title: Genetic Relationships Among Olive (Olea europaea L.) Cultivars Native to Turkey.
abstract: Olive is a widely cultivated, mainly in the Mediterranean region, and economically important fruit species used as both olive oil and table olive consumption. In Turkey, more than 50 olive cultivars have been authorized for commercial plantations, representing the developmental base for the olive industry. The aim of the present study was to identify genetic relationships among the most widely grown 27 olive cultivars in Turkey, using microsatellite or simple sequence repeat markers. Nine well-known foreign olive cultivars from different countries are also included in the study to compare the Turkish cultivars. To determine genetic relationship and diversity, 10 SSR loci (DCA3, DCA9, DCA15, DCA18, UDO4, UDO9, UDO11, UDO12, UDO24, UDO28) were used. Jaccard's similarity coefficient and the UPGMA method for cluster analysis were performed using the software NTSYSpc. The results showed that the number of alleles per locus ranging from 4 (UDO4, UDO9, UDO11, UDO12, DCA15) to 12 (DCA9) presenting high polymorphism. There were no identical cultivars. High similarity was shown by cultivars Maviand Adana topağı (0.754). The most genetically divergent cultivars, Domat-Meski (0.240) and Domat-NizipYağlık (0.245), were also identified.
authors.affiliation: Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Harran University, Sanliurfa, Turkey. ebru.sakar09@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Ebru
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sakar
authors.affiliation: Ankara University Kalecik Vocational School, Kalecik, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hulya
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Unver
authors.affiliation: Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey.
authors.forename: Melike
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bakir
authors.affiliation: Bornova Olive Research Institute, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ulas
authors.affiliation: Department of Agricultural Economy, Faculty of Agriculture, Harran University, Sanliurfa, Turkey.
authors.forename: Zeynep Mujde
authors.initials: ZM
authors.lastname: Sakar
mesh_terms: D016000:Cluster Analysis; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting / Q000379:methods*; D018744:DNA, Plant / Q000235:genetics; D056426:Genetic Loci; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats; D031658:Olea / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development; D010802:Phylogeny; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D014421:Turkey
chemical_list: D018744:DNA, Plant
keywords: Molecular characterization; Olive; SSR