Genetic Diversity of Blueberry Genotypes Estimated by Antioxidant Properties and Molecular Markers.

ABSTRACT: Blueberries (Vaccinium spp.) have gained much attention worldwide because of their potential health benefits and economic importance. Genetic diversity was estimated in blueberry hybrids, wild clones and cultivars by their antioxidant efficacy, total phenolic and flavonoid contents, and express sequence tag-simple sequence repeat (SSR) (EST-SSR), genomic (G)-SSR and express sequence tag-polymerase chain reaction (EST-PCR) markers. Wide diversity existed among the genotypes for antioxidant properties, with the highest variation for DPPH radical scavenging activity (20-fold), followed by the contents of total flavonoids (16-fold) and phenolics (3.8-fold). Although a group of 11 hybrids generated the maximum diversity for antioxidant activity (15-fold), wild clones collected from Quebec, Cana

SUBMITTER: Bhatt DS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8001406 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature