title: Paternity analysis of the olive variety "Istrska belica" and identification of pollen donors by microsatellite markers.
abstract: The leading olive variety in Slovenia is "Istrska belica" (Olea europaea L.), which currently represents 70% of all olive trees in productive orchards. Paternity analysis based on microsatellite markers was used for genotyping and identification of the potential pollen donors of "Istrska belica" and for assessing the proportion of self-fertilization in monovarietal olive orchards in the Slovene Istria. Seven microsatellite loci were used for genotyping thirty-one olive embryos from "Istrska belica" trees and for all potential pollen donor varieties, which are grown in the region and could participate as pollinators. Genotyping results and allele identification were performed using the FaMoz software. The most probable pollen donor was assigned to 39% of all analyzed embryos. Among all analyzed embryos no single case of self-fertilization was confirmed. According to the present results, the variety "Istrska belica" was in all cases fertilized by foreign pollen. The results will contribute to defining the new guidelines for farmers regarding the proper management and growing practice in monovarietal olive groves.
authors.affiliation: Science and Research Centre, University of Primorska, Garibaldijeva 1, 6000 Koper, Slovenia.
authors.forename: Alenka
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-5535-3546
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Baruca Arbeiter
authors.affiliation: Agronomy Department, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Jamnikarjeva 101, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
authors.forename: Jernej
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jakše
authors.affiliation: Science and Research Centre, University of Primorska, Garibaldijeva 1, 6000 Koper, Slovenia ; Faculty of Mathematics, Faculty of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Information Technologies, University of Primorska, Glagoljaška 8, 6000 Koper, Slovenia.
authors.forename: Dunja
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-6927-9642
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bandelj
mesh_terms: D018895:Microsatellite Repeats; D031658:Olea / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D054817:Pollination / Q000235:genetics*
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