title: Analysis of Genetic Diversity and Population Structure of Sesame Accessions from Africa and Asia as Major Centers of Its Cultivation.
abstract: Sesame is an important oil crop widely cultivated in Africa and Asia. Understanding the genetic diversity of accessions from these continents is critical to designing breeding methods and for additional collection of sesame germplasm. To determine the genetic diversity in relation to geographical regions, 96 sesame accessions collected from 22 countries distributed over six geographic regions in Africa and Asia were genotyped using 33 polymorphic SSR markers. Large genetic variability was found within the germplasm collection. The total number of alleles was 137, averaging 4.15 alleles per locus. The accessions from Asia displayed more diversity than those from Africa. Accessions from Southern Asia (SAs), Eastern Asia (EAs), and Western Africa (WAf) were highly diversified, while those from Western Asia (WAs), Northern Africa (NAf), and Southeastern Africa (SAf) had the lowest diversity. The analysis of molecular variance revealed that more than 44% of the genetic variance was due to diversity among geographic regions. Five subpopulations, including three in Asia and two in Africa, were cross-identified through phylogenetic, PCA, and STRUCTURE analyses. Most accessions clustered in the same population based on their geographical origins. Our results provide technical guidance for efficient management of sesame genetic resources in breeding programs and further collection of sesame germplasm from these different regions.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Oil Crops Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 2 Xudong 2nd Road, 430062 Wuhan, Hubei, China. dossakomivi@gmail.com.|Centre d'Etudes Régional pour l'Amélioration de l'Adaptation à la Sécheresse (CERAAS), BP 3320 Route de Khombole, Thiès 21000, Senegal. dossakomivi@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Komivi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dossa
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Oil Crops Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 2 Xudong 2nd Road, 430062 Wuhan, Hubei, China. weixin@caas.cn.
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Oil Crops Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 2 Xudong 2nd Road, 430062 Wuhan, Hubei, China. zhangyanxin@caas.cn.
authors.forename: Yanxin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Centre d'Etudes Régional pour l'Amélioration de l'Adaptation à la Sécheresse (CERAAS), BP 3320 Route de Khombole, Thiès 21000, Senegal. daniel.fonceka@cirad.fr.|Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement (CIRAD), UMR AGAP, F-34398 Montpellier, France. daniel.fonceka@cirad.fr.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fonceka
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Oil Crops Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 2 Xudong 2nd Road, 430062 Wuhan, Hubei, China. yangwenjuanqau@163.com.
authors.forename: Wenjuan
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire Campus de Biotechnologies Végétales, Département de Biologie Végétale, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, BP 5005 Dakar-Fann, Dakar 107000, Senegal. diaga.diouf@ucad.edu.sn.
authors.forename: Diaga
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Diouf
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Oil Crops Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 2 Xudong 2nd Road, 430062 Wuhan, Hubei, China. lboshou@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Boshou
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Liao
authors.affiliation: Centre d'Etudes Régional pour l'Amélioration de l'Adaptation à la Sécheresse (CERAAS), BP 3320 Route de Khombole, Thiès 21000, Senegal. cissendiaga02@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Ndiaga
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Cissé
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Oil Crops Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 2 Xudong 2nd Road, 430062 Wuhan, Hubei, China. zhangxr@oilcrops.cn.
authors.forename: Xiurong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
keywords: Africa; Asia; SSR; Sesamum indicum; genetic diversity; geographic origin