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Genotype by environment interactions (GEIs) for barley grain yield under salt stress condition

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Changes in the relative genetic performance of genotypes across environments are referred to as genotype × environment interactions (GEIs). GEIs can affect barley breeding improvement for salt tolerance because it often complicates the evaluation and selection of superior genotypes. The present study evaluated the GEIs over 60 barley genotypes for yield components and grain yield in six salinity environments in North Delta, Egypt. Data were analyzed using the additive main effects and multiplicative interaction (AMMI) and Tai’s stability parameters. GEIs effects on yield explained 20.3, 20.1, 14.6, and 33.0% of the total variation besides, the first two principal components account for 67.3, 56.3, 64.3, and 83.7% of the explained variance in the four sets, respectively. Six genotypes namely G-4, G-7, G-20, G-34, G-36, and G-39 were found to be most stable and high yielding across environments (GY >2.00 t ha-1), and located close to zero projection onto the AEC ordinate. Tai’s stability parameters demonstrated that these genotypes were more responsive to the environmental changes. The genotypes G-50 and G-53 showed perfect/static stability (α = -0.95, -0.91, respectively). In contrast, the genotype; G-36 had α = 0 and λ = 1.10, indicating parallel with the environmental effects followed by G-44. Overall, we found that GEIs for grain yield are highly significant in all sets, suggesting that responded differently across environments. This interaction may be a result of changes in genotypes’ relative performance across environments, due to their differential responses to various abiotic factors.

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  1. Field Crop Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, 9 Gama St., Giza, Egypt

    Ammar Elakhdar

  2. Institute of plant Genetic Resources, Kyushu University, Hakozaki 6-10-1, Fukuoka, 812-8581, Japan

    Ammar Elakhdar & Toshihiro Kumamaru

  3. Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, USA

    Kevin P. Smith

  4. Department of Plant Pathology, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, 58108, USA

    Robert S. Brueggeman & Shyam Solanki

  5. Ludovic J.A. Capo-chichi, InnoTech Alberta Inc., Highway 16A & 75 Street, Vegreville, Alberta, T9C 1T4, Canada

    Ludovic J.A. Capo-chichi

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Elakhdar, A., Kumamaru, T., Smith, K.P. et al. Genotype by environment interactions (GEIs) for barley grain yield under salt stress condition. J. Crop Sci. Biotechnol. 20, 193–204 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12892-017-0016-0

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