Molecular study of a diallel chilli with amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) markers

作者：Castanon Najera Guillermo^*; Mayek Perez Netzahualcoyotl; Ruiz Salazar Regulo; Garcia Araceli C

来源：African Journal of Agricultural Research, 2011, 6(28): 6126-6131.

DOI：10.5897/AJAR11.1237

• Genetic distances
• PCR
• Capsicum
• diallel crosses
• Chilli species

Molecular markers, such as Amplified fragment length polymorphisms (AFLP) were used to study genetic diversity in four chilli varieties. Two wild chilli's (Amashito and Ojo de cangrejo: Capsicum annuum var. glabriusculum) and two growers (Jalapeno and Habanero: C. annuum and Capsicum chinense Jacq.), were used as parents in a diallel cross, with no reciprocal crosses, to produce six F(1) hybrid combinations. Crosses between parents were made by hand in the greenhouse at the Division Acadamica de Ciencias Biologicas (DACBiologicas) of the Universidad Juarez Autonoma de Tabasco (UJAT), in Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico. The four AFLP markers used amplified 256 bands, of which 62 (24.2%) bands were polymorphic. Dice's similarity index was used to determine the genetic distances between parents and their offspring. Cluster analyses based on genetic distances separated the parents and crosses belonging of C. annuum from those of Capsicum chinense, confirming the genomic differences between the two species. The cophenetic correlation coefficient (r) value between the similarity matrix and the original matrix to determine if the original data were well represented in the cluster analysis, under 1000 permutations, was 0.87, which is within the range of good. The results of this research are useful for use in a breeding program chilli. It has been shown that the more genetic distance is between the potential parents, the progeny of both present greater heterosis.

• 出版日期2011-11-26