Assessment of genetic diversity of cucumber cultivars in China based on simple sequence repeats and fruit traits.
Genet Mol Res
; 14(4): 19028-39, 2015 Dec 29.
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| ID: mdl-26782553
The cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) is an important crop grown worldwide. In this study, the genetic diversity of 42 cucumber cultivars in China was analyzed using 51 pairs of simple sequence repeat (SSR) primers. These primers identified 129 polymorphic loci, 95.6% of which were polymorphic. The mean effective number of alleles, mean Nei's gene diversity, and mean Shannon's information index were 0.36, 0.16, and 0.21, respectively. A cluster analysis demonstrated that the 42 cultivars could be divided into three groups, a result that was largely consistent with those of a principal component analysis (PCA). The PCA indicated that the three groups displayed significant variation in fruit traits. The cultivars of group 1 tended to have longer fruits (>30 cm), longer fruit ends (>4 cm), larger fruit diameters (>5 cm), a sharp strigose fruit spine, and the same fruit end shape. The basal color of the fruit in group 2 was dark green. Group 3 cultivars have no wax or mottling on the fruit surface. Our study demonstrates the value of our SSR primers for assessing genetic diversity in cucumber.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Cucumis sativus
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Repetições de Microssatélites
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Frutas
País/Região como assunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Genet Mol Res
Assunto da revista:
BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR
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GENETICA
Ano de publicação:
2015
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
China
País de publicação:
Brasil