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DArT-based characterisation of genetic diversity in a Miscanthus collection from Poland

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Analysis of 180 accessions of Miscanthus using a DArT platform revealed high diversity. The phylogenetic analysis revealed that M. × giganteus accessions fall into two genetically distinct groups.

Miscanthus is a genus of perennial rhizomatous grasses that has emerged in last 20 years as a feedstock for bioenergy and biofuel production. Currently, the most widely used accession for bioenergy purposes is Miscanthus × giganteus, a sterile triploid hybrid between Miscanthus sinensis and Miscanthus sacchariflorus. However, previous reports have shown that genetic diversity of Miscanthus × giganteus is limited. Here, we report development of Diversity Arrays Technology platform for the analysis of genetic structure of a Miscanthus collection of 180 accessions. A total of 906 markers were obtained of which around 25.5 % exhibited polymorphism information content value in the range of 0.40 and 0.50 and are considered particularly informative. Newly developed marker system will serve as an additional resource to assist crop improvement, germplasm preservation and genetic studies. Three types of analysis indicated that 180 accessions from the collection were well differentiated and presented high diversity. Interestingly, the analysis revealed that there are two separate groups of plants, significantly differing in genetic diversity, that are commercially available as M. × giganteus. We suggest that one of these groups is most likely mutants or somaclonal variants of original M. × giganteus. The other group is recent hybrids of Miscanthus of higher genetic diversity. This study indicates that the diversity of commercially available M. × giganteus is higher than commonly assumed. Development of the new marker system can significantly assist breeding of new commercial cultivars of Miscanthus for bioenergy use.

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Abbreviations

AMOVA:

Analysis of molecular variance

DArT:

Diversity arrays technology

PCoA:

Principal coordinate analysis

PIC:

Polymorphism information content

RAD-seq:

Restriction site associated DNA sequencing

UPGMA:

Unweighted pair group method with algorithmic mean

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Acknowledgments

This study was mainly funded by Energene sp. z o.o., and partially supported by Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School start up grant 0068 to MD and a Key Project of Shenzhen Emerging Industries (No. JC201104210118A). MM holds executive position and has financial interest in Energene.

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    1. Energene sp. z o.o., Wróblewskiego 38A, 93-578, Lodz, Poland

      Jie Tang, Maurycy Daroch & Michal Mos

    2. School of Environment and Energy, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, 518055, China

      Jie Tang & Maurycy Daroch

    3. Diversity Array Technology Pty Ltd, Bldg 3 Lvl D, University of Canberra, Kirinari St, Bruce, ACT, 2617, Australia

      Andrzej Kilian

    4. Institute of Plant Genetics, Polish Academy of Science, Strzeszynska 34, 60-479, Poznan, Poland

      Stanislaw Jeżowski

    5. Departments of Environmental Biotechnology, Phytoremediation Team, Institute for Ecology of Industrial Areas (IETU), Kossutha 6, 40-844, Katowice, Poland

      Marta Pogrzeba

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    Tang, J., Daroch, M., Kilian, A. et al. DArT-based characterisation of genetic diversity in a Miscanthus collection from Poland. Planta 242, 985–996 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00425-015-2335-z

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