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SSR-based analysis of genetic diversity and structure of sweet cherry (Prunus avium L.) from 19 countries in Europe

Barreneche, T., Cárcamo de la Concepción, M., Blouin-Delmas, M., Ordidge, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0115-5218, Nybom, H., Lacis, G., Feldmane, D., Sedlak, J., Meland, M., Kaldmäe, H., Kahu, K., Békefi, Z., Stanivuković, S., Durić, G., Höfer, M., Galik, M., Schüller, E., Elisabeth, A., Sirbu, S., Drogoudi, P. , Agulheiro Santos, A. C., Kodad, O., Vokurka, A., Lateur, M., Fernández Fernández, F., Giovannini, D. and Quero-García, J. (2021) SSR-based analysis of genetic diversity and structure of sweet cherry (Prunus avium L.) from 19 countries in Europe. Plants, 10 (10). 1983. ISSN 2223-7747

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To link to this item DOI: 10.3390/plants10101983

Abstract/Summary

Sweet cherry (Prunus avium L.) is a temperate fruit species whose production might be highly impacted by climate change in the near future. Diversity of plant material could be an option to mitigate these climate risks by enabling producers to have new cultivars well adapted to new environmental conditions. In this study, subsets of sweet cherry collections of 19 European countries were genotyped using 14 SSR. The objectives of this study were to (i) to assess genetic diversity parameters (ii) to estimate the levels of population structure and (iii) to identify germplasm redundancies. A total of 314 accessions including landraces, early selections and modern cultivars were monitored, and 220 unique SSR genotypes were identified. All 14 loci were confirmed to be polymorphic, and a total of 137 alleles were detected with a mean of 9.8 alleles per locus. Average number of alleles (N=9.8), PIC value (0.658), observed heterozygosity (Ho=0.71) and expected heterozygosity (He=0.70) were higher in this study compared to values reported so far. Four ancestral populations were detected using STRUCTURE software and confirmed by Principal Coordinate Analysis (PCoA), and two of them (K1 and K4) could be attributed to the geographical origin of the accessions. A N-J tree grouped the 220 sweet cherry accessions within three main clusters and six sub-groups. Accessions belonging to the four Structure populations roughly clustered together. Clustering confirmed genealogical known data for several accessions. The large genetic diversity of the collection was demonstrated, in particular within the landrace pool, justifying the efforts made over decades for their conservation. New sources of diversity will allow producers to face challenges, such as climate change and the need to develop more sustainable production systems.

Item Type:Article
Refereed:Yes
Divisions:Life Sciences > School of Agriculture, Policy and Development > Department of Crop Science
ID Code:100174
Publisher:MDPI

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