TAILIEUCHUNG - Molecular characterization of ancient olive genotypes from Hatay Province in Turkey
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. | Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry Research Article Turk J Agric For (2016) 40: 795-801 © TÜBİTAK doi: Molecular characterization of ancient olive genotypes from Hatay Province in Turkey 1 2, Ebru SAKAR , Hülya ÜNVER * Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Harran University, Şanlıurfa, Turkey 2 Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Science, Düzce University, Düzce, Turkey 1 Received: Accepted/Published Online: Final Version: 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 (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 (UDO4 and DCA13) and 16 (DCA9), indicating high polymorphism among olive germplasms. We did not determine identical cultivars in SSR analysis. Samandag2 and Dörtyol7 (), Samandag7 and Saurani (), Payas kalesi and Sarı ulak (), and Yayladag4 and Samandag3 () genotype pairs showed higher similarity while Yayladag1 and Samandag8 (), Reyhanlı1 and Yayladag6 (), and Samandag8 and Hassa5 () were found to be the most genetically divergent genotypes. Key words: Molecular characterization, olive, simple sequence repeat 1. Introduction The olive tree has been cultivated for approximately 600 years in Mediterranean countries, where 95% of olive resources are located. Its habitat is
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