JOURNAL OF NANJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY ›› 2020, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (4): 18-25.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-2006.202003075

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Genetic diversity analysis of Lagerstroemia germplasm resourcesbased on SNP markers

QIAO Dongya(), WANG Peng, WANG Shu’an, LI Linfang, GAO Lulu, YANG Rutong, WANG Qing(), LI Ya()   

  1. Institute of Botany,Jiangsu Province and Chinese Academy of Sciences,Nanjing 210014,China
  • Received:2020-03-25 Revised:2020-04-02 Online:2020-07-22 Published:2020-08-13
  • Contact: WANG Qing,LI Ya E-mail:qdylol@outlook.com;1052255718@qq.com;yalicnbg@163. com

Abstract: Objective

Lagerstroemia is an economically important ornamental shrub that is distributed from tropical to northern temperate zones. It commonly blooms from summer until fall, and it has a significant value in city landscaping and environmental protection. However, classification of Lagerstroemia plants at the species level is currently challenging. To provide a theoretical support for crape myrtle breeding and identification, 85 Lagerstroemia germplasms were collected and the genetic diversity of Lagerstroemia germplasm resources was studied using single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) markers.

Method

85 Lagerstroemia germplasms at home and abroad were used to study genetic diversity. The high-quality SNP markers were selected depending on the mini-sequencing result. The polymorphism information content (PIC), expected heterozygosity (He), gene diversity, and genetic similarity (GS) were calculated using PowerMarker V3.25 software. The genetic distance between the 85 germplasms was calculated based on Nei’s 1972 method. A dendrogram of 85 Lagerstroemia germplasms was constructed using MEGA 6.0 software according to the genetic similarity based on neighbor-joining method. Additionally, 85 samples were classified based on four different flower colors (46 purple-flowered, 26 red-flowered, 5 white-flowered, and 5 compound-flowered individuals). Next, the genetic differentiation parameters with the cluster and color groups were computed using GenAIEx 6.5 software, and the genetic diversity and genetic relationship were analyzed among the cluster and color groups.

Result

The 21 high quality SNP markers were selected from MassARRAY sequencing results. The polymorphic information content of Lagerstroemia germplasm resources ranged from 0.04 to 0.37 and the mean was 0.33. The expected heterozygosity ranged from 0.12 to 0.49 and the mean value was 0.33. The genetic similarity ranged from 0.24 to 0.95. The 85 Lagerstroemia germplasms were divided into seven major groups using the unweighted pair group method with the arithmetic mean (UPGMA) method cluster analysis. The cluster group Ⅵ had the highest number of alleles with the 2.00, and the cluster group Ⅶ had the lowest number of alleles with 1.33. In contrast to the expected heterozygosity and observed heterozygosity, cluster group Ⅰ had the highest value and cluster group Ⅱ had the lowest. Meanwhile, the 85 Lagerstroemia germplasms were classified into four major groups based on four different flower colors, including the purple-flowered, red-flowered, white-flowered, and compound-flowered group. The purple-flowered group had the highest number of alleles at 2.00, while the compound-flowered group was the lowest at 1.33.

Conclusion

Lagerstroemia possessed abundant genetic diversity and high levels of gene flow between groups. The purple-flowered and white-flowered groups had the highest genetic diversities. In addition, the SNP markers were useful for analyzing the genetic diversity of Lagerstroemia.

Key words: Lagerstroemia, SNP marker, genetic diversity, genetic relationship, cluster analysis, genetic differentiation

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