Abstract
Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas L. Lam) is an important food crop widely cultivated in the world. In this study, nine chloroplast simple sequence repeat (cpSSR) markers were used to analyze the genetic diversity and relationships of 558 sweet potato accessions in the germplasm collection of the National Agrobiodiversity Center (NAC). Eight of the nine cpSSR showed polymorphisms, while Ibcp31 did not. The number of alleles per locus ranged from two to four. In general, the Shannon index for each cpSSR ranged from 0.280 to 1.123 and the diversity indices and unbiased diversity ranged from 0.148 to 0.626, and 0.210 to 0.627, respectively. Results of the median-joining network showed 33 chlorotypes in 558 sweet potato accessions. In factor analysis, 558 sweet potato accessions were divided into four clusters, with clusters I and II composed only of the sweet potato accessions from Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and the USA. The results of this study confirmed that the genetic diversity of the female parents of sweet potato accessions conserved at the NAC is low and therefore more sweet potato accessions need to be collected. These results will help to establish an efficient management plan for sweet potato genetic germplasms at the NAC.
Highlights
Plant genetic resource, one of the most essential natural resources, has been a research topic resulting in major advancement in the field [1]
A total of 21 alleles were detected in eight polymorphic chloroplast simple sequence repeat (cpSSR) loci among the 558 sweet potato germplasms
The genetic diversity of 558 sweet potato germplasms conserved in the Genebank was profiled using nine cpSSRs
Summary
One of the most essential natural resources, has been a research topic resulting in major advancement in the field [1]. Gene banks are concerned with the maintenance of crop resource genetic variations, and plant genetic resource conservation is receiving greater attention [1,2]. In order to establish effective and efficient conservation practices for plant genetic resources, understanding the genetic diversity between and within population is important [3]. Lam.) is a vegetative propagation crop that belongs to the family Convolvulaceae [4]. The origin of sweet potato is either the Central or South America [5]
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