Screening drought-tolerant genotypes in bread wheat Triticum aestivum L using different multivariate methods
Abdolshahi, R.; Safarian, A.; Nazari, M.; Pourseyedi, S.; Mohamadi-Nejad, G.
Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science 59(5): 685-704
2013
ISSN/ISBN: 0365-0340
DOI: 10.1080/03650340.2012.667080
Accession: 036474015
Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is one of the most widely cultivated crops in rainfed areas of Iran, where drought is the main limiting factor on yield. The object of this study was the identification of drought-tolerant genotypes in bread wheat. Forty bread wheat genotypes were tested in separate experiments under drought stress and normal conditions in two years (29 21 and 21 211). Nine drought-tolerance/susceptibility indices including stress susceptibility index (SSI), mean productivity (MP), tolerance (TOL), stress tolerance index (STI), geometric mean productivity (GMP), yield index (YI), yield stability index (YSI), linear regression coefficient (?) and drought response index (DRI) were determined. Simultanously applied factor analysis used two factors instead of nine indices in this study. Mahdavi was recognized as the most drought-tolerant genotype in both years based on factor analysis. In this study an equation was developed for estimating the Stress Tolerance Score (STS). The results of th.