Genomic-environmental associations in wild cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon Ait.).

ABSTRACT: Understanding the genetic basis of local adaptation in natural plant populations, particularly crop wild relatives, may be highly useful for plant breeding. By characterizing genetic variation for adaptation to potentially stressful environmental conditions, breeders can make targeted use of crop wild relatives to develop cultivars for novel or changing environments. This is especially appealing for improving long-lived woody perennial crops such as the American cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon Ait.), the cultivation of which is challenged by biotic and abiotic stresses. In this study, we used environmental association analyses in a collection of 111 wild cranberry accessions to identify potentially adaptive genomic regions for a range of bioclimatic and soil conditions. We detected 126 si

SUBMITTER: Neyhart JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9526045 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature