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Agronomic Evaluation of Bread Wheat Varieties from Participatory Breeding: A Combination of Performance and Robustness

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  • Isabelle Goldringer

    (GQE–Le Moulon, INRAE, Univ. Paris-Sud, CNRS, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France)

  • Gaëlle van Frank

    (GQE–Le Moulon, INRAE, Univ. Paris-Sud, CNRS, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France)

  • Caroline Bouvier d’Yvoire

    (GQE–Le Moulon, INRAE, Univ. Paris-Sud, CNRS, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France)

  • Emma Forst

    (GQE–Le Moulon, INRAE, Univ. Paris-Sud, CNRS, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France)

  • Nathalie Galic

    (GQE–Le Moulon, INRAE, Univ. Paris-Sud, CNRS, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France)

  • Maxime Garnault

    (GQE–Le Moulon, INRAE, Univ. Paris-Sud, CNRS, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France)

  • Jonathan Locqueville

    (GQE–Le Moulon, INRAE, Univ. Paris-Sud, CNRS, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France)

  • Sophie Pin

    (GQE–Le Moulon, INRAE, Univ. Paris-Sud, CNRS, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France)

  • Julien Bailly

    (Réseau Semences Paysannes, 3 avenue de la gare, 47190 Aiguillon, France)

  • Raphael Baltassat

    (Réseau Semences Paysannes, 3 avenue de la gare, 47190 Aiguillon, France)

  • Jean-François Berthellot

    (Réseau Semences Paysannes, 3 avenue de la gare, 47190 Aiguillon, France)

  • François Caizergues

    (Réseau Semences Paysannes, 3 avenue de la gare, 47190 Aiguillon, France)

  • Christian Dalmasso

    (Réseau Semences Paysannes, 3 avenue de la gare, 47190 Aiguillon, France)

  • Patrick de Kochko

    (Réseau Semences Paysannes, 3 avenue de la gare, 47190 Aiguillon, France)

  • Jean-Sébastien Gascuel

    (Réseau Semences Paysannes, 3 avenue de la gare, 47190 Aiguillon, France)

  • Alexandre Hyacinthe

    (Réseau Semences Paysannes, 3 avenue de la gare, 47190 Aiguillon, France)

  • Julien Lacanette

    (Réseau Semences Paysannes, 3 avenue de la gare, 47190 Aiguillon, France)

  • Florent Mercier

    (Réseau Semences Paysannes, 3 avenue de la gare, 47190 Aiguillon, France)

  • Hélène Montaz

    (Réseau Semences Paysannes, 3 avenue de la gare, 47190 Aiguillon, France)

  • Bernard Ronot

    (Réseau Semences Paysannes, 3 avenue de la gare, 47190 Aiguillon, France)

  • Pierre Rivière

    (Réseau Semences Paysannes, 3 avenue de la gare, 47190 Aiguillon, France)

Abstract

Participatory plant breeding (PPB) is based on the decentralization of selection in farmers’ fields and their involvement in decision-making at all steps of the breeding scheme. Despite the evidence of its benefits to develop population varieties adapted to diversified and local practices and conditions, such as organic farming, PPB is still not widely used. There is a need to share more broadly how the different programs have overcome scientific, practical, and organizational issues and produced a large number of positive outcomes. Here, we report on a PPB program that started on bread wheat in France in 2006 and has achieved a range of outcomes, from the emergence of new organization among actors, to specific experimental designs and statistical methods developed, and to populations varieties developed and cultivated by farmers. We present the results of a two-year agronomic evaluation of the first population varieties developed within this PPB program compared to two commercial varieties currently grown in organic agriculture. We found that several PPB varieties were of great agronomic interest, combining relatively good performance even under the most favorable conditions of organic agriculture and good robustness, i.e., the ability to maintain productivity under more constraining conditions. The PPB varieties also tended to show a good temporal dynamic stability and appeared promising for the farmers involved.

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  • Isabelle Goldringer & Gaëlle van Frank & Caroline Bouvier d’Yvoire & Emma Forst & Nathalie Galic & Maxime Garnault & Jonathan Locqueville & Sophie Pin & Julien Bailly & Raphael Baltassat & Jean-Franço, 2019. "Agronomic Evaluation of Bread Wheat Varieties from Participatory Breeding: A Combination of Performance and Robustness," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(1), pages 1-14, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:12:y:2019:i:1:p:128-:d:301060
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    1. Julie C. Dawson & Pierre Rivière & Jean-François Berthellot & Florent Mercier & Patrick de Kochko & Nathalie Galic & Sophie Pin & Estelle Serpolay & Mathieu Thomas & Simon Giuliano & Isabelle Goldring, 2011. "Collaborative Plant Breeding for Organic Agricultural Systems in Developed Countries," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 3(8), pages 1-18, August.
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