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T1 MORPHO-AGRONOMIC AND GENETIC DIVERSITY AMONG TWELVE SICILIAN AGRO-ECOTYPES OF LENTIL (LENS CULINARIS)
A1 P. Ruisi
A1 M. Longo
A1 F. Martinelli
A1 G. Di Miceli
A1 A. S. Frenda
A1 S. Saia
A1 F. Carimi
A1 D. Giambalvo
A1 G.Amato
JF Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences
JO JAPS
SN 1018-7081
VO 25
IS 3
SP 716
OP 728
YR 2015
FD 2015/06/01
DO DOI NA
AB <p>Although Sicily is relatively small (about 25000 km2), it accounts for several agro-ecotypes of lentil (<em>Lens culinaris</em>Medik.), for many of which no data on morphological, agronomic, and organoleptic characteristics are available to date. Thus, experiments were performed to characterize 12 lentil agro-ecotypes from different areas of Sicily, including some small islands surrounding the main island, and to assess the extent of genetic diversity (by means of six inter-simple sequence repeat [ISSR] primers). A famous agro-ecotype from central Italy (CastellucciodiNorcia) and two commercial varieties from Canada (Eston and Laird) were also included in the study. The results showed a large degree of genetic diversity (based on ISSR markers) and variability in pheno-morphological and agronomic traits. In contrast, the intra-accession variability was on average rather low. The agronomic (productivity, nitrogen fixation capacity) and qualitative (lipid content, hydration coefficient) attributes of several Sicilian agro-ecotypes were more pronounced than those of the controls. This fact certainly represents a prerequisite for their future economic valorization. Moreover, the observed variability may be of interest from the point of view of breeding.</p>
K1 Phenotypic diversity; Molecular markers; ISSR; Hydration coefficient; Nitrogen fixation
PB Pakistan Agricultural Scientists Forum
LK https://thejaps.org.pk/AbstractView.aspx?mid=2015-JAPS-99