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- Characterization of Wild Apricot (Prunus armeniaca L.) Genotypes Selected from Cappadocia Region (Ne...
Characterization of Wild Apricot (Prunus armeniaca L.) Genotypes Selected from Cappadocia Region (Nevşehir-Turkey) by SSR Markers
Authors : Melike Bakir, Hatice Dumanoğlu, Veli Erdoğan, Cemil Ernim, Tahir Macit
Pages : 498-507
Doi:10.15832/ankutbd.457850
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Publication Date : 2019-12-05
Article Type : Research
Abstract :Cappadocia region of Anatolia hosts the third largest wild apricot population in Turkey. The objective of the study was to characterize 44 wild apricot genotypes selected from Cappadocia Region (Nevşehir-Turkey) as prominent with their late flowering, resistance to spring late frosts, large fruit sizes and/or late fruit ripening characteristics and 5 reference apricot cultivars (‘Hacıhaliloğlu’, ‘Kabaaşı’, ‘Hasanbey’, ‘Aprikoz’ and ‘Levent’) with SSR (simple sequence repeats) markers. A total of 16 SSR primers were used and 13 of them were successfully amplified. Total number of alleles was 107, average number of alleles was 8.23; average He and Ho values were 0.722 and 0.669, respectively. Polymorphism information content (PIC) values varied between 0.471 and 0.845. There was a quite high genetic diversity among wild apricot genotypes that genetic similarity values varied between 12 and 96%. Homonymous and synonymous genotypes were not encountered.Keywords : Wild apricot, Prunus armeniaca, genetic diversity, genetic relationship, molecular characterization, SSRs