Acta Agriculturae Zhejiangensis ›› 2024, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (7): 1469-1480.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-1524.20231059

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Breeding, yield and quality characteristics of Zheshu 86, a sweetpotato variety with high photosynthetic efficiency

SHEN Shengfa(), XIANG Chao, MENG Yusha, LI Bing, WU Liehong*()   

  1. Institute of Crops and Nuclear Technology Utilization, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310021, China
  • Received:2023-09-07 Online:2024-07-25 Published:2024-08-05

Abstract:

Shaping ideotype is the foundation and important way to achieve crop yield breakthroughs and high photosynthetic efficiency breeding. The sweetpotato parents with semi-erect and high quality, a starch variety Zheshu 20 and an edible local variety Yuedong, were used for cross-breeding, with ideotype, high yield and high quality as the main selection objectives, and the variety Zheshu 86 with high photosynthetic efficiency was bred. This variety had the morphological characteristics of an ideotype with short vines and a large number of base branches, forming a semi-erect plant type with more vertical secondary branches and a higher canopy space by the obvious advantages of plant height on ridge. Zheshu 86 had high leaf area index, medium depth split leaf shape with seven lobe, smaller and thick leaves, small stem-leaf angle of upper leaves, obvious leaf upthrust and more storage roots per plant. Based on the above advantages and characteristics, Zheshu 86 had higher photosynthetic efficiency and economic coefficient, and exhibited excellent early maturity and high yield. In the sweetpotato variety regional trials of Zhejiang Province and the Yangtze Plain, the annual yield of fresh storage root ranked first among all the tested varieties, with the yields of fresh storage root, dry storage root and starch increasing by about 30% compared with Xushu 22. The storage roots had high β-amylase activity, high content of maltose and soluble sugar after steaming, good taste, high starch content and good starch properties of high peak viscosity, high breakdown value and setback value, as well as low pasting temperature, so Zheshu 86 was suitable for fresh food, preserved potato, and starch processing. The variety had wide adaptability and was resistant to fusarium wilt, moderately resistant to black rot, root rot, and type Ⅱ bactrium wilt, and susceptible to stem nematode, type Ⅰ bactrium wilt, and foot rot. Zheshu 86 was a high quality, high yield and multi-purpose sweetpotato variety with high light efficiency, which was suitable for planting in Yangtze Plain areas, except for the severely affected areas of foot rot in southeastern Zhejiang.

Key words: sweetpotato, high photosynthetic efficiency breeding, ideotype, high yield, starch property, adaptability

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