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Identification, validation and survey of a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) associated with pungency in Capsicum spp.

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A single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) associated with pungency was detected within an expressed sequence tag (EST) of 307 bp. This fragment was identified after expression analysis of the EST clone SB2-66 in placenta tissue of Capsicum fruits. Sequence alignments corresponding to this new fragment allowed us to identify an SNP between pungent and non-pungent accessions. Two methods were chosen for the development of the SNP marker linked to pungency: tetra-primer amplification refractory mutation system-PCR (tetra-primer ARMS-PCR) and cleaved amplified polymorphic sequence. Results showed that both methods were successful in distinguishing genotypes. Nevertheless, tetra-primer ARMS-PCR was chosen for SNP genotyping because it was more rapid, reliable and less cost-effective. The utility of this SNP marker for pungency was demonstrated by the ability to distinguish between 29 pungent and non-pungent cultivars of Capsicum annuum. In addition, the SNP was also associated with phenotypic pungent character in the tested genotypes of C. chinense, C. baccatum, C. frutescens, C. galapagoense, C. eximium, C. tovarii and C. cardenasi. This SNP marker is a faster, cheaper and more reproducible method for identifying pungent peppers than other techniques such as panel tasting, and allows rapid screening of the trait in early growth stages.

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This research was financially supported by INIA-Spanish Ministry of Education and Science, grants SC00-020-C2-1 and RTA2005-00226-00-00 to R.G.-O. and M.S.A.-A., respectively, and grants A16 for consolidated DGA group. M.S.A.-A. was supported by an “INIA-CCAA” research contract from the Spanish MEC and A.G.-C. by “CITA” fellowship from CITA-DGA (Spain). We are grateful to M.R. Navarro and E. Fuertes (CITA, Spain) for technical support. We thank M. Carravedo (CITA, Spain) for providing most of the seeds of C. annuum. We also thank Professor Byung-Dong Kim (Seoul National University, Korea) and Professor Paul W. Bosland (New Mexico State University, NM, USA) for supplying seeds.

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    Ana Garcés-Claver, Ramiro Gil-Ortega & María S. Arnedo-Andrés

  2. Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Cornell University, 313 Bradfield Hall, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA

    Shanna Moore Fellman

  3. College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Wisconsin, 1450 Linden Dr, Madison, WI, 53706, USA

    Molly Jahn

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Garcés-Claver, A., Fellman, S.M., Gil-Ortega, R. et al. Identification, validation and survey of a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) associated with pungency in Capsicum spp.. Theor Appl Genet 115, 907–916 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-007-0617-y

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