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Analysis of clonal germplasm from five Saccharum species: S. barberi, S. robustum, S. officinarum, S. sinense and S. spontaneum. A study of inter- and intra species relationships using microsatellite markers

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In order to study relationships within and among species of the highly complex polyploid genus Saccharum, 30 clones from 5 species (S. barberi, S. officinarum, S. robustum, S. sinense, and S. spontaneum) and 6 cultivated clones were analyzed using 15 sugarcane simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers and two multivariate statistical methods. The origins of two species, S. barberi and S. sinense, are unclear, and it has been hypothesized that they arose from crosses of S. officinarum × S. spontaneum. S. robustum is suggested to be ancestral to S. officinarum, which, when crossed with S. spontaneum, principally comprise the genomes of commercial cultivars. Although our analyses supported S. robustum as being an ancestor of S. officinarum, and show the composition of commercial clones as expected, our results concerning the species S. barberi and S. sinense indicated them to be much less related to the main Saccharum germplasm pool than previous molecular marker investigations, suggesting that introgression from other genera may exist in their ancestry. The differing results of our analysis of S. barberi and S. sinense are likely attributable to more equal and larger numbers of clones studied in each species. Given the extremely high ploidy, the use of only 15 SSR markers enabled clear distinction of Saccharum species and clones, and also identified likely mislabeled accessions. In addition, the replication of DNA extraction, polymerase chain reactions, and fragment electrophoresis increased the robustness of our analysis.

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  1. Subtropical Horticulture Research Station, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, 13601 Old Cutler Road, Miami, FL, 33158, USA

    J. Steven Brown, R. J. Schnell & E. J. Power

  2. Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, FL, 33199, USA

    Stephanie L. Douglas & David N. Kuhn

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Brown, J.S., Schnell, R.J., Power, E.J. et al. Analysis of clonal germplasm from five Saccharum species: S. barberi, S. robustum, S. officinarum, S. sinense and S. spontaneum. A study of inter- and intra species relationships using microsatellite markers. Genet Resour Crop Evol 54, 627–648 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10722-006-0035-z

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