Genetic variation associated with healthy traits and environmental conditions in Vaccinium vitis-idaea.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Lingonberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea L.), one of the least studied fruit crops in the Ericaceae family, has a dramatically increased worldwide demand due to its numerous health benefits. Genetic markers can facilitate the selection of berries with desirable climatic adaptations, agronomic and nutritious characteristics to improve cultivation programs. However, no genomic resources are available for this species.

Results

We used Genotyping-by-Sequencing (GBS) to analyze the genetic variation of 56 lingonberry samples from across Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. To elucidate a potential adaptation to environmental conditions we searched for genotype-environment associations by applying three distinct approaches to screen the identified single nucleotide polymorphism

SUBMITTER: Alam Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5748963 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature