Molecular characterization of ancient olive genotypes from Hatay Province in Turkey

Authors : EBRU SAKAR, Hülya ÜNVER

Pages : 795-801

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Publication Date : 2016-10-01

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Turkey`s average share of world olive production is between 7% and 10% and the country is the fourth biggest table olive and olive oil producer in the world. More than fifty olive cultivars have been commercialized in Turkey and there are numerous olive genotypes in different olive-growing regions in Turkey that differ from each other in terms of leaf, flower, and fruit characteristics. The aim of the present study was to identify the 40 most widely grown olive genotypes in Hatay Province in Turkey using microsatellite or simple sequence repeat insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(SSR); markers. Ten SSR loci were selected and used to identify olive genotypes/cultivars. The number of alleles per locus was found to be between 4 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(UDO4 and DCA13); and 16 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(DCA9);, indicating high polymorphism among olive germplasms. We did not determine identical cultivars in SSR analysis. Samandag2 and Dörtyol7 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(0.85);, Samandag7 and Saurani insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(0.75);, Payas kalesi and Sarı ulak insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(0.75);, and Yayladag4 and Samandag3 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(0.70); genotype pairs showed higher similarity while Yayladag1 and Samandag8 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(0.15);, Reyhanlı1 and Yayladag6 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(0.15);, and Samandag8 and Hassa5 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(0.15); were found to be the most genetically divergent genotypes.
Keywords : Molecular characterization, olive, simple sequence repeat