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

doi:10.3390/plants9050652

Plants (May 2020)

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

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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

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/plants9050652
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 5
p. 652

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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.

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ISSN: 2223-7747 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Science: Botany
Website: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/plants

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