Genetic structure and diversity in Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench landraces from marginal sorghum production lands in Senegal, based on SSR markers

Bodian, A and Ouattara, B and Sarr, A and Gano, B and Sall, M N and Ndir, K N and Cissé, N and Falalou, H (2019) Genetic structure and diversity in Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench landraces from marginal sorghum production lands in Senegal, based on SSR markers. Journal of Plant Breeding and Genetics, 7 (3). pp. 134-144. ISSN 2308-121X

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Abstract

Data on sorghum genetic diversity in Senegal are missing despite its importance in the food and feed in the country. In order to contribute to the sustainable in situ management of sorghum germplasm, we investigated its genetic diversity and structure in its marginal production areas. Investigations were focused on Thiès, Diourbel and Kédougou regions where sorghum landraces have been less investigated and genetic information on landraces is unknown. A total of 148 sorghum accessions representative of landraces used in production systems have been sampled and analyzed with 30 microsatellite markers. A total of 138 alleles have been recorded. The number of alleles per locus varied from 3 (7 loci) to 8 (3 loci). The observed heterozygosity varied from 0 to 0.62. The low genetic distance (0.12) was recorded between Thiès and Diourbel populations and the highest distance (0.22) between Thiès and Kédougou populations. Dendrogram obtained according to Neighbour joining classification model allowed the classification of sorghum accessions into three main groups. The Genetic structure is not function to the regions indicating that landraces are not specific to a region. The results are a first step toward the sustainable in situ management of genetic resources. Data on the whole range of existing diversity of sorghum in Senegal is an important key for its germplasm management; so, the genotyping must be extended to accessions from the whole country.

Item Type:	Article
Divisions:	Research Program : West & Central Africa
CRP:	UNSPECIFIED
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Sorghum, Landraces, Diversity, Microsatellite markers, Senegal
Subjects:	Mandate crops > Sorghum Others > Genetics and Genomics Others > Germplasm
Depositing User:	Mr Arun S
Date Deposited:	14 Mar 2021 09:55
Last Modified:	14 Mar 2021 09:55
URI:	http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/11740
Official URL:	https://doi.org/10.33687/pbg.007.03.3204
Projects:	UNSPECIFIED
Funders:	UNSPECIFIED
Acknowledgement:	The authors thank the different people, who help in planning and sampling operations. They are also thankful to farmers who responded to the survey and provided us landraces used in this study. This work was supported by ICRISAT/Niger.
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