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Phenotypic and genotypic analysis of a commercial cultivar and wild populations of Anemone coronaria

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2004

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136

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Nissim, Y., Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center, P.O.Box 6, Bet-Dagan, 50250, Israel
Jinggui, F., Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center, P.O.Box 6, Bet-Dagan, 50250, Israel, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
Arik, S., Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center, P.O.Box 6, Bet-Dagan, 50250, Israel
Neta, P., Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center, P.O.Box 6, Bet-Dagan, 50250, Israel
Uri, L., Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center, P.O.Box 6, Bet-Dagan, 50250, Israel
Avner, C., Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center, P.O.Box 6, Bet-Dagan, 50250, Israel

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Seven wild populations of Anemone coronaria were assessed for 11 phenotypic traits, most of them having economic value for the flower industry. The wild populations were sampled to represent the diversity in habitats, climates, rock and soil types, terrains, and elevations in Israel. AFLP analysis was carried out on 12 individuals from each of six out of the seven wild populations and for six individuals from the commercial cultivar 'Mona-Lisa'. It was found that the Dorot population, which is located in the area bordering the semi-arid zone at the very end of the species distribution, exhibits extreme and different phenotypes with relatively low variability compared with the other wild populations. The other six wild populations, that grow in more favorable geographic and climatic conditions exhibit phenotypes with larger plants, larger numbers of flowers and less dissected leaves. These populations were less uniform than that of Dorot. Genetic characterization by AFLP markers revealed a total of 165 bands. The wild populations exhibit wide variation within-population, with about 80% polymorphic bands and average gene diversity between pairs of about 30%. The Dorot population has the lowest genetic variation and the Megido population the highest. Thus, the phenotypic variation reflects the genetic variation. The cultivar 'Mona-Lisa', as expected, has much lower genetic variation. The Dorot population and the 'Mona-Lisa' cultivar were found to have the largest genetic distances from the other wild populations, and the highest genetic variation between themselves. Phenetic analysis yielded a dendrogram describing the genetic relatedness of these populations.

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