Maintenance breeding and breeding for yield potential both contribute to genetic improvement in wheat yield

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Andrade, José Francisco; Man, Jianguo; Monzon, Juan Pablo; Rattalino Edreira, Juan Ignacio; Yuan, Shen; Lollato, Romulo P.; de la Vega, Abelardo J.; Llorens, Clara; de Oliveira Silva, Amanda; Peng, Shaobing; Cassman, Kenneth G.; Grassini, Patricio
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2026
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Studies that quantify the contribution of genetic improvement to crop yieldstypically rely on comparisons of old cultivars grown side-by-side with morerecent ones. This approach, however, does not allow to distinguish gains inyield potential versus maintenance breeding that aims to keep cultivarsadapted to the evolving biophysical environment, including pests, diseases,and climate. Here we show an overall wheat yield improvement of 73 kg ha-1 y-1based on direct comparison ofmodern cultivars against older ‘check’ cultivarsusing data from multi-environment trials from Argentina, France, UnitedKingdom, and United States. However, almost half of this improvement(33 kg ha-1 y-1) is attributable to maintenance breeding needed to counteractthe yield erosion of older cultivars, and the other portion (40 kg ha-1 y-1) can beassociated with the higher yield potential of modern cultivars. We concludethat comparison of new versus old cultivars under current conditions leads toan overestimation of genetic gains in yield potential.
Fil: Andrade, José Francisco. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía. Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura; Argentina
Fil: Man, Jianguo. Huazhong Agricultural University; China
Fil: Monzon, Juan Pablo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Rattalino Edreira, Juan Ignacio. Universidad de Nebraska - Lincoln; Estados Unidos. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía. Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura; Argentina
Fil: Yuan, Shen. Huazhong Agricultural University; China
Fil: Lollato, Romulo P.. Kansas State University; Estados Unidos
Fil: de la Vega, Abelardo J.. Dow Agrosciences Argentina Sociedad de Responsabilidad Limitada.; Argentina
Fil: Llorens, Clara. Chacra Experimental Miramar ; Ministerio de Desarrollo Agrario ; Gobierno de la Provincia de Buenos Aires;
Fil: de Oliveira Silva, Amanda. Kansas State University; Estados Unidos
Fil: Peng, Shaobing. Huazhong Agricultural University; China
Fil: Cassman, Kenneth G.. Universidad de Nebraska - Lincoln; Estados Unidos
Fil: Grassini, Patricio. Universidad de Nebraska - Lincoln; Estados Unidos
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spelling Maintenance breeding and breeding for yield potential both contribute to genetic improvement in wheat yieldAndrade, José FranciscoMan, JianguoMonzon, Juan PabloRattalino Edreira, Juan IgnacioYuan, ShenLollato, Romulo P.de la Vega, Abelardo J.Llorens, Clarade Oliveira Silva, AmandaPeng, ShaobingCassman, Kenneth G.Grassini, Patricioyieldhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/4.1https://purl.org/becyt/ford/4Studies that quantify the contribution of genetic improvement to crop yieldstypically rely on comparisons of old cultivars grown side-by-side with morerecent ones. This approach, however, does not allow to distinguish gains inyield potential versus maintenance breeding that aims to keep cultivarsadapted to the evolving biophysical environment, including pests, diseases,and climate. Here we show an overall wheat yield improvement of 73 kg ha-1 y-1based on direct comparison ofmodern cultivars against older ‘check’ cultivarsusing data from multi-environment trials from Argentina, France, UnitedKingdom, and United States. However, almost half of this improvement(33 kg ha-1 y-1) is attributable to maintenance breeding needed to counteractthe yield erosion of older cultivars, and the other portion (40 kg ha-1 y-1) can beassociated with the higher yield potential of modern cultivars. We concludethat comparison of new versus old cultivars under current conditions leads toan overestimation of genetic gains in yield potential.Fil: Andrade, José Francisco. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía. Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura; ArgentinaFil: Man, Jianguo. Huazhong Agricultural University; ChinaFil: Monzon, Juan Pablo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Rattalino Edreira, Juan Ignacio. Universidad de Nebraska - Lincoln; Estados Unidos. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía. Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura; ArgentinaFil: Yuan, Shen. Huazhong Agricultural University; ChinaFil: Lollato, Romulo P.. Kansas State University; Estados UnidosFil: de la Vega, Abelardo J.. Dow Agrosciences Argentina Sociedad de Responsabilidad Limitada.; ArgentinaFil: Llorens, Clara. Chacra Experimental Miramar ; Ministerio de Desarrollo Agrario ; Gobierno de la Provincia de Buenos Aires;Fil: de Oliveira Silva, Amanda. Kansas State University; Estados UnidosFil: Peng, Shaobing. Huazhong Agricultural University; ChinaFil: Cassman, Kenneth G.. Universidad de Nebraska - Lincoln; Estados UnidosFil: Grassini, Patricio. Universidad de Nebraska - Lincoln; Estados UnidosSpringer2026-03info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/290125Andrade, José Francisco; Man, Jianguo; Monzon, Juan Pablo; Rattalino Edreira, Juan Ignacio; Yuan, Shen; et al.; Maintenance breeding and breeding for yield potential both contribute to genetic improvement in wheat yield; Springer; Nature Communications; 17; 1; 3-2026; 1-82041-1723CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-69936-6info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1038/s41467-026-69936-6info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2026-08-25T14:54:29Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/290125instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982026-08-25 14:54:30.034CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Maintenance breeding and breeding for yield potential both contribute to genetic improvement in wheat yield
title Maintenance breeding and breeding for yield potential both contribute to genetic improvement in wheat yield
spellingShingle Maintenance breeding and breeding for yield potential both contribute to genetic improvement in wheat yield
Andrade, José Francisco
yield
title_short Maintenance breeding and breeding for yield potential both contribute to genetic improvement in wheat yield
title_full Maintenance breeding and breeding for yield potential both contribute to genetic improvement in wheat yield
title_fullStr Maintenance breeding and breeding for yield potential both contribute to genetic improvement in wheat yield
title_full_unstemmed Maintenance breeding and breeding for yield potential both contribute to genetic improvement in wheat yield
title_sort Maintenance breeding and breeding for yield potential both contribute to genetic improvement in wheat yield
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Andrade, José Francisco
Man, Jianguo
Monzon, Juan Pablo
Rattalino Edreira, Juan Ignacio
Yuan, Shen
Lollato, Romulo P.
de la Vega, Abelardo J.
Llorens, Clara
de Oliveira Silva, Amanda
Peng, Shaobing
Cassman, Kenneth G.
Grassini, Patricio
author Andrade, José Francisco
author_facet Andrade, José Francisco
Man, Jianguo
Monzon, Juan Pablo
Rattalino Edreira, Juan Ignacio
Yuan, Shen
Lollato, Romulo P.
de la Vega, Abelardo J.
Llorens, Clara
de Oliveira Silva, Amanda
Peng, Shaobing
Cassman, Kenneth G.
Grassini, Patricio
author_role author
author2 Man, Jianguo
Monzon, Juan Pablo
Rattalino Edreira, Juan Ignacio
Yuan, Shen
Lollato, Romulo P.
de la Vega, Abelardo J.
Llorens, Clara
de Oliveira Silva, Amanda
Peng, Shaobing
Cassman, Kenneth G.
Grassini, Patricio
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv yield
topic yield
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/4.1
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/4
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Studies that quantify the contribution of genetic improvement to crop yieldstypically rely on comparisons of old cultivars grown side-by-side with morerecent ones. This approach, however, does not allow to distinguish gains inyield potential versus maintenance breeding that aims to keep cultivarsadapted to the evolving biophysical environment, including pests, diseases,and climate. Here we show an overall wheat yield improvement of 73 kg ha-1 y-1based on direct comparison ofmodern cultivars against older ‘check’ cultivarsusing data from multi-environment trials from Argentina, France, UnitedKingdom, and United States. However, almost half of this improvement(33 kg ha-1 y-1) is attributable to maintenance breeding needed to counteractthe yield erosion of older cultivars, and the other portion (40 kg ha-1 y-1) can beassociated with the higher yield potential of modern cultivars. We concludethat comparison of new versus old cultivars under current conditions leads toan overestimation of genetic gains in yield potential.
Fil: Andrade, José Francisco. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía. Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura; Argentina
Fil: Man, Jianguo. Huazhong Agricultural University; China
Fil: Monzon, Juan Pablo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Rattalino Edreira, Juan Ignacio. Universidad de Nebraska - Lincoln; Estados Unidos. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía. Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura; Argentina
Fil: Yuan, Shen. Huazhong Agricultural University; China
Fil: Lollato, Romulo P.. Kansas State University; Estados Unidos
Fil: de la Vega, Abelardo J.. Dow Agrosciences Argentina Sociedad de Responsabilidad Limitada.; Argentina
Fil: Llorens, Clara. Chacra Experimental Miramar ; Ministerio de Desarrollo Agrario ; Gobierno de la Provincia de Buenos Aires;
Fil: de Oliveira Silva, Amanda. Kansas State University; Estados Unidos
Fil: Peng, Shaobing. Huazhong Agricultural University; China
Fil: Cassman, Kenneth G.. Universidad de Nebraska - Lincoln; Estados Unidos
Fil: Grassini, Patricio. Universidad de Nebraska - Lincoln; Estados Unidos
description Studies that quantify the contribution of genetic improvement to crop yieldstypically rely on comparisons of old cultivars grown side-by-side with morerecent ones. This approach, however, does not allow to distinguish gains inyield potential versus maintenance breeding that aims to keep cultivarsadapted to the evolving biophysical environment, including pests, diseases,and climate. Here we show an overall wheat yield improvement of 73 kg ha-1 y-1based on direct comparison ofmodern cultivars against older ‘check’ cultivarsusing data from multi-environment trials from Argentina, France, UnitedKingdom, and United States. However, almost half of this improvement(33 kg ha-1 y-1) is attributable to maintenance breeding needed to counteractthe yield erosion of older cultivars, and the other portion (40 kg ha-1 y-1) can beassociated with the higher yield potential of modern cultivars. We concludethat comparison of new versus old cultivars under current conditions leads toan overestimation of genetic gains in yield potential.
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