The genetic diversity of selections and wild populations of myrtle revealed by molecular geographic contexts

Mele, Caterina; Corona, Lucia; Melito, Sara; Raggi, Lorenzo; Mulas, Maurizio

doi:10.1016/j.indcrop.2019.02.018

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“…The comparison of three populations (wild in situ selected, cultivated ex situ growing, and hybrids derived from free pollination) allows evaluating the influence that each single step had on the phenotypic variability. The study of these characters is useful to define the effective variability of the species transferred to cultivars, as well as the potential of classical hybridization to enhance the natural variability from a breeding perspective [46][47][48][49][50].…”

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Fruit Quality Characters of Myrtle (Myrtus communis L.) Selections: Review of a Domestication Process

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Mulas

2021

Sustainability

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Interest in myrtle (Myrtus communis L.) by food, cosmetics, and pharmaceutic industries generated the integration of biomasses harvested from wild populations as raw materials with yields of cultivated orchards. The domestication process is reviewed considering shoot, fruit, and leaf biometric characters of selections obtained in three steps of the program. The first step started in Sardinia (Italy) in 1995 by the analysis of wild germplasm variability. Seventy accessions were the object of the first studied population of mother plants. Agamic propagation tests, as well quality evaluations of fruit and leaves, were integrated into the first step. In the second step, a field of comparison of forty-two agamically propagated cultivars functional to biomass production and to food uses was planted and evaluated for phenotypic characters. In the third step, a new population of twenty selections was obtained by open cross-pollination of some of the cultivars and further phenotypic selection in seedling population. In this review, the three populations are compared for biometric shoot, leaves and fruit characters, in order to verify the pressure of domestication process on these traits. Wild populations showed high variability only partially used during the first step, while the hybridization may create new variability for use in the genetic improvement of myrtle.

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Fruit Quality Characters of Myrtle (Myrtus communis L.) Selections: Review of a Domestication Process

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“…is a wild shrub native in the Mediterranean and the Middle East, especially in Iran, southern Europe, northern Africa, western Asia, and the Indian subcontinent. It is also a symbol of love and immortality in the Mediterranean region [ 2 , 5 – 8 ]. Myrtle is a native plant in Rostam region, Fars Province, in Iran (Fig.…”

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“…However, intraspecific diversity and environmental conditions can significantly affect the quantitative and qualitative levels of the main constituents of essential oils [ 5 ]. Also, much research has been carried out to preserve the natural genetic diversity of myrtle and design for efficient and logical exploitation of myrtle biomass to prevent further reduction of species’ genetic diversity [ 2 , 27 ]. A comparative study was performed on preparing and evaluating the encapsulated extract’s physical and chemical properties in nanovesicles, including nanoliposomes and nanoniosomes, without cholesterol and toxic organic solvents [ 14 ].…”

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Myrtle: a versatile medicinal plant

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Myrtus, commonly called myrtle, is a genus of flowering plants in the Myrtaceae family. This study aimed to review myrtle’s pharmaceutical, food, and other uses. The pharmacological effects of myrtle for antioxidant, antibacterial, and anti-inflammatory activities, reduction of COVID-19 symptoms, anti-diabetic in the animal model, hepatoprotective in the rat model, antihypertensive, control of intestinal helminthiasis in mice model, inhibition of glucosyltransferase activity, protective effect on oxidative metabolism in the hypothyroidism model, and reducing the damage caused by skin burns are reviewed. In addition, the food uses of this plant such as improving the oxidative and microbial stability of products containing salmon, antimicrobial activity in meat and dairy products, flavoring in sea salt, microbial improvement of fresh fruits during post-harvest storage, animal nutrition, and bio-oil production are summarized. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s41110-023-00194-y.

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“…Afterwards, the most interesting cultivars were agamically propagated and cultivated in an experimental field [20]. During this process, the influence of geographic locality and long-historical temperature and rainfall data on myrtle genetic variability was studied by Mele et al [22].…”

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Climate Variables of the Sites of Origin and Genotype Influence on Phenolic Compounds Accumulation in Cultivars of Myrtus communis L.

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Myrtle (Myrtus communis L.) is an aromatic and medicinal plant spreading in the Mediterranean area. The main uses of myrtle plants are liqueur and essential oil production with several biological properties. A large part of the properties of these products is due to phenolic compounds. Twenty-two myrtle cultivars originating from several areas of Sardinia Island and cultivated at the same site were analysed for phenolic compounds determination. Pearson’s correlation was used to investigate a possible correlation between phenolic compounds content observed in the cultivation site and historical agrometeorological parameters in the sites of cultivar origin. Hierarchical cluster analysis (HCA) and principal component analysis (PCA) were applied to data to evaluate the characterization of myrtle cultivars based on the relationship between sites of origin with their climate traits and phenolic compounds content as recorded in the same field of comparison. Anthocyanins are negatively correlated with minimum, maximum, and average temperatures of some months. Total phenols content decreases with high temperatures in the summer months. Rainfall affected mainly tannins content. Two principal components explained about 79% of the variability and allowed the classification of cultivars into four groups, while cultivars from Laconi, Siniscola and Cuglieri sites were not included in any group. The HCA allowed the subdivision of the wild populations into three clusters.

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The genetic diversity of selections and wild populations of myrtle revealed by molecular geographic contexts

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References 44 publications

Fruit Quality Characters of Myrtle (Myrtus communis L.) Selections: Review of a Domestication Process

Fruit Quality Characters of Myrtle (Myrtus communis L.) Selections: Review of a Domestication Process

Myrtle: a versatile medicinal plant

Climate Variables of the Sites of Origin and Genotype Influence on Phenolic Compounds Accumulation in Cultivars of Myrtus communis L.

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