Genetic Diversity and Population Structure of Potato Germplasm in RDA-Genebank: Utilization for Breeding and Conservation.

ABSTRACT: Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is an important staple food and economic crop in many countries. It is of critical importance to understand the genetic diversity and population structure for effective collection, conservation, and utilization of potato germplasm. Thus, the objective of the present study was to investigate the genetic diversity and population structure of potato germplasm conserved in the National Agrobiodiversity Center (NAC) of South Korea to provide basic data for future preservation and breeding of potato genetic resources. A total of 24 simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers were used to assess the genetic diversity and population structure of 482 potato accessions. A total of 257 alleles were detected, with an average of 10.71 alleles per locus. Analysis of molecul

SUBMITTER: Lee KJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8068792 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature