scholarly journals Fidelity of Sugarcane Crosses Assessed with SSR Markers

Agronomy ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 386
Author(s):  
James Todd ◽  
Yong-Bao Pan ◽  
Deborah Boykin

Sugarcane (Saccharum hybrids spp.) is a wind-pollinated species that bears very small yet complete flowers. During crossing, a lack of pollen control (trimming off dehisced florets and hot water treatment) may result in both self-pollination (selfs) and unintentional pollination from stray pollen (off-types). Due to this uncertainty, it is important to estimate the percentage of intentional paternal hybridizations to better understand and possibly improve the crossing process. In this study, six pairs of simple sequence repeats (SSR) primers were used to assess the fidelity of 343 bi-parental crosses made at three U.S. breeding stations in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006. By comparing the SSR fingerprints between the two parents and 20 random progenies, three types of progenies were identified, namely, hybrids, selfs, and off-types. Hybrids had only SSR fingerprints found in either parent; selfs had only SSR fingerprints of the maternal parent; and off-types had SSR fingerprints that were not found in either parent. The fidelity of the 343 crosses fluctuated from 100% hybrids to 100% off-types. Multinomial analysis indicated that the ratio of hybrids from intentional hybridization to selfs and off-types fluctuated by year and location. Selfing rates (−30.5%) and off-type rates (−9.2%) were lower in crosses from which superior progenies were selected and advanced through 10-year field evaluation and testing, but off-type rates were not significant indicating that selfing may reduce advancement rates more than the off-types. Hot water treatment reduced off-types by 27% and selfing by 20%. This research demonstrates the utility of SSR markers for measuring hybridization rates and highlights the importance of pollen control measures through trimming and hot water treatment of sugarcane flowers.

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (6) ◽  
pp. 279
Author(s):  
Nurfitriani Rista ◽  
Fitri Widiantini ◽  
Anna Aina Roosdab ◽  
Endah Yulia ◽  
Agung Karuniawanb

Orange fleshed sweet potato contains high beta carotene as vitamin A precursor. However, its production is limited by the presence of scab disease caused by Sphaceloma batatas Saw. The disease is able to cause yield loss up to 60%. Best controlling method is using resistant varieties. However, the development of resistant varieties are involving long procedures which is time consuming. The long procedure of resistance varieties selection can be shorted cut using molecular markers such as SSR (Simple Sequence Repeats). Specific SSR markers for sweet potato resistance against scab has not been found. This study aimed to screen SSR molecular markers which were related to resistance to scab. The study used 5 resistant genotypes, 5 susceptible genotypes, and 6 SSR primers. PCR analysis showed that those SSR primers were polymorphic. Furthermore, the biplot analysis result demonstrated that several markers allele were related to plant resistance against scab. This finding indicated that these particular SSR markers can be used in sweet potato breeding program as marker assisted selection to develop resistant variety against scab disease. Keywords: Sphaceloma batatas; orange fleshed sweet potato; SSR markers.


2018 ◽  
Vol 85 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Beatriz Monteiro Ferreira ◽  
Luís Garrigós Leite ◽  
José Luiz Hernandes ◽  
Ricardo Harakava ◽  
Carlos Roberto Padovani ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT: Petri disease is complex, attacks young vine plants and it is difficult to be controlled. The fungus Phaeomoniella chlamydospora (Phc) has been identified as the main causative agent of this disease. This study aimed to evaluate the prevalent colonization of the Petri disease fungi in different portions of vine plants; to assess the susceptibility of grapevine rootstocks to the fungus P. chlamydospora; to assess the effect of solarization and biofumigation, followed by hot-water treatment (HWT), on the disinfection of cuttings of the rootstock IAC 766 infected with P. chlamydospora, and assess the effect of solarization and biofumigation, followed by HWT, on the rooting of cuttings of the rootstock IAC 766. For the prevalent colonization test, the fungus species detected and identified in ‘Niagara Rosada’ grafted on two rootstocks different were Phc and Phialemoniopsis ocularis. This is the first report of P. ocularis in a young vineyard in Brazil. Both fungi, in particular Phc, colonized only the plant’s basal part, drawing attention to the rootstock as target for control measures. Measurement of the dark streaks in the vascular system revealed that Golia was the least susceptible rootstock, and IAC 572 was the most susceptible to Phc. Moreover, biofumigation or temperature of 37°C applied for 7 and 14 days, both followed by HWT, suppressed Phc in cuttings of the rootstock IAC 766 without hampering their rooting. Meanwhile, new studies are needed to validate the efficiency of these disinfection techniques.


2021 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
pp. 102284
Author(s):  
Jakub Pečenka ◽  
Zuzana Bytešníková ◽  
Tomáš Kiss ◽  
Eliška Peňázová ◽  
Miroslav Baránek ◽  
...  

MRS Advances ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Quinshell Smith ◽  
Kenneth Burnett ◽  
Nawzat Saadi ◽  
Khulud Alotaibi ◽  
Atikur Rahman ◽  
...  

2013 ◽  
Vol 138 (4) ◽  
pp. 290-296 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raúl De la Rosa ◽  
Angjelina Belaj ◽  
Antonio Muñoz-Mérida ◽  
Oswaldo Trelles ◽  
Inmaculada Ortíz-Martín ◽  
...  

In the present work, a set of eight new hexa-nucleotide simple sequence repeats (SSRs) is reported in olive (Olea europaea L). These SSRs loci were generated on the basis of expressed sequence tag (EST) sequences in the frame of an olive genomic project. The markers showed a high level of polymorphism when tested on a set of cultivars used as genitors in the olive breeding program of Córdoba, Spain. The long-core repeat motif of these markers allows a wider separation among alleles, thus permitting an accurate genotyping. Besides, these markers showed comparable levels of polymorphism to di-nucleotide SSRs, the only ones so far reported in olive. Selected on the basis of their discrimination capacity, four of the eight SSRs were used to test their ability for paternity testing in a total of 81 seedlings coming from 12 crosses. The paternity testing showed that seven crosses matched the alleged paternity and the remaining five were products of illicit pollinations. These results exactly matched with previous paternity testing performed with di-nucleotide SSR markers. These results demonstrate the usefulness of the developed hexa-nucleotide repeated motifs for checking the paternity of breeding progenies and suggest their use on variability studies.


Author(s):  
Mohammad Khairul Basher ◽  
S. M. Shah Riyadh ◽  
Md. Khalid Hossain ◽  
Mahmudul Hassan ◽  
Md. Abdur Rafiq Akand ◽  
...  

Zinc-oxide (ZnO) nanostructures including nanorods are currently considered as a pioneer research of interest world-wide due to their excellent application potentials in various applied fields especially for the improvement of energy harvesting photovoltaic solar cells (PSC). We report on the growth and morphological properties of zinc-oxide (ZnO) nanorods grown on the surface of plain zinc (non-etched and chemically etched) plates by using a simple, economical, and environment-friendly technique. We apply hot water treatment (HWT) technique to grow the ZnO nanorods and varies the process parameters, such as temperature and the process time duration. The morphological, and elemental analysis confirm the agglomeration of multiple ZnO nanorods with its proper stoichiometry. The obtained nanostructures for different temperatures with different time duration showed the variation in uniformity, density, thickness and nanonorods size. The ZnO nanorods produced on the etched zinc surface were found thicker and uniform as compared to those grown on the non-etched zinc surface. This chemically etched Zinc plates preparation can be an easy solution to grow ZnO nanorods with high density and uniformity suitable for PSC applications such as to enhance the energy conversion efficiency of the photovoltaic (PV) solar cells towards the future sustainable green earth.


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