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Inheritance of anthocyanin content in the ripe berries of a tetraploid × diploid grape cross population

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Variation patterns and inheritance of anthocyanin content in the ripe berries of a tetraploid × diploid table grape cross population were investigated in two successive years. The population segregated for three different ploid levels: dipolids, triploids, and tetraploids. A total of 28 different anthocyanins were detected and quantified in the progeny population. Transgressive segregation for the total anthocyanin content was observed in all the three ploid progeny populations. The total anthocyanin content increased as the ploid level increased. The broad sense heritabilities (H2) of the total anthocyanin content were all relatively high, ranging from 0.53 to 0.98, 0.57 to 0.97 and 0.43 to 0.94 in the diploid, triploid and tetraploid population, respectively. Our results suggested that the total anthocyanin content followed an additive inheritance model in this polyploid segregation population. We also observed that the relative contribution of individual anthocyanins to the total anthocyanin content varied significantly among different ploid populations, suggesting that genetic background has important impact on the accumulation of the individual anthocyanin compounds. These results will help develop better breeding strategies in a polyploid table grape breeding program for improving the content of anthocyanins, an important class of polyphenolics possessing antioxidant activities and many other health-related benefits.

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This work was supported by China 973 project [2011CB100605], the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31071757) and CAS/CAFEA Intl. Partnership Program for Creative Research Teams (0921101001).

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  1. Beijing Key Laboratory of Grape Science and Wine Technology, and Key Laboratory of Plant Resource Science, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100093, People’s Republic of China

    Zhenchang Liang & Benhong Wu

  2. Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Speciality Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430074, People’s Republic of China

    Zhenchang Liang & Shaohua Li

  3. Institute of Hydrobiology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, People’s Republic of China

    Min Sang

  4. Institute of Fruits of Changli, Hebei Academy of Agriculture and Forestry, Hebei, 066600, People’s Republic of China

    Aihong Ma & Shengjian Zhao

  5. USDA-ARS, Grape Genetics Research Unit, Geneva, NY, 14456, USA

    Gan-Yuan Zhong

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Liang, Z., Sang, M., Wu, B. et al. Inheritance of anthocyanin content in the ripe berries of a tetraploid × diploid grape cross population. Euphytica 186, 343–356 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10681-011-0594-8

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