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NEW NON-REDUNDANT MICROSATELLITE AND CAPS-MICROSATELLITE MARKERS FOR COTTON (GOSSYPIUM L.)

Mehmet KARACA & Ayşe Gül İNCE

Abstract

Over a decade, researchers have developed microsatellite primer pairs for cotton (Gossypium L.) and most of them have been deposited in the cotton microsatellite database. However, results of the present study clearly indicated that a considerable amount of cotton microsatellite markers were redundant, in some cases, did not contain microsatellite domains and had low level of polymorphisms. In this study, a new set of 144 non-redundant microsatellite primer pairs were developed using expressed sequence tags (ESTs) and tested. Among these primer pairs, seventy were polymorphic while seventy-four were monomorphic. In the present study, suitable restriction enzymes (REs) useful in CAPS-microsatellite analyses were also determined. Results showed that these REs were suitable in the conversion of monomorphic microsatellite markers to polymorphic markers. Non-redundant microsatellite primer pairs and restriction enzymes for CAPS-microsatellite technique could be useful in detecting, manipulating and identifying genes associated with desirable agronomic and quality traits within cotton breeding programs.

Keyword: non-redundant microsatellites, restriction enzymes for ESTs, touch-down-PCR ,

Effects of Different Water Stress Levels on Biomass Yield and Agronomic Traits of Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) Varieties under Semi-Arid Conditio

Erdal GONULAL, Suleyman SOYLU, Mehmet SAHIN

Abstract

A field experiment was conducted in the Wielkopolska region at the Gorzyń Research Station, Poland (52.34°N, 15.54°E) in Central Europe. The study was conducted over a 3-year period (2017, 2018, 2019) as a two-factorial design with four replications in the RCBD. The aim of the research was to determine the effect of the cultivar (‘Bolero’, ‘Tytan’) and the inoculation (Nitragina–seeds inoculation, Nitroflora I–seeds inoculation, Nitroflora II–soil inoculation, HiStick® Lupin–seeds inoculation) on plant development, seeds chemical composition and yielding of narrow-leaved lupin. The weather conditions and experimental factors significantly influenced on productivity of narrow-leaved lupin ‘Tytan’. Drought during the growing season reduced seeds and protein yields. After inoculation of HiStck the seeds yield was significantly greater by 12.4% (p < 0.01) and the protein yield after application of Nitroflora I or HiStick by 13.9% (p < 0.01) and 19.2% (p < 0.01), respectively. Correlation coefficients showed strong relations between number of pods and seeds per plant in both cultivars regardless of the inoculation variant, however the strongest relations in both cultivar were proved on HiStick treatment.
Keyword: Biological nitrogen fixation, chemical composition, legumes, protein efficiency, yielding