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Acta Prataculturae Sinica ›› 2014, Vol. 23 ›› Issue (1): 205-216.DOI: 10.11686/cyxb20140125

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Genetic diversity of Elymus sibiricus germplasm resources revealed by SRAP markers

GU Xiao-yan1,GUO Zhi-hui1,ZHANG Xin-quan1,ZHOU Yong-hong2,BAI Shi-qie3,ZHANG Chang-bing3,JIANG Zong-rong4,LIU Xin1,ZHOU Chao-jie1,MA Xiao1   

  1. 1.Animal Science and Technology College,Sichuan Agricultural University,Ya’an 625014,China;
    2.Institute of Triticeae,Sichuan Agricultural University,Chengdu 611130,China;
    3.Sichuan Academy of Grassland Science,Chengdu 611731,China;
    4.Institute of Animal Husbandry of Ganzi Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan Province,Kangding 626000,China
  • Received:2013-08-19 Online:2014-02-20 Published:2014-02-20

Abstract: SRAP markers were used to analyze genetic diversity and genetic relationship among eighty-four Elymus sibiricus accessions from Asia. A set of 23 primer combinations yielded 337 bands,of which 203 were polymorphic (60.24%). Genetic similarity values (GS) among the accessions ranged between 0.783 and 0.965 with a mean of 0.865. On the average,Mongolian and Russian accessions were the most similar while,Mongolian and Qinghai-Tibet Plateau accessions were the most distant ones. Cluster analysis grouped the 84 accessions into two clusters,which has quite a high fit (r=0.88) to the original similarity matrix. Results of cluster analysis which was supported strongly by the principal coordinate analysis. The molecular variance analysis (AMOVA) showed that the proportion of variation explained by within geographic group and between geographic groups diversity was 0.7962 and 0.2038,respectively. Similar results were obtained when genetic diversity was estimated using the Shannon’s index of diversity. Based on pairwise ΦST between geographic groups,cluster analysis showed a clear demarcation between accessions from Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and the others as separate groups. The clustering pattern was probably dependent on geographic origin and ecological adaptability of the accessions. The results of present study can be useful in collecting germplasm and the establishment of core collections of E. sibiricus. The results in this study will provide useful information for the use of E. sibiricus germplasm and variety breeding.

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