Desta, Zeratsion Abera
- Department of Plant Breeding, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Abstract
Genetic diversity and structure plays a key role in the selection of parents for crosses in plant breeding programmes. The aim of the present study was to analyse the genetic diversity and structure of Eritrean bread wheat accessions. We analysed 284 wheat accessions from Eritrea using 30 simple sequence repeat markers. A total of 539 alleles were detected. The allele number per locus ranged from 2 to 21, with a mean allele number of 9.2. The average genetic diversity index was 0.66, with values ranging from 0.01 to 0.89. Comparing the three genomes of wheat, the B genome had the highest genetic diversity (0.66) and the D genome the lowest diversity (0.61). A STRUCTURE analysis based on the Bayesian model-based cluster analysis followed by a graphical representation of the distances by non-parametric multidimensional scaling revealed a distinct partition of the Eritrean wheat accessions into two major groups. This is the first report of the genetic diversity and structure of Eritrean bread wheat.
Keywords
Bayesian structure; genetic distance; genetic diversity; microsatellites; population structure; Triticum aestivum
Published in
Plant Genetic Resources
2014, volume: 12, number: 1, pages: 151-155
Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
SLU Authors
Jahoor, Ahmed
- Nordic Seed A/S
Global goals (SDG)
UKÄ Subject classification
Botany
Genetics and Breeding in Agricultural Sciences
Publication identifier
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1479262113000324
Permanent link to this page (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/67857