Abstract
Quince (Cydonia oblonga Mill.) belongs to the Rosaceae family is native to south-eastern Europa and Asia Minor. It is generally used for table consumption and processed into jam, jelly and marmalade. It is also used as dwarfing rootstock for pear cultivars. In the present study, fruit characteristics and genetic diversity of 17 quince cultivars from Turkey were investigated. For fruit characteristics, 'Bardacik' had the highest fruit weight. The highest SSC/Acidity ratio were obtained from 'Osmancik'. There was high level of variation in fruit characteristics among cultivars. In molecular analysis, totally 133 bands were obtained from 23 sequence-related amplified polymorphism (SRAP) primer combinations and 67 of them were polymorphic. Genetic similarity of 17 cultivars was between 0.78 and 1.00. Two cultivars ('Sekergevrek' and '32S04') were found to be more distinct from the other cultivars genetically. This study showed that there was low level of genetic variation most of quince cultivars grown in Turkey. SRAP markers firstly used in quince with this study indicating that it can be used for characterization and diversity analysis of quince.
Highlights
Horticulture plants have been using by people for food, either as edible products, or for culinary ingredients, for medicinal use or ornamental and aesthetic purposes for a century
The objective of this study was to determine variations of some agronomical traits and determine genetic diversity and reletionships using Sequence-related amplified polymorphism (SRAP) marker system in some quinces cultivars grown in Turkey
Biological material and site description This study was conducted with 17 quince cultivars, which preserved in Quince Genetic Resources Plantation by Egirdir Horticulture Research Station, Isparta, southwest of Turkey (Table 1)
Summary
Horticulture plants have been using by people for food, either as edible products, or for culinary ingredients, for medicinal use or ornamental and aesthetic purposes for a century. Some of molecular marker systems have been used to determine genetic relationships among cultivars and species in quince. The objective of this study was to determine variations of some agronomical traits and determine genetic diversity and reletionships using SRAP marker system in some quinces cultivars grown in Turkey. Experimental procedures and morphological analysis Twenty-five fruits per cultivars were collected in October commercial harvesting season of quince in Turkey.
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