Morphological characterization and selection of castor bean accessions for mechanized production

Authors

  • Sebastião Soares de Oliveira Neto Faculdade de Ciências Agronômicas - Universidade Estadual Paulista
  • Matheus Kainan de Paula Manjavachi Faculdade de Ciências Agronômicas - Universidade Estadual Paulista
  • Douglas Mariani Zeffa Universidade Estadual de Maringá
  • Maria Márcia Pereira Sartori Faculdade de Ciências Agronômicas - Universidade Estadual Paulista
  • Maurício Dutra Zanotto Faculdade de Ciências Agronômicas - Universidade Estadual Paulista

Abstract

Castor bean (Ricinus communis L.) is an oilseed found in different regions worldwide, due to its easy propagation and adaptability. Cropping more productive disease-resistant genotypes that enable a mechanized production ensures greater economic returns for farmers. This study aimed to morphologically characterize and select promising castor bean accessions for mechanized cropping, mainly as a source of genetic variability for breeding programs with this purpose. Fifty accessions were assessed. Analysis of variance, dissimilarity clustering via the unweighted pair-group method with arithmetic mean (UPGMA) and principal component analysis were used to analyze the collected data. The dissimilarity analysis based on the Gower distance for qualitative and quantitative variables revealed three groups of accessions and the principal component analysis enabled the selection of those with desirable traits. The accessions BOC1, PRAT1 and SM2 exhibited morpho-agronomic characteristics of interest to the mechanized production, such as ideal plant height, diameter, seed weight and oil content. Such genotypes show a potential for use as genitors in genetic breeding programs of castor bean.

KEYWORDS: Ricinus communis, mechanized agriculture, genetic breeding of oilseeds.

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Author Biographies

Sebastião Soares de Oliveira Neto, Faculdade de Ciências Agronômicas - Universidade Estadual Paulista

Doutorando em Agronomia (Agricultura) Departamento de Produção e Melhoramento Vegetal

Matheus Kainan de Paula Manjavachi, Faculdade de Ciências Agronômicas - Universidade Estadual Paulista

Graduando em Agronomia - FCA/UNESP

Douglas Mariani Zeffa, Universidade Estadual de Maringá

Doutorando em Genética e Melhoramento - UEM

Maria Márcia Pereira Sartori, Faculdade de Ciências Agronômicas - Universidade Estadual Paulista

Docente - Departamento de Produção e Melhoramento Vegetal - FCA/UNESP.

Maurício Dutra Zanotto, Faculdade de Ciências Agronômicas - Universidade Estadual Paulista

Docente - Departamento de Produção e Melhoramento Vegetal - FCA/UNESP.

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Published

2019-10-21

How to Cite

OLIVEIRA NETO, S. S. de; MANJAVACHI, M. K. de P.; ZEFFA, D. M.; SARTORI, M. M. P.; ZANOTTO, M. D. Morphological characterization and selection of castor bean accessions for mechanized production. Pesquisa Agropecuária Tropical [Agricultural Research in the Tropics], Goiânia, v. 49, p. e56749, 2019. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/pat/article/view/56749. Acesso em: 18 dec. 2024.

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Vol. 49 (2019)

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Research Article

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