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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2023, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (5): 39-48.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb2022-0773

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The Growth Rhythm and Genetic Variation of the F1 Hybrid Cuttings of Populus deltoids

YAN Caixia1(), MIAO Tingting1, LIU Junlong1, WU Zhongneng1(), SU Xiaohua2, DING Changjun2, CAO Zhihua1, SUN Hui1   

  1. 1 Anhui Academy of Forestry, Hefei 230088
    2 Forestry Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091
  • Received:2022-09-13 Revised:2022-11-15 Online:2023-02-15 Published:2023-02-06

Abstract:

The growth rhythm and genetic variation of the cutting clones from the F1 hybrid of poplar were investigated to provide a basis for poplar genetic improvement and high-quality germplasm resources mining. Using 30 F1 hybrids obtained by the controlled pollination hybridization experiment with poplar ‘I-69’ as the female parent and poplar ‘I-63’ as male parent and the two parents as the research objects, we carried out a field cutting experiment to analyze the growth process and genetic variation of the seedling height and ground diameter of the experimental materials at seedling stage. Results showed that these two growth traits of the 1-year-old cuttings from the F1 hybrid of poplar were in line with the ‘S’ curve, and the Logistic growth equation could fit the dynamic growth rhythm well. The seedling height and ground diameter of different clones were significantly different (P<0.01), indicating obvious super-parental advantage and significant maternal parent effect. The repeatability, variation range, phenotypic variation coefficient, and the genetic variation coefficient of the two growth traits were 0.88 and 0.72, 125.11% and 108.94%, 23.67% and 19.97%, and 40.37% and 25.98%, respectively. The repeatability, phenotypic variation coefficient, and genetic variation coefficient of the two growth traits increased first and then decreased, while the genetic variance, environmental variance and phenotypic variance basically increased with growing months, and the contribution rate of genetic variance effect to phenotypic variance increased month by month. Based on the cluster analysis using seedling height and ground diameter as evaluation indexes, five clones with good growth performance traits were selected. The average seedling height and ground diameter of the five selected clones were 3.10 m and 19.92 mm, and the genetic gains were 12.48%-41.96% and 10.52%-21.83%, respectively. The five selected clones could be used as materials for forest production and poplar variety improvement.

Key words: Populus deltoids, F1 hybrid, Logistic growth equation, genetic variation