ACTA AGRICULTURAE BOREALI-SINICA ›› 2015, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (S1): 61-65. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.2015.S1.011

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Study on the Construction of Core Collection in Mini-watermelon

LIU Zi-ji1, ZHU Jie2, DANG Xuan-min1, ZHAN Yuan-feng1   

  1. 1. Tropical Crops Genetic Resources Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Resources and Germplasm Enhancement in Southern China, Ministry of Agriculture, Danzhou 571737, China;
    2. College of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
  • Received:2015-10-27 Published:2015-12-28

Abstract: Abundant genetic resources could provide broad genetic foundation for plant breeding and genetic research.However,the drastic increase of genetic resources in recent years brought great difficulties for the preservation and utilization of germplasm.The construction of core collection has facilitated the research and utilization of genetic resources.410 mini-watermelon germplasm were used to construct core collection based on 6 fruit traits.The genotypic values were predicted by mixed linear model.The genetic distances among germplasm were calculated based on genotypic values.The unweighted pair-group average method was used for clustering analysis.The core collections of mini-watermelon were constructed with 20% sampling proportion.The genetic variations among core collections were evaluated through comparing mean,variance,range and coefficient of variation.The results showed that the Mahalanobis distance and deviation sampling were better than the Euclidean distance and preferred sampling,respectively.82 core resources acquired based on the Mahalanobis distance and deviation sampling could preserve the genetic diversity of the initial collection,which could provide important theoretical basis for the efficient utilization of mini-watermelon germplasm.

Key words: Mini-watermelon, Core collection, Genetic distance, Sampling strategies

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LIU Zi-ji, ZHU Jie, DANG Xuan-min, ZHAN Yuan-feng. Study on the Construction of Core Collection in Mini-watermelon[J]. ACTA AGRICULTURAE BOREALI-SINICA, 2015, 30(S1): 61-65. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.2015.S1.011.

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