Acta Agriculturae Zhejiangensis ›› 2025, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (2): 300-310.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-1524.20240344

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Phenotypic characters and SRAP genetic diversity analysis of 37 pepper germplasm resources

GUO Saisai(), NIE Zhixing, FU Hongfei, WANG Tonglin, SHAO Zhiyong, WANG Hong, ZHENG Jirong()   

  1. Institute of Vegetable, Hangzhou Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310024, China
  • Received:2024-04-12 Online:2025-02-25 Published:2025-03-20
  • Contact: ZHENG Jirong

Abstract:

Based on 37 pepper germplasm resources,22 characters were analyzed statistically,and genetic diversity was analyzed by SRAP molecular markers. Cluster analysis was conducted based on observed phenotypic characters data and SRAP molecular markers respectively. There were significant differences in 22 phenotypic characters among pepper germplasm, the mean coefficient of variation and Shannon diversity index were 44.49% and 2.00, respectively. Seven principal components could represent 81.48% of genetic information of phenotypic characters. The test germplasm resources could be divided into three groups based on fruit shape, including short sheep horn pepper, long sheep horn pepper and lantern pepper. The average Nei’s gene diversity index, Shannon diversity index and genetic similarity coefficient of the 17 SRAP primers were 0.42, 0.61 and 0.75, respectively. Based on SRAP molecular markers, 37 pepper germplasm resources were divided into 5 groups with a genetic similarity coefficient of 0.86. Thirty-seven pepper germplasm resources exhibit diverse phenotypic characters and rich genetic diversity, but SRAP molecular markers show that the germplasm resources of the tested materials are homogenized. We should introduce other types of germplasm resources for variety breeding. It could improve the selection efficiency of parents and fully utilize hybrid advantages to enhance the breeding accuracy by combining phenotypic characters observation and SRAP molecular markers assisted pepper breeding.

Key words: pepper, phenotypic character, cluster analysis

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