Abstract

The sweet, bitter and roasted peanut attributes of roasted peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) flavor have been shown to be heritable traits. Previous research has estimated broad-sense heritability (H) and breeding values of numerous peanut cultivars and breeding lines for these attributes, but no study has estimated narrow-sense heritability (h²) in a specific population derived through hybridization and inbreeding. A population of 120 F₃-derived families was developed without selection from the cross of NC 7/NC Ac 18431, a virginia-type line identified in 1990 as having a good flavor profile. The parents and F_3:5 families were grown at two locations in North Carolina in 1995. SMK samples from each plot were roasted, ground to paste, tasted by a sensory panel, and scored for roasted peanut, sweet, bitter and astringent attributes. Additive and nonadditive genetic variances were estimated by equating variances among F₂-derived families and among F₃-derived families within F₂-derived families to genetic covariances among inbred relatives. Regardless of whether the genetic model included dominance or additive-by-additive epistasis, the estimates of additive genetic variance for flavor attributes were small compared to those for nonadditive genetic variance. Narrow-sense heritability in the F₂ generation was estimated at 0 for roasted peanut and astringent, 0.02 to 0.04 for sweet, and 0.01 to 0.03 for bitter, depending on the model used. Because of the low values of h², which are specific to this population, gain from selection in early generations is expected to be limited within this population. Selection in this population should be practiced in late generations. Other parents have been identified whose crosses should produce greater improvement in sensory quality than can be expected from the NC 7 / NC Ac 18431 population.

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Keywords: flavor, genetic gain, sensory attributes

How to Cite:

Isleib, T. & Pattee, H. & Giesbrecht, F., (2003) “Narrow-Sense Heritability of Selected Sensory Descriptors in Virginia-Type Peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.)¹”, Peanut Science 30(1), p.64-66. doi: https://doi.org/10.3146/pnut.30.1.0013

Author Notes

¹The research reported in this publication was a cooperative effort of the Agric. Res. Serv. of the USDA and the North Carolina Agric. Res. Serv., Raleigh, NC 276957643. The use of trade names in this publication does not imply endorsement by the USDA or the North Carolina Agric. Res. Serv. of the products named, nor criticism of similar ones not mentioned.