Journal
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
Volume 12, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.679063
Keywords
SRAP markers; SSR markers; genetic structure; GC/MS; oregano
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- Operational Program Science and Education for Smart Growth 2014-2020 - European Union through the European Structural and Investment Funds [BG05M2OP001-1.002-0012]
- Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science under the National Research Program Healthy Foods for a Strong Bio-Economy and Quality of Life [577/17.08.2018]
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This study investigated the genetic and flower volatile diversity in natural populations of Origanum vulgare subsp. hirtum in Bulgaria through SSR, SRAP markers, and GC/MS analysis. The results showed low to moderate genetic differentiation among populations and identified distinct chemical profiles within the flower volatiles. A core collection strategy was proposed and compared with the PowerCore software, demonstrating the selection of representatives from different genetic and metabolic clusters. The study highlights the potential for developing core collections representing the genetic and metabolite diversity of natural populations in aromatic and medicinal plants.
We studied the genetic and flower volatile diversity in natural populations of Origanum vulgare subsp. hirtum (Link) Ietsw. in Bulgaria using simple sequence repeat (SSR) and sequence-related amplified polymorphism (SRAP) markers and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) analysis of flower volatiles from individual plants. Two regions, including the Kresna Gorge and Eastern Rhodopes, typical for the species comprising eight populations and 239 individual plants were included in this study. An analysis with 11 SSR markers and eight SRAP primer combinations showed that SRAP markers were substantially more informative than the SSR markers and were further used for genetic diversity analysis. The results showed low-range to mid-range genetic differentiation between the populations with pairwise fixation index (Fst) values ranging between 0.0047 and 0.11. A total of 10 genetic clusters were identified. An analysis of the flower volatile diversity identified a total of 63 compounds with the vast majority of plants belonging to the carvacrol chemotype and just a single plant to the thymol chemotype. Large deviations were observed for individual compounds within each region as well as within the populations. Hierarchical clustering showed a clear sample grouping based on the two different regions. In addition, an in-depth analysis identified six major and 23 minor metabolite clusters. The overall data set and cluster analysis were further used for the development and testing of a simple and straightforward strategy for the selection of individual plants for the development of a core collection representing the sampled natural populations for this species in Bulgaria. The proposed strategy involves precise genetic clustering of the tested plants followed by the selection of a minimal set from each genetic cluster representing the different metabolite clusters. The selected core set was further compared with a core set extracted by the PowerCore software. A comparison of the genetic and metabolic affiliation of the members of both sets showed that the reported approach selected representatives from each genetic cluster and minor metabolic cluster, whereas some metabolic clusters were unrepresented in the PowerCore set. The feasibility and efficiency of applying the pointed strategy for the development of a core collection representing both the genetic and metabolite diversity of natural populations in aromatic and medicinal plants toward subsequent steps of selection and breeding are discussed.
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