Deciphering Main Climate and Edaphic Components Driving Oat Adaptation to Mediterranean Environments.

ABSTRACT: Oat, Avena sativa, is an important crop traditionally grown in cool-temperate regions. However, its cultivated area in the Mediterranean rim steadily increased during the last 20 years due to its good adaptation to a wide range of soils. Nevertheless, under Mediterranean cultivation conditions, oats have to face high temperatures and drought episodes that reduce its yield as compared with northern regions. Therefore, oat crop needs to be improved for adaptation to Mediterranean environments. In this work, we investigated the influence of climatic and edaphic variables on a collection of 709 Mediterranean landraces and cultivars growing under Mediterranean conditions. We performed genotype-environment interaction analysis using heritability-adjusted genotype plus genotype-environment

SUBMITTER: Canales FJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8662754 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature