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Genetic diversity of wild banana (Musa balbisiana Colla) in China as revealed by AFLP markers

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Wild banana Musa balbisiana Colla is one of the progenitors of cultivated bananas and plantains. It is native to Southeast Asia and the western Pacific. South China represents the northern limit of its distribution range. The genetic diversity of Musa balbisiana was assessed by the amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) fingerprinting in 15 populations of China. Four primer pairs produced 199 discernible loci. High levels of genetic diversity were detected, with P  =  78.5%, H E  =  0.241, and H pop  =  0.3684 at population level, and P  =  100%, H T  =  0.3362 and H sp  =  0.5048 at species level. Significant genetic differentiation among populations was detected based on Hickory’s analysis (27.6%), Shannon’s diversity index (27.0%) and AMOVA (27.1%). The AFLP results are discussed and compared with data obtained by microsatellites method. The estimates of genetic diversity and differentiation between each pair of populations computed with microsatellites and AFLP markers were not significantly correlated. Conservation strategies for Musa balbisiana in China are proposed.

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This work was financially supported through the receipt of an IPGRI sponsored capacity-building IFAR Fellowship 2004.

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  1. Centre for Functional Genomics and Microarray, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, 510405, China

    Xiao-Lan Wang

  2. Department of Life Sciences, Cheng-Kung University, Tainan, 701, Taiwan, ROC

    Tzen-Yuh Chiang

  3. INIBAP, International Network for the Improvement of Banana and Plantain, Parc Scientifique Agropolis II, 34397, Montpellier Cedex 5, France

    Nicolas Roux

  4. College of Life Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China

    Gang Hao

  5. State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China

    Xue-Jun Ge

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Wang, XL., Chiang, TY., Roux, N. et al. Genetic diversity of wild banana (Musa balbisiana Colla) in China as revealed by AFLP markers. Genet Resour Crop Evol 54, 1125–1132 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10722-006-9004-9

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