Genetic diversity in cultivated sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) and related wild species in East Africa

Genetic diversity of traditional sesame landraces and related wild species in East Africa remains largely unexplored. Knowing what fraction of the available genetic diversity is actually used by the farmers is of central importance for understanding how cultivation shapes the genetic structure of a crop and for the management of biodiversity preservation. Genetic diversity in cultivated sesame and related wild species in East Africa was determined using inter-simple sequence repeats (ISSR). Six reliable ISSR primers generated 51 amplification fragments of which 36 (70.6%) were polymorphic. The number of amplified fragments ranged from 7 to 12 with a mean of 8.5 fragments per primer. The overall gene diversity and Shannon’s index were 0.28 and 0.34, Jaccard’s similarity coefficient ranged from 0.26 to 0.96, with an average of 0.67. Forty-six accessions of sesame were divided into six clusters, although the clustering did not indicate any clear division among sesame accessions based on their geographical locations. Each wild species was more distant from cultivated sesame than from other wild species, indicating that no cross-pollination with these wild species occurred during sesame domestication. These results showed a relatively high genetic diversity in sesame and related wild species. Indian-1 and Indian-2 accessions showed a good amount of genetic divergence. The genetic diversity data uncovered in this study can be exploited to improve traditional landraces of sesame in East Africa.     

大麦遗传多样性及连锁不平衡分析

为了合理评价引进种质资源,为大麦基因发掘及育种组合配置提供依据,选用分布于全基因组的64个SSR标记,对221份大麦材料进行了基因型分析。共检测到192个等位变异,变幅为2~7个;基因频率变异范围为0.0090~0.9729,平均0.3333;全部位点的基因多样性变化范围在0.0528~0.7807,平均0.4813;多态性信息含量(PIC)变异范围在0.0514~0.7464,平均0.4113。供试材料间遗传相似系数变幅为0.4844~0.9792,平均0.7023。221份材料被划分成两大群7个亚群,国内地方品种与1份北京品种为一大群,国内育种品种与所有国外引进品种为另一群。遗传结构分析与聚类结果基本一致,两大类群间的遗传距离为0.3358,且第二大群多样性比第一大群丰富。2016个SSR位点成对组合中,不论共线性组合还是非共线性组合,都存在一定程度的连锁不平衡(LD)。D′统计概率(P<0.01)支持的LD成对位点830个,占全部位点组合的41.2%,D′平均值为0.4,整体LD水平较高。栽培品种的LD水平高于地方品种,且现代遗传改良的目标性状集中于2H、4H、6H和7H染色体。     

RAPD genetic diversity of Albanian olive germplasm and its relationships with other Mediterranean countries

RAPD markers were used for the study of 19Albanian olive cultivars and two wild olives (oleasters). A total of 76polymorphic bands (4.8 polymorphic markers per primer) out of 107 reproducible were obtained using 16 primers. The number of bands per primer ranged from 4 to 10,whereas the number of polymorphic bands ranged from 1 to 9, corresponding to 71%of the total amplification products. All the accessions could be identified by the combination of four primers: OPA-19;OPA-02; OPK-16 and OPP-19. The dendrogram,based on Jaccard's index, included three major groups according to their origin: 1)most of the cultivars from the area of Berat (South of Albania) 2) cultivars from the Centre and Centre-North of Albania and3) cultivars from the Centre and North-West of Albania along with the oleaster from Elbasan. In order to evaluate the origin of Albanian cultivars they were compared to those diffused in other countries like Greece, Italy and Turkey, due to geographical and historical affinity among these countries, by using a one way AMOVA. Although most of the genetic diversity was attributable to differences among cultivars within each country (91.47%) significantφ-values among countries(φ_st = 0.085; p < 0.001)suggested the existence of RAPD phenotypic differentiation. Significant φ-values in all pairs formed by Albania with the other countries were observed. These results are consistent with the autochthonous origin of Albanian cultivars. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Assessment of genotypic variation among cultivated durum wheat based on EST-SSRS and genomic SSRS

Genotypic variation of 64 durum lines, landraces, and varieties wereinvestigated using three sources of microsatellites (SSRs). 245 primer pairswere used to detect polymorphism in this collection. A total of 42polymorphic SSR primer pairs consisting of 22 EST-SSR, 11 XGWM and9 WMC were used for genotyping. The EST-SSRs primers produced highquality markers, but were least polymorphic (25%) compared to 53%for the other two sources. The 42 primers detected 189 polymorphicalleles with an average of 4.5 alleles per locus. The coefficient of similaritybetween accessions ranged from 0.28 to 0.70. The estimate of similaritydiffered when each source of SSRs was analyzed independently. This studyshowed that SSRs are highly polymorphic in durum. The data presentedhere provides a platform to develop a genotypic database for durum wheatthat will facilitate the exploitation of its genetic resources.     

Geographical patterns of phenotypic diversity in <Emphasis Type="Italic">Oryza sativa</Emphasis> landraces of Côte d’Ivoire

The knowledge of agro-morphological diversity and the distribution pattern of variation among conserved accessions could be an invaluable aid in germplasm management and crop improvement strategies. In this study, the geographical pattern of morphological variation of 880 landrace rice (Oryza sativa (L.)) accessions in Côte d’Ivoire was evaluated for 13 agro-morphological characters. Shannon –weaver diversity index indicated an overall mean of 0.47 ± 0.07 in the collection, with the greatest diversity from derived Savanna and north-west (H′ = 0.52 and 0.50) while the west-central had the lowest diversity (H′ = 0.41). Canonical discriminant analysis showed that traits such as panicle length, grain size (weight and length), tillering ability, number of days to heading and maturity were the main discriminatory characteristics. Result of the phenotypic frequency shows that, the landraces from the north and north-western zones were mostly tall, early heading and maturity, compared to those from the west and west-central which were mainly dwarf to medium height, late heading and maturing. This differential distribution of landraces with height, heading and maturity period reflected the distribution pattern of different Oryza sativa landraces in Côte d’Ivoire, which could be useful in germplasm management and breeding programs.     

基于RAPD标记的芥蓝种质资源遗传多样性分析

调查了44份芥蓝种质的植物学性状,并利用RAPD分子标记分析了其遗传多样性。结果从150条随机引物中筛选出20个引物,20个引物共扩增出177条谱带,其中多态谱带105条,平均每个引物扩增出8.9条谱带和5.3条多态性谱,多态性比率为59.32%。基于RAPD标记,利用NTSYS-pc2.11构建了聚类树状图谱,遗传距离为0.70时,44份芥蓝资源可聚成六大类群。芥蓝种质存在着一定的遗传多样性,但原产华南而且主要产区也在华南,遗传多样性要小于芸薹属其他蔬菜。     

云南哈尼梯田红米地方品种遗传多样性分析

云南元阳哈尼梯田有丰富的水稻品种,特别是红米资源。本研究利用均匀分布于水稻基因组的100对简单序列重复（SSR）标记分析元阳哈尼梯田60份红米地方品种遗传多样性。100对SSR引物共扩增条带477个,平均每对引物扩增4.770个条带;有效等位基因数（Ne）从1.035~6.000,平均为2.518;香农多样性指数（I）为0.086~1.912,平均为1.016;多态性信息含量（PIC）范围为0.064~0.838,平均为0.519;基因杂合度（H）从0到0.950,平均为0.167;聚类分析可将60个红米品种分为两大类,第一类为籼稻亚种,包括57个水稻品种,第二类只有3个品种,为粳稻亚种。研究表明云南哈尼梯田水稻红米品种具有丰富的遗传多样性。     

Analysis of genetic relationships among 22 European barley varieties based on two PCR markers

Two long primers of 19 (F17) and 20 (F13) nucleotides, respectively,were used in polymerase chain reactions to amplify DNA from differentcultivated barley accessions. These primers can distinguish closely relatedvarieties and, with a unique primer, all the barley accessions analysedshowed a characteristic fingerprint. Sixty per cent and 76% of thefragments generated using F13 and F17, respectively, were polymorphic.The genetic similarity values between accessions were estimated from F13and F17 data. The dendrogram and principal coordinate analysis performedwith F13 data revealed a clear separation of these varieties in accord withtheir pedigree relationships.     

DNA profiling and genetic diversity of Korean soybean (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Glycine max</Emphasis> (L.) Merrill) landraces by SSR markers

Approximately 7,000 accessions of Korean soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merrill) landraces, largely composed of three collections, the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute’s soybean (KAS), the Korean Crop Experiment Station’s soybean (KLS) and the Korean Agricultural Development and Technology Center’s soybean (KADTC) collections, have been conserved at the Rural Development Administration (RDA) genebank in Korea. The accessions within collections were classified based on their traditional uses such as sauce soybean (SA), sprouted soybean (SP), soybean for cooking with rice (SCR), and OTHERS. A total of 2,758 accessions of Korean soybean landraces were used to profile and to evaluate genetic structure using six SSR loci. A total of 110 alleles were revealed by at the six SSR loci. The number of alleles per SSR locus ranged from 9 to 39 in Satt187 and Satt_074, respectively. The number of alleles ranged from 87 in the KADTC collection to 96 in the KLS collection, and from 63 in the SCR group to 95 in the SP group. Nei’s average genetic diversity ranged from 0.68 to 0.70 across three collections, and 0.64 to 0.69 across the usage groups. The average between-group differentiation (G _st) was 0.9 among collections, and 4.1 among the usage groups. The similar average diversity among three collections implies that the genetic background of the three collections was quite similar or that there were a large number of duplicate accessions in three collections. The selection from the four groups classified based upon usage may be a useful way to select accessions for developing a Korean soybean landrace core collection at the RDA genebank. DNA profile information of accessions will provide indications of redundancies or omissions and aid in managing the soybean collection held at the RDA genebank. The information on diversity analysis could help to enlarge the genetic diversity of materials in breeding programs and could be used to develop a core collection.     

适合甜菜品种鉴定的SRAP核心引物的筛选

为筛选适合甜菜品种纯度鉴定的SRAP核心引物,以12个进口国外甜菜品种为材料,对546对SRAP引物组合进行扩增,利用8%的非变性聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳进行分离,选择适合甜菜品种纯度鉴定的SRAP核心引物组合。结果从546对SRAP引物组合中筛选出扩增条带清晰、多态性丰富、重复性好的引物组合23对,这23对引物组合共扩增出177条多态性条带,引物的PIC值均大于0.6。平均每对引物扩增7.7条多态性条带,从理论上讲,这些核心引物完全可以实现对现有甜菜品种的鉴定。     

Genetic diversity in Cynara cardunculus revealed by AFLP markers: comparison between cultivars and wild types from Sicily*

Genetic diversity in 49 plants of 16 accessions representing one wild and two cultivated taxa of Cynara cardunculus L. (wild cardoon, cultivated cardoon and globe artichoke) was investigated using amplified fragment length polymorphic (AFLP) analysis. Four pairs of primers identified a total of 264 scorable loci, 196 of which were polymorphic. The number of markers scored per primer combination ranged from 41 to 107, with an average of 66 markers per primer combination. All the primer combinations detected polymorphism. The data were used for cluster analysis and AMOVA. The clusters obtained are in agreement with the current botanical classification and the differences among the taxa were substantial. The eco‐geographical groups within wild cardoon are clearly separated in relative subclusters, and reflect the geography of the collection areas. The six clones of the four cultivated artichoke varieties were clearly separated into four subclusters, corresponding to the current classification which is based on morphological traits. The results obtained may have a direct and important bearing on plant genetic resource conservation and management and on breeding.     

青藏高原老芒麦种质遗传多样性的SSR分析

利用SSR标记技术对来自青藏高原的52份老芒麦（Elymus sibiricus L）材料的遗传变异及亲缘关系进行了研究。18对SSR引物共扩增出236条清晰的条带,其中多态性条带204条,多态性位点率（PPB）为86.44%,每对引物扩增出7~20条带纹,平均为13.1条,多态性信息（PIC）含量为0.267~0.471之间,平均为0.35,SSR标记效率（MI）为3.98;材料间的遗传相似系数（GS）为0.622到0.895之间,平均GS值为0.766,52份种质的Nei’s 遗传多样性指数（He）为0.3286,Shannon指数（Ho）为0.4851,表明供试材料之间差异明显,具有较为丰富的遗传多样性。根据研究结果进行聚类分析,可将52份老芒麦材料分成5大类,具有相同地理来源或相似生境的材料趋向于聚为一类。     

Random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) variation in Fagopyrum tataricum Gaertn. accessions from China and the Himalayan region

The diversity among 52 landraces and cultivars of tartary buckwheat (Fagopyrum tataricum Gaertn.) and one accession of its wild ancestor, F. tataricum ssp. potanini Batalin, from diverse geographic origins was examined using random amplified polymorphic DNA-polymerase chain reaction (RAPD-PCR) markers. Eighteen primers produced a total of 240 fragments, of which 153 (63.75%) were monomorphic and 87 (36.25%) polymorphic bands. UPGMA-based pairwise Jaccard’s coefficient of similarity was used to deduce the relationships among 53 genetically diverse accessions. The similarity between cultivated tartary buckwheat accessions ranged from 0.61 to 1.00. Four distinct clusters were formed which corresponded well with the geographic distribution of the tartary buckwheat. Nepalese accessions showed maximum diversity followed by Chinese accessions. Tartary buckwheat accessions from the Himalayan region of northwestern India revealed a narrow gene pool. The wild buckwheat accession did not group with any of the three cultivated tartary buckwheat groups, and formed its own single-entry group. Genetic similarity (0.59) of Chinese buckwheat accessions with the wild ancestor reaffirmed that cultivated tartary buckwheat originated in the Yunnan province of northwestern China. Consistent with some earlier reports, our study demonstrated the usefulness of the RAPD technique for the characterization of plant genetic resources and assessment of diversity between species. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

首批海岛棉基因组来源的微卫星标记的分离、评价和定位

海岛棉(Gossypium barbadense)是世界上最重要的栽培棉种之一。海岛棉纤维品质优良,是优质棉的重要产源。为了研究海岛棉的遗传多样性,为海岛棉育种提供参考依据,从海岛棉遗传标准系中分离基因组来源的微卫星标记用于海岛棉遗传评价。采用两种方法分离微卫星标记,一是用ISSR (inter simple sequence repeat) 引物扩增Pima3-79,克隆测序后从中开发微卫星标记;二是利用简并引物扩增Pima3-79,克隆测序后从中开发微卫星标记。共挑选1 447个克隆,筛选出239个独立克隆。测序后得到214个单一序列,其中包含微卫星并可用于引物设计的序列70个,获得86对引物。86对引物用于扩增56个海岛棉材料和4个陆地棉材料,16对引物没有扩增,43对引物在所有材料中没有多态性;27对引物在海岛棉和陆地棉之间有多态性,19对引物在海岛棉中表现多态性。利用Jaccard相似系数和UPGMA方法进行聚类分析可以明显区分陆地棉和海岛棉,并且将海岛棉分为4类。14对引物在BC₁群体中表现多态性,产生14个位点。9个位点整合到BC₁连锁图的7个染色体上,4个位于A亚基因组,5个位于D亚基因组。海岛棉微卫星标记扩展了棉花微卫星标记,有助于海岛棉遗传多样性的研究,有利于棉花遗传图谱的进一步丰富。     

Intraspecific olive diversity assessed with AFLP

Amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) was used to study diversity within and among Spanish olive varieties. A high degree of diversity was found among the varieties present in each growing region. Olive oil production and quality relies on appropriate cultivar selection as well as good orchard management. Production based only on a few superior cultivars would result in improved yield, oil quality, and production management. Amplified fragment length polymorphism were evaluated as a tool to identify the intraspecific and intravarietal diversity of olive. Amplified fragment length polymorphism analysis of 38 accessions belonging to 10 cultivars using six primer combinations produced 106 polymorphic bands. Results were analyzed for similarity among accessions via unweighted pair‐group means cluster analysis, resulting in 10 clusters corresponding to named variety designations. Similarity among varieties ranged from 0.60 to 0.72. Diversity within varieties was identified. Similarity within named varieties (accessions with the same varietal name) ranged from 0.75 to 0.96. Differences in several markers were found among 34 accessions. Intravarietal diversity was shown to exist within the Spanish olive varieties grown in the region surrounding Valencia.     

ISSR分子标记技术在桃品种鉴定中的应用

为了有效地鉴别桃苗木优良品种或类型,为桃种质资源研究和新品种保护提供理论基础,利用ISSR标记对28份桃种质进行了品种鉴定及亲缘关系检测。结果发现：23条ISSR引物共扩增出188条DNA片段,其中96条具有多态性,多态性频率为51.06%;材料间遗传相似系数GS变幅为0.84～0.97,平均为0.92。获得28份供试材料的指纹图谱,鉴定出9条特异出现DNA片段和11条特异缺失DNA片段。通过UPGMA聚类分析发现,供试材料中地理来源及部分农艺性状相近的品种或类型聚为小类,但大的聚类群没有明确的划分标识,可能与桃种质在地区间互换及所选择的ISSR标记有关。     

利用ISSR标记分析海南岛五节芒的遗传多样性

对7份来自海南不同地区的五节芒用ISSR标记分析,采用NTSYS-pc2.10y软件得到相似性系数后,用UPGMA法进行聚类分析。实验结果显示,从42条ISSR引物中筛选出了6条合适的ISSR引物,利用这6条引物对7份五节芒材料进行扩增,一共扩增出107条带,不同引物扩增条带数15~22条不等,平均每条引物产生17.8条带,其中104条为多态性条带,占总条带数的97.2%。样品之间的相似系数（GS）在0.4673~0.8318之间,平均值为0.6816;遗传距离（GD）在0.1682~0.5327之间,平均值为0.3184。研究结果表明海南岛的五节芒具有较高的遗传多样性水平,ISSR标记方法适用于五节芒的遗传多样性分析。     

不同地理来源水稻品种的SSR分子标记遗传相似性分析

为了评价云南水稻品种与国内外水稻品种间的遗传相似性,利用48个SSR分子标记对90个来自9个不同国家的水稻品种进行遗传相似性分析,结果共检测到269个等位基因（Na）,平均每个SSR标记检测到5.604个,变幅为3~10;共检测到159.775个有效等位基因（Ne）,平均为3.329,变幅为1.578~6.090;每个SSR标记的多态性信息含量（PIC）变幅为0.366~0.836,平均为0.661。90个水稻品种间的遗传相似系数（GS）变幅为0.021~0.875,平均为0.328。90个品种在相似系数0.212处分为籼、粳两亚种类群;聚类树形图能划分品种的地理来源;亚种内,粳型品种较籼型品种的遗传相似度高。云南粳稻育成品种的遗传相似性较高,云南水稻地方品种的遗传多样性较高,应加强对云南水稻地方品种的有效保护和籼粳分化等研究。     

Genetic diversity in mung bean germplasm revealed by RAPD markers

Knowledge of the genetic relationships among landraces is useful to gene bank managers because it permits a better organization of the crop's gene pool management, more efficient sampling of the available germplasm resources and better access to useful genetic variation for breeders. Genetic diversity of 19 landraces of the cultivated mung bean, Vigna radiate, and three weedy and wild relatives including Vigna mungo, Vigna luteola and Vigna radiate var. sublobata, was investigated at the DNA level with the random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) procedure. Sixty random decamer primers were employed in amplification reactions; 28 of these were informative and yielded 246 bands, of which 229 were polymorphic with a mean of 8.2 bands per primer. A genetic distance matrix based on Nei and Li coefficient was converted to a dendrogram and a two-dimensional plot using multidimensional scaling (MDS). The accessions studied were separated into three main clusters, which included V. radiate landraces, V. mungo and V. luteola, respectively. The variation of this cluster supports the view that the genetic distance of V. mungo and V. luteola varies considerably from the accession VO2955 (V. radiata). The multidimensional scaling plot confirmed that V. mungo, V. luteola and most of the accessions of V. radiata formed distinct clusters with no overlap, and two mung bean accessions (PI177493 and VO4134–1 from Turkey and India, respectively) were genetically distant from other V. radiata landraces. V. radiata and V. mungo are positioned in separate botanical species and V. radiata var. sublobata is classified within other V. radiata landraces. Based on the limited range of accessions tested, the approach holds promise for the classification of mung bean germplasm, identification of mung bean landraces and applications of molecular markers to mung bean breeding.     

Studying genetic relationships among coconut varieties/populations using microsatellite markers

The extent of genetic diversity and the genetic relationships among 94 coconut varieties/populations (51 Talls and 43 Dwarfs) representing the entire geographic range of cultivation/distribution of the coconut was assessed using 12 pairs of coconut micro satellite primers. A high level of genetic diversity was observed in the collection with the mean gene diversity of 0.647±0.139, with that of the mean gene diversity of Talls 0.703±0.125 and 0.374±0.204 of Dwarfs. A phenetic tree based on D_AD genetic distances clustered all the 94 varieties/populations into two main groups, with one group composed of all the Talls from southeast Asia, the Pacific, west coast of Panama, and all Dwarfs and the other of all Talls from south Asia, Africa, and the Indian Ocean coast of Thailand. The allele distribution of Dwarfs highlighted a unique position of Dwarf palms from the Philippines exhibiting as much variation as that in the Tall group. The grouping of all Dwarfs representing the entire geographic distribution of the crop with Talls from southeast Asia and the Pacific and the allele distribution between the Tall and Dwarf suggest that the Dwarfs originated from the Tall forms and that too from the Talls of southeast Asia and the Pacific. Talls from Pacific Islands recorded the highest level of genetic diversity (0.6±0.26) with the highest number of alleles (51) among all the regions. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.