TY - JOUR
T1 - Identification of citrus polyploids using chromosome counts, morphological and SSR markers
AU - Fatima, Bilquees
AU - Usman, Muhammad
AU - Khan, Muhammad Sarwar
AU - Khan, Iqrar Ahmad
AU - Khan, Muhammad Mumtaz
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015, University of Agriculture. All right reserved.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Polyploids play a key role in the improvement of citrus cultivars. Citrus breeding programs necessitate morphological, cytological and genetic characterization of cultivars. Here we analyze the polyploids using these three approaches. Cytological studies signify occurrence of spontaneous triploids (9.95%) and tetraploids (6.05%) in Kinnow mandarin and Succari sweet orange, respectively. Leaf characteristics were found directly proportional to the ploidy level; they change with an increase in the ploidy level. Genetic variability amongst morphologically distinct polyploids was confirmed using Simple Sequence Repeat (SSR) molecular markers. Accessions K 1, K 4, K 5 and K 7 of Kinnow, F 7 , F8 and F 10 of Feutrell’s Early, M 2 and M 4 of Mosambi, and S 1 and S 11 of Succari were found polymorphic, and are considered useful in current breeding programs in Pakistan. SSR loci genotyping, morphological selection and cytological screening of polyploids appeared to be an improved strategy for efficient screening and characterization of polyploids at seedling stage.
AB - Polyploids play a key role in the improvement of citrus cultivars. Citrus breeding programs necessitate morphological, cytological and genetic characterization of cultivars. Here we analyze the polyploids using these three approaches. Cytological studies signify occurrence of spontaneous triploids (9.95%) and tetraploids (6.05%) in Kinnow mandarin and Succari sweet orange, respectively. Leaf characteristics were found directly proportional to the ploidy level; they change with an increase in the ploidy level. Genetic variability amongst morphologically distinct polyploids was confirmed using Simple Sequence Repeat (SSR) molecular markers. Accessions K 1, K 4, K 5 and K 7 of Kinnow, F 7 , F8 and F 10 of Feutrell’s Early, M 2 and M 4 of Mosambi, and S 1 and S 11 of Succari were found polymorphic, and are considered useful in current breeding programs in Pakistan. SSR loci genotyping, morphological selection and cytological screening of polyploids appeared to be an improved strategy for efficient screening and characterization of polyploids at seedling stage.
KW - Aborted seeds
KW - Genetics
KW - Kinnow
KW - Phenotype
KW - Ploidy
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84926475863&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=84926475863&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84926475863
SN - 0552-9034
VL - 52
SP - 107
EP - 114
JO - Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Sciences
JF - Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Sciences
IS - 1
ER -