Genetic Diversity, Population Structure and Marker-Trait Association for 100-Seed Weight in International Safflower Panel Using SilicoDArT Marker Information
Fawad Ali,
Muhammad Azhar Nadeem,
Muzaffer Barut,
Ephrem Habyarimana,
Hassan Javed Chaudhary,
Iftikhar Hussain Khalil,
Ahmad Alsaleh,
Rüştü Hatipoğlu,
Tolga Karaköy,
Cemal Kurt,
Muhammad Aasim,
Muhammad Sameeullah,
Ndiko Ludidi,
Seung Hwan Yang,
Gyuhwa Chung,
Faheem Shehzad Baloch
Affiliations
Fawad Ali
Department of Plant Sciences, Quaid-I-Azam University, Islamabad 45320, Pakistan
Muhammad Azhar Nadeem
Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technologies, Sivas University of Science and Technology, 58140 Sivas, Turkey
Muzaffer Barut
Department of Field Crops, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Science, Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal University, 14030 Bolu, Turkey
Ephrem Habyarimana
CREA Research Center for Cereal and Industrial Crops, 40128 Bologna, Italy
Hassan Javed Chaudhary
Department of Plant Sciences, Quaid-I-Azam University, Islamabad 45320, Pakistan
Iftikhar Hussain Khalil
Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, The University of Agriculture, Peshawar 25130, Pakistan
Ahmad Alsaleh
Science and Technology Application and Research Center (BİLTEM), Yozgat Bozok University, 66900 Yozgat, Turkey
Rüştü Hatipoğlu
Department of Field Crops, Faculty of Agriculture, Çukurova University, 1000 Adana, Turkey
Tolga Karaköy
Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technologies, Sivas University of Science and Technology, 58140 Sivas, Turkey
Cemal Kurt
Department of Field Crops, Faculty of Agriculture, Çukurova University, 1000 Adana, Turkey
Muhammad Aasim
Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technologies, Sivas University of Science and Technology, 58140 Sivas, Turkey
Muhammad Sameeullah
Department of Field Crops, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Science, Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal University, 14030 Bolu, Turkey
Ndiko Ludidi
Department of Biotechnology and Center of Excellence in Food Security, University of the Western Cape, Robert Sobukwe Road, Bellville 7530, South Africa
Seung Hwan Yang
Department of Biotechnology, Chonnam National University, Chonnam 59626, Korea
Gyuhwa Chung
Department of Biotechnology, Chonnam National University, Chonnam 59626, Korea
Faheem Shehzad Baloch
Department of Field Crops, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Science, Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal University, 14030 Bolu, Turkey
Safflower is an important oilseed crop mainly grown in the arid and semi-arid regions of the world. The aim of this study was to explore phenotypic and genetic diversity, population structure, and marker-trait association for 100-seed weight in 94 safflower accessions originating from 26 countries using silicoDArT markers. Analysis of variance revealed statistically significant genotypic effects (p p < 0.01) for 100-seed weight. We envisage that identified DArTseq markers associated with 100-seed weight will be helpful to develop high-yielding cultivars of safflower through marker-assisted breeding in the near future.
