Longan(Dimocarpus longan Lour.)is an important tropical fruit tree crop.Accurate varietal identification is essential for germplasm management and breeding.Using longan transcriptome sequences from public databases,we...Longan(Dimocarpus longan Lour.)is an important tropical fruit tree crop.Accurate varietal identification is essential for germplasm management and breeding.Using longan transcriptome sequences from public databases,we developed single nucleotide polymorphism(SNP)markers;validated 60 SNPs in 50 longan germplasm accessions,including cultivated varieties and wild germplasm;and designated 25 SNP markers that unambiguously identified all tested longan varieties with high statistical rigor(P<0.0001).Multiple trees from the same clone were verified and off-type trees were identified.Diversity analysis revealed genetic relationships among analyzed accessions.Cultivated varieties differed significantly from wild populations(Fst=0.300;P<0.001),demonstrating untapped genetic diversity for germplasm conservation and utilization.Within cultivated varieties,apparent differences between varieties from China and those from Thailand and Hawaii indicated geographic patterns of genetic differentiation.These SNP markers provide a powerful tool to manage longan genetic resources and breeding,with accurate and efficient genotype identification.展开更多
基金This work was partially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31100248).
文摘Longan(Dimocarpus longan Lour.)is an important tropical fruit tree crop.Accurate varietal identification is essential for germplasm management and breeding.Using longan transcriptome sequences from public databases,we developed single nucleotide polymorphism(SNP)markers;validated 60 SNPs in 50 longan germplasm accessions,including cultivated varieties and wild germplasm;and designated 25 SNP markers that unambiguously identified all tested longan varieties with high statistical rigor(P<0.0001).Multiple trees from the same clone were verified and off-type trees were identified.Diversity analysis revealed genetic relationships among analyzed accessions.Cultivated varieties differed significantly from wild populations(Fst=0.300;P<0.001),demonstrating untapped genetic diversity for germplasm conservation and utilization.Within cultivated varieties,apparent differences between varieties from China and those from Thailand and Hawaii indicated geographic patterns of genetic differentiation.These SNP markers provide a powerful tool to manage longan genetic resources and breeding,with accurate and efficient genotype identification.
