Racionalización de la colección de pepino (Cucumis sativus L.) del banco de germoplasma del COMAV
The Genebank of the Institute for the Conservation and Improvement of the Agrodiversity (COMAV) has in its collection 198 accessions of cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) of Spanish origin, taking charge of preserving and providing their seeds. All the accessions were registered as traditional varieties...
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| Tipo de recurso: | tesis doctoral |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2017 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) |
| Repositorio: | RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/86216 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/86216 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | pepino germoplasma racionalización GENETICA |
| Sumario: | The Genebank of the Institute for the Conservation and Improvement of the Agrodiversity (COMAV) has in its collection 198 accessions of cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) of Spanish origin, taking charge of preserving and providing their seeds. All the accessions were registered as traditional varieties or landraces, thus the collection of the COMAV represents 5% of the cucumber traditional varieties included in GENESYS. The purpose of the germplasm collections is the preservation of the genetic diversity to make it available for breeders, researchers and other users. Rationalization, that is, reduction of the size collection, is an alternative to cut costs of maintenance. With rationalization the efficiency in management and use of the collection increases; as a consequence, a correct preservation is guaranteed and at least part of the plant materials are available to users. This thesis is included in a project with the objective of the rationalization of the cucumber Spanish collection of the COMAV's Genebank. To achieve this objective, a morphological characterization of the cucumber collection, using fruit and plant descriptors, was carried out. Subsequently, a subset of the accessions were selected to be analyzed with molecular markers, concretely with SSRs (Simple sequence repeats). The morphological characterization was carried out for 206 cucumber accessions, 195 from Spain (178 held at the COMAV, 17 provided by the 'Vegetable Genebank of Zaragoza', BGHZ). Five plants per accession were characterized, with 17 qualitative and 9 quantitative descriptors, eight of them referred to plant traits and 18 related to the fruit. Fruit descriptors were evaluated in at least 25 fruits per accession. The accessions were classified in five groups: 'White', 'Short', 'French', 'Long' and 'Very long'. Principal component analysis showed that, with few exceptions, the accessions were grouped according to their phenotypic similarity. Variability found within each of the groups displayed the potential of these plant materials in breeding programmes for different traits. Maintenance of this collection is of great interest, since variability held by these accessions is not conserved in other European collections, and constitutes a source of genes for cucumber breeding. A representative subset of the accessions evaluated by morphological traits was selected for the molecular characterization. Concretely, molecular diversity of 131 Spanish accessions was evaluated with 23 SSRs. Eighteen of these SSRs were polymorphic; the mean number of alleles, mean observed heterozygosity and mean polymorphic information content were 3.2, 0.065 and 0.229, respectively. Around 60% of the alleles showed a frequency higher than 0.05, and only one allele in the SSR31399 showed a frequency lower than 0.01. In addition, three accession-specific alleles were found. A cluster analysis did not show any relation with morphological types or geographical area. Therefore, these results demonstrated that molecular diversity of the cucumber did not resemble its phenotypic variability. Finally, this study provides information for the rationalization of germplasm. Results from both studies allowed the rationalization of the cucumber Spanish collection of the COMAV. Selection of the accessions was carried out with a combined strategy, considering phenotypic traits, origin and molecular data. The selection included 47 accessions, six of the 'French' type, 15 of the 'Long' type and 24 of the 'Short' type. Moreover, the unique accessions molecularly analyzed belonging to 'Very long' and 'White' types were also selected. The analysis of the set of selected accessions confirmed that it conserved the morphological and molecular variability found in the complete collection. |
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