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Development of Microsatellite Markers in Tung Tree (Vernicia fordii) Using Cassava Genomic Sequences

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Tung tree, Vernicia fordii, is a native oil-bearing woody plant of China. Oil extracted from the fruit is an important industrial and biodiesel feedstock. Microsatellite (simple-sequence repeat (SSR)) markers are effective in germplasm evaluation and marker-assisted breeding of plants. The objective of this study was to develop SSR markers in tung tree using cassava genomic sequences and test the effectiveness of the interspecific transferable SSR markers. According to the principle of comparative genomics, SSR markers were designed based on cassava genomic sequences and tested in tung tree and other Euphorbiaceae plant species. Among 255 cassava SSR markers, 104 (41 %) could effectively amplify DNA of tung tree, and a large portion of these transferable SSR markers could work well in other Euphorbiaceae species, Vernicia montana (98 %), castor bean (92 %), and Jatropha curcas (88 %). Genotyping a set of 16 tung tree accessions using the 104 transferable SSRs, a total of 437 alleles were obtained, 162 of which were polymorphic, and the Shannon information index varied from 0.000 to 0.560 with a mean of 0.139. A phylogenetic tree unambiguously distinguished the 32 accessions of the abovementioned five Euphorbiaceae species. Using cassava genomics resources is an effective approach to develop SSR markers for tung tree when its genome sequence is not available. The developed SSR markers should facilitate germplasm evaluation and other molecular-level investigations in tung tree.

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) grant nos. 31030055 and 30870233, Chinese Academy of Sciences under the Important Directional Program of Knowledge Innovation Project grant no. KSCX2-YW-Z-0722. We thank Dr. Wenquan Wang at the Institute of Tropical Biosciences and Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Science, 571101, Haikou, Hainan, China, for providing leaf tissues of cassava; Dr. Liu Aizhong at the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 666303, Menglun, Yunnan, China, for providing leaf tissue of castor bean; and Dr. Wu Guojiang at the South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Acedemy of Sciences, 510650, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, for providing leaf tissues of J. curcas. We sincerely thank the editors and two anonymous reviewers for their suggestion and comments on this manuscript.

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  1. Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, Hubei, 430074, China

    Lingling Zhang & Shiyou Lu

  2. Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616, USA

    Mingcheng Luo

  3. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Winnipeg, MB, R3T 2M9, Canada

    Frank M. You

  4. Institutes of Evolution, University of Haifa, Mount Carmel, Haifa, 31905, Israel

    Eviatar Nevo

  5. College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430071, China

    Dongfa Sun

  6. Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, 80523, USA

    Junhua Peng

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Zhang, L., Luo, M., You, F.M. et al. Development of Microsatellite Markers in Tung Tree (Vernicia fordii) Using Cassava Genomic Sequences. Plant Mol Biol Rep 33, 893–904 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11105-014-0804-3

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