Acta Agriculturae Zhejiangensis ›› 2023, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (11): 2621-2635.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-1524.20221607

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Phenotypic diversity in 27 Acer species

ZHAI Yilan(), ZHANG Chulei, CHU Aixiang*(), GAO Junge, XIA Qingqing, LU Zhichang   

  1. College of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang 471000, Henan, China
  • Received:2022-11-14 Online:2023-11-25 Published:2023-12-04

Abstract:

To explore the feasibility of evaluating the diversity of Acer germplasm resources based on qualitative and quantitative traits, and to provide reference for the evaluation of Acer germplasm resources and the breeding of new varieties, the data of 60 qualitative traits and 13 quantitative traits of 27 Acer species were collected, and the quality trait indexes were graded by assignment method. On the basis of diversity analysis of all phenotypic traits and one-way ANOVA of some quantitative traits, the data were analyzed by principal component analysis and systematic cluster analysis. The diversity index and variation degree of quantitative traits of Acer were higher than those of qualitative traits. The results of one-way ANOVA showed that the index differences of 11 quantitative traits among 27 Acer species reached a significant level (P<0.001). The variation coefficients of petiole length, nutlet length, samara length width ratio, single leaf length width ratio, single leaf width and nutlet thickness were abundant, and the genetic characteristics of petal number and calyx number were relatively stable. The results of genetic diversity index showed that Acer was a group with high differentiation level in morphology, and most traits had extensive variation between groups and species. Further principal component analysis was carried out, and 73 phenotypic character indexes were transformed into 13 principal components. These 13 principal components could reflect the main characteristic information of phenotypic traits of 27 Acer species. The original data of 73 traits of 27 Acer species were standardized, and they were clustered into 3 groups by Euclidean distance and intergroup connection method. It was found that the first classification standard of Acer species was leaf type, the second classification standard was flowering time, and the third classification standard was inflorescence location, flower sex, inflorescence type, number of single leaf lobes and leaf margin characteristics. It is feasible to analyze and evaluate the diversity of Acer germplasm resources based on qualitative and quantitative traits.

Key words: Acer plant, phenotypic diversity, qualitative trait, quantitative trait, principal component analysis, cluster analysis

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