JOURNAL OF NANJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY ›› 2021, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (2): 35-42.doi: 10.12302/j.issn.1000-2006.202008048

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Construction of fingerprints for 33 varieties in Salicaceae

HE Xudong1,2(), ZHENG Jiwei1,2, SUN Chong2,3, HE Kaiyue3, WANG Baosong1,2,*()   

  1. 1. Jiangsu Academy of Forestry, Nanjing 211153, China
    2. Willow Nursery of the Jiangsu Provincial Platform for Conservation and Utilization of Agricultural Germplasm, Nanjing 211153, China
    3. College of Biology and the Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
  • Received:2020-08-28 Accepted:2020-09-25 Online:2021-03-30 Published:2021-04-09
  • Contact: WANG Baosong E-mail:hxd_519@163.com;965238292@qq.com

Abstract:

【Objective】Populus and Salix are members of Salicaceae family. They are dioecious catkin-bearing woody plants that propagate easily, grow fast, and serve as an important source of wood (for furniture), plywood, fiberboard, and pulp and paper industries. In recent years, numerous Populus and Salix varieties have been selected and widely used for afforestation. However, the morphological characteristics among the varieties of Populus and Salix are quite similar, making it difficult to popularize and protect them. To precisely identify different varieties of Salicaceae, a fingerprint for improved varieties of Populus and Salix was established in this study. 【Methods】A total of 38 pairs of expressed sequence tag-derived simple sequence repeat (EST-SSR) markers with high polymorphism information content (PIC) derived from Salix in a previous study were selected randomly to evaluate the transferability of 33 varieties of Salicaceae, of which 12 were genotyped using the fluorescence dUTP method. The fingerprint of different varieties was constructed by the combination of the core primers. To elucidate the genetic relationship between the different varieties, the unweighted pair group method arithmetic average (UPGMA) was used for clustering analysis. 【Result】Among the 38 EST-SSR markers, transferability was 68.4% and 57.89% across all the Populus and Salix varieties, respectively. After genotyping, a total of 97 alleles were detected by 12 pairs of EST-SSR markers, and the number of alleles per locus ranged from 5 to 13, with an average of 8.1 alleles. The PIC of the 12 loci varied from 0.637 2 to 0.834 8, with an average of 0.781 7. Among the three optimal pairs of core primers, the combination of SALeSSR0340 and SALeSSR0346 completely distinguish 12 Populus varieties, and the combination of SALeSSR0259, SALeSSR0340, and SALeSSR0346 completely identified all the 33 varieties used in our study. Cluster analysis demonstrated that the similarity coefficient for the 33 improved varieties ranged from 0.68 to 0.96, and all the improved varieties could be separated into two clades, namely, the genera Populus and Salix, which consisted of the traditional taxonomy of Salicaceae. The clustering result of the genetic relationship of each variety also corresponded with the genetic background. 【Conclusion】In this study, the fingerprints of 33 improved varieties of Salicaceae were constructed and their genetic relationships were evaluated. The divergences between varieties could be effectively screened by the EST-SSR markers, and the genotyping system established in this study was also accurate and efficient. These results can provide scientific evidence for the identification, protection, and popularization of improved varieties of Populus and Salix.

Key words: Populus spp., Salix spp., SSR marker, fingerprint, genetic relationship, genotyping

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