Identification of 57 sweet orange cultivars using AFLP markers

Summary

Sweet orange (Citrus sinensis) represents an important group of Citrus fruit; however, the identification of sweet orange cultivars during vegetative growth can be difficult. A study on the genetic identification of sweet orange cultivars may be significant for the sweet orange nursery industry, for cultivar-rights protection, and is important for the genetic evaluation and conservation of these orange cultivars. In this study, amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) markers were used to genotype 57 sweet orange cultivars. Ten PCR primer pairs generated 629 unique AFLP bands, with a size range of 50 ? 500 bp. Seventy-four bands (11.8%) were polymorphic. On average, each primer pair produced 62.9 fragments, with 7.4 polymorphic fragments. A dendrogram of the 57 sweet orange cultivars was constructed based on an UPGMA analysis using Jaccard?s coefficients of similarity. This provided a clear comparison of the genetic variation between cultivars and an ability to identify them. From Jaccard?s coefficients, 56 of the 57 cultivars examined were genetically close, with coefficient values ≥ 0.985. ?Variegated Navel? was less closely-related, with a much lower coefficient value (0.94). Among the 57 cultivars, 28 sub-groups, some consisting of only one cultivar, could be separated by their AFLP fingerprints. Compared to ISSR and SSR markers, AFLP seemed to be the preferential marker technique for the identification of sweet orange cultivars.     

Characterization of white sapote (Casimiroa edulis Llave & Lex.) germplasm using floral morphology,RAPD and AFLP markers

Floral morphology, random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD), and amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) were used to characterize and verify genetic diversity within a white sapote cultivar collection and to develop molecular markers for germplasm identification. On the basis of floral morphology, the cultivars were classified into three types: type I included 23 cultivars with large ovaries and small anthers; type II included 13 cultivars with small ovaries and large anthers; and type III included one cultivar, named ‘Maltby’, with a large ovary and large anthers. DNA was isolated from 39 cultivars of white sapote and subjected to RAPD and AFLP analysis using 24 and 7 primers, respectively. One hundred and sixty-eight RAPD and 286 AFLP bands were used to assess genetic characterization among white sapote. Sixty percent of the RAPD and 77% of the AFLP amplification products were polymorphic among accessions. RAPD or AFLP markers differentiated all white sapote cultivars effectively. Moreover, each flower type was characterized as specially associated with two RAPD bands. UPGMA dendrograms based on RAPD and AFLP data, showed the majority of the cultivars from flower type I and flower type II clustering together. Finally 101 RAPD markers and 220 AFLP markers were used to construct a neighbor-joining dendrogram. This showed that the 37 cultivars could be classified into six distinct clusters, between which the similarity coefficient was as low as 0.00–0.55, even though the cultivars were morphologically very similar. The remaining two cultivars namely ‘Smathers’ and ‘Maltby’ were found genetically very distant from the other cultivars in RAPD, AFLP or combined RAPD and AFLP based dendrograms. The results suggested that the level of genetic variation among white sapote cultivars is diverse and the morphological and molecular data may lead to representation of the cultivar relationships as well as flower type discrimination.     

Assessment of genetic relationships among 29 introduced and 49 local sweet cherry accessions in Turkey using AFLP and SSR markers

Summary

The characterisation of sweet cherry (Prunus avium L.) genetic resources in Turkey may help to increase their use in breeding programmes worldwide, as Turkey is the centre of origin of sweet cherry. Amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) and simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers were therefore used to analyse genetic diversity among a total of 78 local and introduced sweet cherry cultivars. Four AFLP primer combinations, and six SSR primer pairs for sweet cherry were used for genetic diversity analysis. A genetic similarity matrix was calculated using the combined data from AFLP and SSR analyses with simple matching coefficient. Genetic similarities among the sweet cherry genotypes studied were higher than 42%. No two accessions had an identical AFLP and SSR marker profile, indicating that all 78 genotypes were unique. An UPGMA dendrogram, based on the similarity matrix, revealed 18 separate Groups at or above the 70% similarity level. While some Groups consisted of both introduced and local genotypes, other Groups had only local genotypes. This result suggests that there was broad genetic diversity among the local Turkish sweet cherry genotypes, which was not present in the introduced sweet cherry accessions. The genetic variation present in local Turkish sweet cherry genotypes may be useful for future breeding programmes. We found that the use of both SSR and AFLP marker systems was effective for distinguishing between genetically-close sweet cherry genotypes. These marker systems can be used to complement pomological and morphological markers during the characterisation and identification of sweet cherry genotypes.     

梨新品种及其亲本的AFLP分析

利用荧光AFLP技术, 对20个梨新品种及其23个亲本(共43个品种) 进行研究。从64对引物组合中筛选出7对用于扩增, 共获得784条带, 其中多态性带699条, 多态性为89.2%。扩增结果显示, 7对引物组合在29个品种中扩增出特征带, 每对引物组合均能将所有品种鉴别开, 表明荧光AFLP技术用于梨品种鉴定的效率很高。通过聚类, 从分子水平对梨新品种及其亲本的遗传关系进行分析, 并对20个梨新品种进行分类, 为梨杂交育种的亲本选配提供了理论参考。     

大花蕙兰遗传多样性及亲缘关系的AFLP分析

对来源于日本、韩国和美国的42个大花蕙兰品种和两个国产兰属原生种进行了遗传多样性和亲缘关系的AFLP分析, 9对多态性引物在50～500 bp内共扩增出1 597条带, 其中多态性带1 565条, 多态性比率9810%。单引物对扩增的带数156～193条, 平均每对引物扩增带数177条。42个品种具特征带或缺失带。大花蕙兰品种间的遗传多样性丰富, 品种间的相似系数0.3399 ～0.8223, 平均相似系数0.5783。UPGMA聚类结果将供试品种分为4大类, 与根据花枝类型或花径大小、花色等形态指标分类的结果相吻合, 同一产地来源甚至同一育种公司选育出的品种能基本上聚类在一起, 反映出了品种间的亲缘关系。     

Analysis of genetic diversity in Portuguese Ceratonia siliqua L. cultivars using RAPD and AFLP markers

Although carob (Ceratonia siliqua L.) is of great economic importance little is still known about the pattern of genetic variation within this species. Morphological characteristics based on 31 fruit and seeds of continuous characters determinant for agro-industrial uses, were compared with RAPD and AFLP markers for assessing genetic distances in 68 accessions of carob trees, from different cultivars, varieties and eco-geographic regions of Algarve. Eighteen selected RAPD primers applied to the 68 accessions produced a total of 235 fragments ranging from 200 to 2000 bp, of which 93 (40%) were polymorphic. Four AFLP selective primer combinations generated a total of 346 amplification fragments of which 110 were polymorphic. The average level of polymorphism based on four primer combinations was 31.8%. The phenetic trees based on RAPD and AFLP analyses gave high co-phenetic correlation values, and were found to be consistent in general with the analysis of morphological data, carried out on the same accessions. A number of RAPD and AFLP markers were found to be diagnostic for ‘Canela’ cultivar and 13 wild ungrafted trees.     

Genetic characterization of asparagus doubled haploids collection and wild relatives

The genus Asparagus is very large consisting of around 150 species found as herbaceous perennials, tender woody shrubs and vines. The cultivated species (Asparagus officinalis L., diploid) is a highly prized vegetable, grown in different environments ranging from cool temperate zones to deserts, Mediterranean climates and tropical areas. As a consequence, Asparagus breeders have developed different cultivars that differ for their morpho-agronomic traits, habit and ploidic status (few triploid and tetraploid cultivars are used). Several breeding methods are used for developing cultivars, among which a well developed in vitro anther culture technique produces homozygous clones useful for F₁ hybrids constitution. A fluorescent based AFLP (amplified fragment length polymorphism) technique were applied with the aim to assess genetic diversity among a collection of 173 doubled haploid (DH) androgenetic clones, five Asparagus wild species and interspecific hybrids obtained among the cultivated species and two wild relatives. The average number of AFLP fragments generated per primer set was 105, varying in size from 50 to 550 bp. A total of 1054 AFLP fragments were detected, 20% of which were polymorphic. Genetic similarity based on DNA polymorphisms, showed that a few number of AFLP primer combinations are able to distinguish the cultivated DH clones from the wild species. Indeed, from one DH clone for each anther donors and the wild species were used to construct a dendrogram using Dice's coefficient and the unweighted pair group method with the arithmetic mean (UPGMA). Genetic distances among all DH clones were calculated using the C.S. Chord distance; and a neighbour-joining (NJ) consensus tree was constructed in order to support the breeder for parental genotype choice for asparagus hybrid constitution.     

Characterization of Tunisian pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) cultivars using amplified fragment length polymorphism analysis

The amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) analysis of DNA was used to characterize 34 pomegranate cultivars. By using a combination of six primers, a total of 327 markers were scored with a mean of 57.5. The high percentage of polymorphic bands (ppb) of 94.7 and the resolving power (R_p) collective rate value of 129.14 were scored. Data proved that the tested primers were informative to discriminate among cultivars and to survey the genetic diversity in this fruit crop. It has been assumed that the local pomegranate germplasm is characterized by a typically continuous genetic diversity. The derived dendrogram proved that cultivars are clustered independently from their geographical origin and their denomination. In addition, AFLP permitted the generation of a nearly unlimited number of molecular markers that are reliable in differentiating the cultivars and/or the polyclonal varieties.     

适合我国南方地区栽培的枣优良品种亲缘关系研究

利用荧光AFLP分子标记技术,对适合我国南方地区栽培的26个枣优良品种亲缘关系进行研究。结果表明,8对引物共扩增得到886条带,其中多态性条带为817条,多态性比例达到了92.2%,体现了非常丰富的遗传多样性。系统聚类结果表明大部分来源于北方地区的鲜食品种聚为一类,彼此间亲缘关系较近;制干、兼用品种和南方本地品种表现出较近的亲缘关系。酥脆枣与孔府酥脆枣亲缘关系很近,而河南鸡蛋枣与湖南鸡蛋枣之间存在着较远的遗传距离。     

部分板栗品种遗传多样性的AFLP分析

利用荧光标记AFLP技术,采用7对M+3和E+3引物组合对30份板栗和日本栗栽培品种进行了总基因组DNA水平上的多态性检测,共获得962条可统计的条带,其中852条呈多态性,多态性带百分率达89％。揭示了板栗丰富的遗传多样性。7组引物在30个品种中检测到数目不等的品种特异带型,对供试板栗品种具有一定的鉴别价值。7对引物能将30个板栗和日本栗品种完全区分开。聚类分析结果表明,多数来源地相同的板栗品种资源表现出较为密切的亲缘关系。     

草莓品种亲缘关系的AFLP分子标记分析

 利用AFLP技术对我国国家草莓资源圃内保存的107个草莓品种进行了DNA多态性分析。从64对“2 + 2”引物中筛选出10对引物应用于扩增基因组DNA, 共获得清晰可辨的581条带, 其中412条为多态性带。UPGMA方法聚类分析结果显示, AFLP分子鉴定结果与其系谱关系非常一致, 表明AFLP指纹图谱分析能很好地鉴别草莓品种之间的遗传关系。     

Functional characterization of watermelon (Citrullus lanatus L.) EST–SSR by gel electrophoresis and high resolution melting analysis

The present work was conducted to characterize the functionality of 257 watermelon EST–SSR primer pairs for their PCR amplification and polymorphisms. EST–SSR markers were tested on DNA sample panels of six watermelon cultigens and two related species of Citrullus lanatus var. citroides and Citrullus colocynthis based on agarose gel electrophoresis and high resolution melting (HRM) analysis. Successful PCRs were shown for 240 primer pairs (79%), and 173 primer pairs (67%) were polymorphic in a watermelon DNA sample panel on agarose gel electrophoresis. In addition, HRM analysis of 24 EST–SSR markers that were monomorphic on agarose gel separation identified an additional 19 polymorphic markers, indicating that HRM is an efficient tool for the rapid screening of sequence variations and allele discrimination. In the assessment of genetic relationships, six watermelon cultivars were closely related together (0.91–0.97) and demonstrated a narrow genetic base in the watermelon genetic pool. A high level of genetic dissimilarity (0.36–0.97) was shown between watermelon species and other related species. Marker transferability to melon species (Cucumis melo L.) was examined by cross-species PCR amplification and genetic diversity assessment in eight melon cultigens. Of the 257 EST–SSR primer pairs, 79 (32.9%) showed successful PCR amplification from melon DNA samples. A dendrogram of the genetic relationship based on 22 EST–SSR markers showed a clear classification of melon genotypes in accordance to fruit characteristics. The EST–SSR markers characterized in this study will contribute to diverse genomic investigations and breeding efforts, including comparative genome mapping, marker-assisted selection, and DNA fingerprinting for genetic diversity and cultivar identification in many cucurbit crops.     

Assessment of genetic diversity in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) germplasm using amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP)

AFLP technique was applied to assess genetic diversity among 44 common bean accessions that included 6 exotic accessions, 15 Indian land races and 23 released varieties. Eight AFLP primer pairs were used that produced 820 products of which 698 were polymorphic (85.12%). Wide variations were observed among all the accessions for the number of amplification products, percent polymorphism and average polymorphism information content (PIC). The Jaccard's similarity indices (J) based on the AFLP profiles were subjected to UPGMA cluster analysis. The dendrogram generated revealed seven major groups. Seventeen out of 23 released varieties were restricted to clusters VI and VII. The value of r = 0.934 in Mantel's test for cophenetic corrlelation applied to the cluster analysis indicated the high fitness of the accessions to a group. The germplasm used in the present study had narrow genetic base, although moderate to high genetic diversity was observed. The details of diversity analysis and the potential use of Indian common bean accessions in common bean breeding programme are provided in the present study.     

部分桂花栽培品种的AFLP分析

 从22对AFLP引物中筛选出6对用来检测22个桂花品种和木犀属3个种的多态性位点,共检测到171个位点,其中多态性位点104个,占60.8%。利用DPSv 3.11软件计算25个样品之间的Nei遗传距离,并按照非加权算术平均数聚类方法（UPGMA）,构建树状分支图。AFLP分析结果表明：桂花花色较深的品种之间和花色较浅的品种之间分别存在着较近的亲缘关系,而花色深浅不同的两类品种之间亲缘关系较远。从聚类图上看,22个桂花品种中最后聚在一起的分别是3个银桂品种（遗传距离0.19处）和3个四季桂品种（遗传距离0.21处）,说明四季桂类和银桂类中的部分品种与金桂品种群和丹桂品种群有较远的亲缘关系。从分类上看,AFLP分析结果与传统的以形态特征为基础的分类结果并不完全一致。     

Using bulked AFLP analysis to assess genetic diversity in Echinacea species

Echinacea is an allogamous genus, thus its cultivars or populations are genetically heterogeneous. Using amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) to estimate the genetic diversity of Echinacea is generally limited by the large number of individual plants and the higher cost that need to be processed. In the present study, effectiveness of several sizes of DNA bulking (10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 individuals) with 20, 36 and 55 primer pairs was compared using AFLP in determining the genetic diversity of Echinacea species. The results indicated that the use of bulked DNA-based AFLP analysis by using the selected eight primer pairs was capable of detecting genetic diversity between the tested Echinacea species, provided that the potential presence of low frequency variants was ignored and a possible bias in the estimates of genetic similarity was accepted. The assessments showed that a bulk of 15 individuals could detect sufficient AFLP variations at most genomic sites. Additionally, 20 primer pairs could generate sufficient polymorphic fragments to achieve high resolving power of AFLP for the tested Echinacea species.     

Genetic diversity in ecotypes of Tunisian date-palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) assessed by AFLP markers

Summary

Amplified fragment length polymorphisms (AFLP) were used successfully to survey genetic diversity in 40 ecotypes of date-palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) collected from oases in Tunisia. Six primer pairs were screened to assess their ability to detect polymorphism in this tree crop. As a result, a total of 428 AFLPs have been generated and used to estimate genetic distances which ranged from 0.07 – 0.63. A large, and typically continuous, range of genetic diversity characterises Tunisian date-palm germplasm. In addition, the UPGMA dendrogram derived from these data exhibited two clusterings of ecotypes independent of their geographic origin or the sex of the trees. These data corroborate the hypothesis of the origin of date-palm domestication being in Mesopotamia. Moreover, taking into account the high percentage of polymorphic bands, together with their resolving power (Rp), all the primer pairs tested contributed to the discrimination of date-palm genotypes, suggesting that the AFLP method is efficient in assessing genetic diversity in this crop. The data are discussed in relation to the use of AFLP molecular markers in the management and improvement of date-palm.     

Genetic diversity and phylogenic relationships in date-palms (Phoenix dactylifera L.) as assessed by random amplified microsatellite polymorphism markers (RAMPOs)

Random amplified microsatellite polymorphisms (RAMPOs) were used to assess genetic diversity among 30 date-palm cultivars and 10 male trees. Using 18 primers combinations, 197 bands were scored and 186 were polymorphic suggesting the high level of polymorphism among studied cultivars. Moreover, taking into account the high percentage of polymorphic bands (ppb), the resolving power (R_p) together with the polymorphism information content (PIC) scored values, all the tested primer sets contribute strongly in the discrimination of date-palm genotypes. In addition, the topology of the derived UPGMA dendrogram exhibited cultivars’ clustering made independently both from the geographical origin and/or from the sex of trees. The present data support the Mesopotamian origin of the date-palm domestication. Thus we assume that the used method is efficient to assess genetic diversity within date-palm cultivars. Data are discussed in relation with the opportunity of the RAMPO method to provide additional molecular markers suitable in the improvement of the date-palms germplasm characterisation.     

AFLP analysis of genetic diversity in low chill requiring walnut (Juglans regia L.) genotypes from Hatay,Turkey

In this study, the genetic relatedness of 22 low chill requiring walnut genotypes adapted to the south east Mediterranean region of Turkey was analysed by amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) markers. Relatively low level of genetic variation was detected among the genotypes examined by five AFLP primer combinations, suggesting that these walnut genotypes selected predominantly for their low chill requirement have relatively narrow genetic base. In addition, the geographical proximity of the genotypes analysed was not correlated with their level of genetic relatedness. These results have implications for walnut breeding and conservation.     

SRAP在葱栽培品种遗传多样性研究中的适用性分析

为评价SRAP技术对葱品种进行鉴定和遗传关系分析的适用性, 对20个葱栽培品种的表型特征进行了观察记载, 利用256个SRAP引物组合对其进行了遗传多样性研究。结果表明: (1) 256个SRAP引物组合中有161个引物组合产生多态性条带, 占所用引物组合数的62.9%。161个引物组合共产生336条多态性条带, 不同引物组合产生的多态性条带数为1～6个, 平均2.1个。20个葱栽培品种遗传相似系数变幅为0.464～0.938, 平均0.703。(2) 依据SRAP进行聚类分析的分类结果与依据表型特征分类的结果一致。上述结果说明SRAP标记可以在葱栽培品种的鉴定和遗传多样性研究中应用。     

Detection of genetic diversity among populations of sweet cherry (Prunus avium L.) by AFLPs

Summary

The high degree of polymorphism of AFLPs provides an efficient system for identification and genome analysis of sweet cherry (Prunus avium) cultivars and selections. The cultivars of sweet cherry have usually been characterized by assessment of phenotypic and pomological traits. AFLP markers were employed to identify 38 sweet cherry accessions and estimate the genetic diversity among this material. Ten of 18 tested primer combinations were informative with up to 80 bands per primer combination. Seven to 33% of the amplfied bands were polymorphic depending upon primer combination. Allcultivars and selections tested could be clearly identified. The objective of this work was to demonstrate the usefulness of molecular markers in revealing the genetic diversity among different sweet cherry genotypes.