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T1 GENETIC STUDIES ON MORPHOLOGICAL VARIABILITY AND CARBOHYDRATE CONTENT OF AGAVE DURANGENSIS AS POTENTIAL TOOLS FOR CONSERVATION AND PROPAGATION PROGRAMS
A1 E. A. Delgado-Alvarado
A1 J. A. Ávila-Reyes
A1 N. Almaraz-Abarca
A1 L. S. González-Valdez
A1 J. N. Uribe-Soto
A1 H. M. Monreal-García
A1 V. Hernández-Vargas
A1 N. Naranjo-Jiménez
A1 R. Torres-Ricario I
JF Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences
JO JAPS
SN 1018-7081
VO 29
IS 5
SP 1308
OP 1317
YR 2019
FD 2019/10/01
DO DOI NA
AB <p><em>Agave durangensis&nbsp;</em>is a wild endemic species of Mexico, which supports a regional mescal industry. The reproduction of&nbsp;<em>A. durangensis</em>&nbsp;is mainly sexual, conferring it a high variability. For the mescal manufacturing,&nbsp;<em>A. durangensis</em>&nbsp;is collected from wild populations, affecting their reproductive success and demographic performance. We evaluated the morphological variation, carbohydrate content, and genetic structure of&nbsp;<em>A. durangensis</em>&nbsp;plants coming from a single mother plant<em>,&nbsp;</em>to identify lines with some agroindustry potential. Three different morphological and genetic groups were distinguished. According to Mantel tests (r = 0.71), statistical correlations between morphological (Mahalanobis distance) and genetic (Fst) distances (r= 0.71), as well as between carbohydrate content similarity matrix and morphological traits (r= 0.477) were found. The high correlation values suggested that the use of genetic markers combined with morphological traits could be useful as a tool for the selection of high carbohydrate production lines to establish cultivars, which would have conservational implications.</p>
K1 Agave durangensis, genetic structure, microsatellites, morphological, carbohydrate content
PB Pakistan Agricultural Scientists Forum
LK https://thejaps.org.pk/AbstractView.aspx?mid=2019-JAPS-511