were considered individually. The similarities between the top 10% of individuals selected by the factor, and those selected by the individual traits, were also satisfactory. Moreover, the estimated markers effects for the traits were similar to those found for the relevant factor.

Resistance to Fusarium wilt in common bean cultivars and lines in pre-commercial stage.

The objective of this study was to identify common bean cultivars with resistance to Fusarium wilt.

Phenotypic and molecular characterization of common bean genotypes for resistance to anthracnose.

This study aimed to perform phenotypic and molecular characterization of cultivars and breeding lines of common bean for resistance to anthracnose.

Selection between and within full-sib sugarcane families using the modified BLUPIS method (BLUPISM).

2016

Pyramided lines of "carioca" common bean and their reaction to Pseudocercospora griseola.

The present work aimed to characterize lines produced by the Breeding Program of Common Bean (PMGF) of the Federal University of Viçosa (UFV), called ?Ruda R3? and ?Pérola R1?, in reaction to different races of P. griseola.

Marker-assisted selection integrated to the embrapa common bean breeding program.

The establishment of a specific Marker-Assisted Selection Facility at the Embrapa Rice and Beans Biotechnology Laboratory, in 2014, has better supported the routine analysis with molecular markers demanded by the Embrapa Common Bean Breeding Program. In addition, it has also supported other Embrapa plant breeding programs, such as rice and cotton.