Journal
AGRONOMY-BASEL
Volume 11, Issue 11, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/agronomy11112303
Keywords
genetic integrity; genetic redundancy; gene bank; mislabeling; DNA fingerprinting; molecular markers; domestication; off-type; Chinese date
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Funding
- Project of the Key Research and Development Projects in Ningxia [2018BFH03015]
- Natural Science Foundation of Ningxia [2021AAC03110]
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Chinese jujube germplasm has a high rate of mislabeling, but the development of SNP markers can aid in variety identification and parentage analysis.
Chinese jujube (Ziziphus jujuba Mill.) is an economically important fruit tree with outstanding adaptability to marginal lands and a broad range of climate conditions. There are over 800 cultivars, mostly landraces from China. However, a high rate of mislabeling in Chinese jujube germplasm restricts the sharing of information and materials among jujube researchers and hampers the use of jujube germplasm in breeding. In the present study, we developed a large panel of single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers and validated 288 SNPs by genotyping 114 accessions of Chinese jujube germplasm. The validation resulted in the designation of a set of 192 polymorphic SNP markers that revealed a high rate of synonymous mislabeling in the jujube germplasm collection in Ningxia, China. A total of 17 groups of duplicates were detected, encompassing 49 of the 114 Chinese jujube cultivars. Model-based population stratification revealed two germplasm groups, and the core members of the two groups showed a significant genetic differentiation (Fst = 0.16). The results supported the hypothesis that the cultivated Chinese jujube had multiple origins and multiple regions of domestication. The Neighbor-Joining dendrogram further revealed that this collection is comprised of multiple sub-groups, each including 1-13 closely related cultivars. Parentage analysis of cultivars with known pedigree information proved the efficacy of using these SNP markers for parentage verification. A subset of 96 SNPs with high information index was selected for future downstream application including gene bank management, verification of pedigrees in breeding programs, quality control for propagation of planting materials and support of the traceability and authentication of jujube products.
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