Field performance and molecular diversification of lemon selections

Lemon (Citrus limon (L.) Burm. f.) is one of the most important Citrus fruit for Turkey because of its great amount of production and export. It has been cultivated for a long time in Turkey, and therefore variations for agronomical traits are likely among cultivated lemons due to bud mutations and, hybridizations. The objectives of this study were to determine variations for some selected agronomical traits and genetic markers among 12 new lemons derived from selections. Tree growth, yield, fruit quality, and molecular diversification of these clones were determined. After four years of evaluation, ‘Kutdiken’ M-51 indicated the highest canopy volume. For yield per tree, the best clone was ‘Kutdiken’ M-51. After five years of evaluation, ‘Kibris’ M-54 had the highest fruit weight and acidity. ‘Italian Memeli’ M-56 contained the lowest seed number and the highest total soluble solids. Molecular analysis, as assessed with 22 random amplification of polymorphic DNA (RAPD) and 11 inter simple sequence repeats (ISSR) primers, indicated that seven of twelve clones were separated with RAPD markers, whereas four were distinguished with ISSR markers. Combined analysis of RAPD and ISSR data detected that similarity values among the lemons clones were between 0.97 and 1.00. It can be concluded that variations in orchards are abundant and mainly due to mutations.     

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.     

山楂（Crataegus pinnatifida Bge.)遗传多样性的RAPD和ISSR标记分析

 利用RAPD和ISSR标记对35份山楂（Crataegus pinnatifida Bge.）资源进行了DNA多态性分析。12个RAPD引物共扩增出110条清晰的谱带,其中89条显示多态性,平均每个引物扩增出7.4条多态性谱带。13个ISSR引物共扩增出110条清晰的谱带,其中94条显示多态性,平均每个引物扩增出7.2条多态性谱带。基于RAPD和ISSR标记,利用UPGMA分别构建了35份山楂资源的聚类树状图。距离系数分别为0～0.62（RAPD）和0～0.64（ISSR）,表明山楂具有较高的遗传多样性。     

苦瓜种质资源ISSR遗传多态性分析

利用ISSR分子标记对30份苦瓜种质进行遗传多态性分析,从23个引物中筛选出13条重复性好,条带清晰的引物进行PCR扩增,共扩增出79条带,其中58个为多态性条带,占总带数的73.4%,每个引物扩增的条带数为4~10条,平均6.07条。对ISSR结果进行聚类分析,结果表明,30份苦瓜种质间的遗传距离为0.025~0.520。在遗传距离为0.21处可将30份苦瓜种质划分成6个品种群,其亲缘关系与种质地理分布和植物学性状特征等有一定关联。     

Genetic diversity analysis in date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.): a comparative assessment using ISSR and RAPD marker assays

SUMMARY

A comparative study was conducted to evaluate genetic diversity in 45 genotypes of date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.), including both male and female plants, employing RAPD and ISSR marker systems. The data were analysed to calculate the total number of bands, the number of polymorphic bands, the percentage polymorphism, the average number of bands per primer, the effective multiplex ratio (EMR), the polymorphic information content (PIC), the marker index (MI), and genetic similarity coefficients. The 37 RAPD and 53 ISSR primers used generated 363 and 608 scorable amplified products, respectively, of which 95.0% and 90.9% were polymorphic. The ISSR markers produced more information than the RAPD markers due to their higher EMR and MI values. Jaccard similarity values among male plants, female plants, and between all male and all female plants varied between 0.72 – 0.80. The results indicate the effectiveness of these two marker systems for demonstrating genetic relationships among date palm genotypes.     

DNA fingerprinting and genetic diversity analysis of late-bolting radish cultivars with RAPD,ISSR and SRAP markers

Three molecular marker systems, RAPD (random amplified polymorphic DNA), ISSR (inter-simple sequence repeat) and SRAP (sequence-related amplified polymorphism), were employed for identification and genetic diversity analysis of 35 elite late-bolting radish cultivars. Detected by 35 RAPD primers, 22 ISSR primers and 17 SRAP primer combinations, the proportions of polymorphic bands were 85.44%, 85.2% and 85.41%, respectively, and the mean genetic similarity coefficients between pairs of genotypes were 0.781, 0.787 and 0.764, respectively. Each of the three molecular marker systems can identify all the cultivars. Five sets of three-RAPD primers, 3 sets of three-ISSR primers and 16 sets of three-SRAP primer combinations were able to distinguish all the cultivars. A linear relationship was observed between Resolving power (Rp) of a primer and its ability to distinguish genotypes. The 35 cultivars were clustered into three major groups based on the RAPD, ISSR and marker combination data with UPGMA, which are in high accordance with their own origins and main characteristics. The results demonstrated that these three marker systems could be useful for identification and genetic diversity analysis of radish cultivars.     

Genetic structure of Buxus sinica var. parvifolia, a rare and endangered plant

Buxus sinica var. parvifolia, a rare and endangered tree species in some semitropics alpine areas of China, plays an important role in the maintenance of the landscape and ecosystem. In this study, RAPD and ISSR markers were used to investigate the genetic diversity and structure of five natural populations and one tamed population of B. sinica var. parvifolia. 21 RAPD primers amplified 209 bands with 167 (79.90%) polymorphic and 21 ISSR primers amplified 518 bands with 467 (90.15%) polymorphic. The genetic diversity, estimated by Shannon’ index, was 0.4343 (by RAPDs) and 0.3661 (by ISSRs). Both RAPD and ISSR analyses revealed a high level of genetic diversity in natural populations of B. sinica var. parvifolia. Furthermore, analysis of molecular variance (AMOVA) was used to apportion the variation within and between populations. The proportion of variation attributable to within-population differences was very high (69.2% by RAPDs; 84.51% by ISSRs). Moderate differentiation was detected among populations using RAPDs (30.80%), while only a small amount of variation (15.49%) was detected among populations using ISSRs. We suggest that the present genetic structure is due to high levels of environmental variability and gene flow, which still need further study to confirm. Conservation measures are suggested, including in situ and ex situ strategies, based on the observed population genetic information.     

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 diversity in cashew germplasm using RAPD and ISSR markers

Diversity and genetic relationship in 100 cashew germplasm accessions were analyzed by using RAPD and ISSR markers. Using 10 selected RAPD primers 60 bands were generated, of which 51 bands were polymorphic (85%), and with 10 selected ISSR primers 67 amplified bands were observed with 58 polymorphic bands (86.6%). Though both kinds of markers discriminated the accessions effectively, analysis of combined data of markers (RAPD + ISSR) resulted in better distinction of accessions. By combining markers, a total of 127 bands were detected, of which 109 bands (85.8%) were polymorphic and produced on an average of 5.45 polymorphic bands per primer. Primers with high polymorphic information content and marker index were identified for discriminating accessions. High percentage of polymorphism (>85%) observed with different markers indicated high level of genetic variation existing among the accessions. Genetic relationship estimated using similarity co-efficient (Jaccard’s) values between different pair of accessions varied from 0.43 to 0.94 in RAPD, 0.38 to 0.89 in ISSR and 0.43 to 0.87 with combined markers suggested a diversity (dissimilarity) ranging from 6 to 57%, 11 to 62% and 13 to 57% respectively and the diversity skewed around 50% indicated moderate diversity. The cluster analysis with UPGMA method separated the accessions broadly into 13 clusters and in that three into smaller clusters. Some correspondence between the molecular groupings and the morphological clusters were observed. Among the accessions, NRC-142 and NRC-12 were highly divergent and NRC-231 and NRC-232 were genetically similar.     

A comparative analysis of the genetic diversity between inbred lines of Zinnia elegans using morphological traits and RAPD and ISSR markers

Genetic diversity within Zinnia elegans is key to the genetic improvement of this important ornamental species. Here, morphological traits and RAPD and ISSR molecular markers were used to assess levels of polymorphism across 20 inbred lines. Thirty-four morphological traits were scored and also 147 RAPD marker-fragments, as amplified by 12 arbitrary primers, and 128 ISSR marker-fragments as generated by 9 primers. The number of polymorphic loci, the percentage of polymorphic loci, Shannon's Information index (I) and the effective number of alleles (Ne) were calculated from the RAPD data as 100, 68.03%, 0.3559 and 1.4169, respectively. From the ISSR data, these respective statistics were calculated as 97, 76.38%, 0.4013 and 1.4728. Thus, ISSR markers were considered slightly superior to RAPD markers for assessing genetic diversity between the accessions; however, Mantel's test indicated significant correlation (R = 0.733) of the RAPD and ISSR results. By contrast, the morphological matrix showed low correlation with both RAPD and ISSR data matrices (R = 0.3814 and 0.3765, respectively). Cluster analysis showed that groupings of the accessions according to all three methods correlated well with their geographic region of origin, but flower color was not strongly associated with the genetic classification of these inbred lines of Z. elegans.     

不同山楂品种亲缘关系的RAPD分析

为探讨山楂品种间的亲缘关系,采用RAPD技术对20个不同品种的山楂材料进行了基因组DNA多态性分析。从120个引物中筛选出15个10bp的随机引物对所选山楂品种的DNA样品进行PCR扩增,共得到216条谱带,177条表现多态性,多态性比率达81.9%,其中包含27条特异性谱带,揭示了山楂植物丰富的遗传多样性。且利用NTSYS软件和UPGMA法对扩增结果进行了品种间相似系数的计算及聚类分析,结果表明相似系数在0.71～0.87,实生楂与其他山楂品种亲缘关系较远。     

Molecular assessment of polymorphism among local Jordanian genotypes of the common fig (Ficus carica L.)

This research was conducted to assess polymorphism among local genotypes of common fig available in Jordan (one of countries of origin). Leaf samples were collected in spring for DNA isolation from 20 different local genotypes (5 cultivars and 15 landraces). Two more wild types and one foreign cultivar were included. The genotypes were assessed using the randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) technique. Six of the 19 screened primers showed reproducible polymeric profiles. Out of 62 amplified bands, 48 were polymorphic (77%). They generated 1104 data entries (591 for present and 513 for absent bands). After determining Jaccard similarity index, some genotypes showed high genetic similarity (90% between F20 and F22), while other were less similar (3–18% between F11 and all other genotypes). Moreover, the primers were evaluated for their discriminating power, where primer RAPD06 showed the weakest power (0.431), while highest values of 0.989 and 0.996 were achieved for primers RAPD02 and RAPD13, respectively.     

钙对根际低氧胁迫下黄瓜幼苗根系呼吸代谢的影响

 采用营养液水培, 研究了根际低氧胁迫下Ca²⁺对两个耐低氧能力不同的黄瓜品种根系呼吸代谢的影响。结果表明: 与耐低氧能力较弱的‘中农8号’相比, 耐低氧能力较强的‘绿霸春4号’根系LDH活性增加幅度较低, 乳酸含量较少, ADH活性增加幅度较大, SDH和IDH活性降低幅度较小。低氧胁迫下, 营养液加钙处理能够提高根系SDH、IDH和ADH活性, 降低LDH活性和乳酸含量; 而低氧缺钙处理表现出相反的结果。这表明, 低氧胁迫下, Ca²⁺能提高根系乙醇发酵能力, 降低乳酸发酵, 使植物保持有氧呼吸代谢, 从而缓解低氧胁迫对植株的伤害。     

ISSR．PCR技术在桂花品种分类研究中的应用

 利用ISSR．PCR方法对桂花的19个品种进行了基因组多态性分析，从74个ISSR引物中筛选出13个多态性引物用于正式扩增，共扩增出9o条DNA片段，其中多态性DNA条带79条，占总扩增片段的87．8％ ，平均每个引物扩增的DNA带的数目为6．92条。根据ISSR扩增结果，应用RAPDistance软件进行Nei相似性系数和遗传距离计算，利用UPGMA法构建聚类树状图。聚类分析的结果把供试桂花的l9个品种分为8个大类，并对4个品种群的遗传关系和种下分类系统进行了探讨。     

河南17 个桂花品种的RAPD 分析

 采用改良CTAB 法提取河南17 个桂花品种的基因组DNA , 利用RAPD 技术对其进行鉴定和分类研究。从100 个10 bp 的随机引物种筛选出15 个扩增效果较好的引物进行扩增, 共产生121 条带, 其中87 条为多态性带。根据扩增结果进行聚类分析, 得出反映各品种间亲缘关系的树状图。各个品种群内的不同品种间的亲缘关系接近, 而不同品种群间亲缘关系较远。RAPD 对基因组的分析结果与传统分类学的结果基本相符。     

我国南方长茄种质资源的ISSR标记分析

从分子水平用ISSR标记法对南方长茄资源的遗传多样性进行分析,从100个ISSR引物中共筛选出12个多态性明显、条带清晰、反应稳定的引物,对57个样品DNA共扩增出116条谱带,平均每个引物扩增出9·67条带,其中多态性位点84个(71%)。品种间遗传相似系数在0·51~0·98之间,表明茄子栽培种内品种间的遗传基础相对较狭窄。利用UPGMA聚类分析,能将57个南方长茄品种划分为6个类群,类群的划分与地方来源没有很大的关系。     

Variety identification and comparative analysis of genetic diversity in yardlong bean (Vigna unguiculata spp. sesquipedalis) using morphological characters,SSR and ISSR analysis

Genetic diversity and relatedness of 23 yardlong bean (Vigna unguiculata spp. sesquipedalis) accessions and 7 accessions of a hybrid between cowpea (V. unguiculata spp. unguiculata) and yardlong bean (dwarf yardlong bean) in Thailand were estimated using morphological characters, simple sequence repeat (SSR) and inter-simple sequence repeat (ISSR) markers. In addition, two mungbean (Vignaradiata (L.) Wilczek) and two blackgram (Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper) accessions were also used as outgroup species for molecular analysis. Five morphological characters were diverse among most accessions. However, five groups of 2–3 accessions could not be distinguished from one another based on these morphological characters alone. Unweighted pair-group arithmetic average (UPGMA) analysis of these characters separated these 30 accessions into 2 major groups; the yardlong bean group and the dwarf yardlong bean group. Eleven of the sixteen SSR primers yielded clear SSRs, ten of which were polymorphic (90.91% polymorphism), detecting a total of 54 alleles with an average of 4.91 alleles per locus. These 10 polymorphic SSR markers successfully distinguished 28 yardlong bean and dwarf yardlong bean accessions. The polymorphic information content (PIC) among genotypes varied from 0.251 to 0.752 with an average of 0.597. Among the 16 ISSR primers used, a total of 312 ISSR fragments were amplified for these three Vigna species, revealing the polymorphism percentage of 91.03%. The average ISSR PIC value (0.197) with the range of 0.137–0.276 was lower than that of SSR. Nevertheless, the average marker index of this multilocus marker was 3.495, which was higher than that of SSR (0.669), owing to the differences in the effective multiplex ratio. In addition, Mantel test cophenetic correlation coefficient was higher for ISSR (0.566) than that of SSR (0.198). These results indicated higher efficiency of ISSR for estimating the levels of genetic diversity and relationships among yardlong beans and dwarf yardlong beans in this study. Pair-wise coefficients of SSR- and ISSR-based genetic similarity among all yardlong bean and dwarf yardlong bean accessions averaged 0.87 and 0.91, respectively, suggesting a narrow genetic base that emphasizes the need to broaden genetic diversity to ensure continued breeding success. Clustering of genotypes within groups was not similar when SSR and ISSR derived dendrograms from UPGMA analysis were compared. It appeared that ISSR was the most effective marker system in determining the genetic variability and relationships among yardlong bean and dwarf yardlong bean accessions and differentiating three Vigna species. In addition, ISSR was also most useful for variety identification since all 30 yardlong beans and dwarf yardlong bean accessions can be effectively distinguished by only four ISSR primers with the highest PIC values.     

梨品种资源遗传差异的RAPD分析

明确种质间的遗传差异,对杂交育种中亲本的选择和搭配具有重要意义。利用随机扩增多态性DNA(RAPD)技术,从40个随机引物中筛选出了33个多态性好的引物,在21个品种间进行了分析,最终得到339个清晰稳定的扩增位点,其中多态性位点为292个,占86.1%。利用UPGMA(非加权配对算术平均)法进行了品种间相似系数的计算以及聚类分析,揭示了这些品种间遗传上的差异程度。     

应用RAPD 标记和细胞质基因组PCR-RFLP技术研究大花蕙兰的遗传多样性

 利用RAPD、叶绿体和线粒体基因组PCR-RFLP标记系统评价了大花蕙兰20个品种的遗传多样性。在50个RAPD引物分析中, 有36个引物(72.0% ) 能揭示材料间的多态性, 材料间遗传相似系数为0.503～0.765, 平均0.598, 根据遗传相似系数进行聚类分析表明, RAPD标记能将所有材料区分开。在7个叶绿体基因组( cpDNA) 的PCR-RFLP分析中, 6个标记(87.5% ) 可扩增出1至多条清晰的谱带; 扩增产物经7种限制性内切酶消化后, 6个标记的19种引物/酶组合共检测到53条DNA片段, 其中多态性片段有37条, 占69.8%; 材料间遗传相似系数变化范围为0.571～0.949, 平均值为0.766。在8个线粒体基因组(mtDNA) 的PCR-RFLP标记分析中, 只有3个(37.5%) 标记能得到1条清晰的谱带; 利用7种限制性内切酶对3个标记的扩增产物消化后, 在10种标记/酶组合中, 共检测到33条酶切片段, 其中21条(63.6%) 具有多态性; 遗传相似系数为0.634～1.000, 平均0.829。这些结果表明, RAPD标记揭示的大花蕙兰遗传多样性最高, 其次为cpDNA PCR-RFLP标记, 而mtDNA PCR-RFLP标记揭示的遗传多样性最低。     

Intra-cultivar variability of three major olive cultivars grown in different areas of central-southern Italy and studied using microsatellite markers

A collection of 70 olive samples, originating from diverse areas in central-southern Italy (Abruzzo, Apulia, Calabria, and Umbria) and corresponding to 3 major cultivars denominations (‘Carolea’, ‘Coratina’ and ‘Frantoio’), was genotyped at 10 microsatellite loci. In total, 44 alleles with a mean number of 4.4 alleles per locus were detected. The molecular analysis, allowed the study to show a clear genetic diversity between the three cultivars ‘Carolea’, ‘Coratina’ and ‘Frantoio’ and to state that ‘Carolea’ is a polyclonal cultivar, while ‘Coratina’ and ‘Frantoio’, are probably monoclonal ones. The analysis of intra-varietal polymorphism, through the SSR analysis, proved to be very useful both for varietal identification and for intra-varietal ones. Our work shows that the current designations of olive cultivars fall short of describing the genetic variability among economically important plant material. A thorough investigation of the existing variability will prove of major importance for both management and economic production of olive trees.