Genotypic and phenotypic diversity in Finnish cultivated sour cherry (Prunus cerasus L.)

Abstract

The Finnish national sour cherry germplasm collection was established in the end of 1980s following collection missions in Southern Finland. The original plantation consisted of 122 trees representing 77 accessions of locally adapted cherry material. Cultivar names of the collected samples were not known, and they were registered according to the collection site. Phenotypical observations according to the Nordic Genebank instructions were recorded in 1992, 1993 and some repetitions were made in 2003. In 2005 leaf samples were collected from the 52 still remaining accessions for a microsatellite (SSR) DNA marker analysis. DNA analysis distinguished 28 genotypes within the studied material. Two large groups of accessions sharing identical genotype, consisting of 18 and 20 accessions, were detected, one in the amarelle and one in the morellocultivar group, respectively. Several cultivar group specific SSR markers were found. Clustering analysis of the phenotypical characteristics supported the division into two cultivar groups. Replicate trees of one accession, or accessions representing one SSR genotype, clustered together only occasionally indicating some level of plasticity in the observed descriptors. Our findings indicate that only a few sour cherry clones have been successful and commonly distributed in Finland. The results were taken into account when selecting accessions for long term conservation in the national germplasm collection.

Chlorophyll content, photosynthetic efficiency and genetic markers in two sour cherry (Prunus cerasus L.) genotypes under drought stress

“…In this study we used two types of molecular markers, microsatellite markers in order to identify sour cherry genotypes (KAÇAR et al 2006, ANTONIUS et al 2012) and AFLP markers in order to identify genotypes within the cultivar Obla~inska (ZHOU et al 2002, TAVAUD et al 2004. A significant correlation (r =0.878), almost identical to the correlation (r = 0.873) obtained by KRICHEN et al (2010) Tab.…”

Morpho-physiological diversity in the collection of sour cherry (Prunus cerasus) cultivars of the Fruit Genebank in Naoussa, Greece using multivariate analysis

“…This is in accordance with the results of this study that exhibit high similarity between duke cherry and sour cherry. The division in the amarelle and in the morello cultivar groups through clustering analysis of phenotypical characteristics has been also previously reported (see Antonius et al, 2012). Finally, Höfer and Peil (2015) reported that the three duke cherry cultivars, which were grouped within one sub-cluster, were also grouped with sour cherry cultivars that had a characteristic juice, ranging in colour from cream-white fruit flesh and colourless to cream-yellow.…”

Simple Sequence Repeat and S-Locus Genotyping to Assist the Genetic Characterization and Breeding of Polyploid Prunus Species, P. spinosa and P. domestica subsp. insititia

“…Among 11 SSR markers, BPPCT037 proved to be the most informative primer in P. lannesiana and amplified five-times more alleles than in this study (Kato et al 2011 ). In the tetraploid P. cerasus it amplified 16 alleles, which exceeded the number of amplified alleles for other loci including BPPCT007, BPPCT038, BPPCT039 and BPPCT040 (Antonius et al 2012 ). Considering that those latter primer pairs amplified almost identical (BPCCT038 and BPPCT039) or larger numbers of alleles (BPPCT007 and BPPCT040) in polyploid plums and sour cherry, the limited performance of BPPCT037 is not explained by the smaller number of samples or differences in ploidy level.…”