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Analysis of the contribution of Mesoamerican and Andean gene pools to European common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) germplasm and strategies to establish a core collection

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Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) was introduced in Europe from both Mesoamerican and Andean centres of origin. In this study, a collection including 544 accessions from all European regions showed that the Andean phaseolin types ‘T’ (45.6%) and ‘C’ (30.7%) prevailed over the Mesoamerican ones ‘S’ (23.7%), and accessions with cuboid seed shape (34.9%), maroon coat darker colour seed (44.3%), uniform seed colour (69.6%) were the most frequent. European accessions with phaseolin ‘S’ showed a significantly larger average seed size compared to those from America in the same phaseolin class while those presenting ‘T’ and ‘C’ phaseolin did not. This suggests that, during crop expansion in Europe, sampling or selection favoured the large-seeded races within the Mesoamerican ‘S’ gene pool or, possibly, introgression from Andean germplasm did occur. A core collection was developed using sampling approaches based on the information available in the genebank databases and on phaseolin patterns. Four sampling strategies were used: simple random sampling, and three random-stratified samplings, by logarithm of frequency of accessions by country, by European region, and by phaseolin pattern, respectively. Two sampling strategies resulted in core collections significantly different for phaseolin electrophoretic patterns from the whole collection. Stratification by phaseolin patterns increased the frequency of ‘S’ types (‘C’ type = 33%, ‘T’ type = 5.7% and ‘S’ type = 31.3%). The core collections were validated using seven seed characters, and no significant difference was observed in all strategies. This first developed European bean core collection will help to assess the contribution of the two American gene pools to the European germplasm and their relative importance for breeding purposes.

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The authors wish to thank Stefano Benedettelli and Nadia Lacerenza, Università di Firenze, for their advice on phaseolin electrophoresis; Patrizia Masi and Mariantonia Diluca for support at various stages of this research. The Research was supported by a M.I.U.R. project (Beans in Europe: Structure of Genetic Diversity in Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) for AFLPs) from the Italian Government.

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  1. Centro Interdipartimentale per la Salvaguardia delle Risorse Genetiche Vegetali, Università degli Studi della Basilicata, Viale dell’Ateneo Lucano 10, 85100, Potenza, Italy

    Giuseppina Logozzo

  2. Dipartimento di Biologia, Difesa e Biotecnologie Agro-Forestali, Università degli Studi della Basilicata, Viale dell’Ateneo Lucano 10, 85100, Potenza, Italy

    Rosa Donnoli, Leonardo Macaluso & Pierluigi Spagnoletti Zeuli

  3. Dipartimento di Scienze degli Alimenti, Facoltà di Agraria, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Via Brecce Bianche, 60131, Ancona, Italy

    Roberto Papa

  4. Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, 06466, Gatersleben, Germany

    Helmut Knüpffer

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Logozzo, G., Donnoli, R., Macaluso, L. et al. Analysis of the contribution of Mesoamerican and Andean gene pools to European common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) germplasm and strategies to establish a core collection. Genet Resour Crop Evol 54, 1763–1779 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10722-006-9185-2

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