Phenotypic diversity of Greek dill (Anethum graveolens L.) landraces
Dill has multiple culinary and medicinal purposes and the use of their landraces into a plant breeding program, requires the analysis of their phenotypic diversity. In this study, 33 Greek dill landraces collected from diverse areas were evaluated using traits based on UPOV descriptor list. Phenotyp...
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| author | Elissavet G. Ninou Ioannis G. Mylonas Athanasios L. Tsivelikas Parthenopi E. Ralli |
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| description | Dill has multiple culinary and medicinal purposes and the use of their landraces into a plant breeding program, requires the analysis of their phenotypic diversity. In this study, 33 Greek dill landraces collected from diverse areas were evaluated using traits based on UPOV descriptor list. Phenotypic diversity was assessed using Shannon-Weaver diversity index (H΄) and non-linear principal component analysis. Grouping of landraces was further performed through hierarchical cluster analysis. The H' index ranged from 0.32 (stem waxiness) to 0.98 (density of foliage) with a mean value of 0.68 indicating a high level of phenotypic diversity. High H' values were recorded for the foliage width, stem color and anthocyanin coloration. Multivariate analysis revealed three common genetic groups: 1) North mainland Greece, 2) Aegean islands and 3) Central mainland Greece. The landraces’ heterogeneity was attributed to various traits linked to specific geographic origin, such as early time of flowering and high stem waxiness allied with the landraces originated from the Aegean islands. Greek dill landraces revealed useful variation on yield component traits related to fresh herb weight and to seed production, such as high number of leaves/plant and large diameter of main umbel that can be promptly exploited in breeding programs. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-50445252993244d2b323311e65a7ab6b2023-09-15T10:21:31ZengTaylor & Francis GroupActa Agriculturae Scandinavica. Section B, Soil and Plant Science0906-47101651-19132017-05-0167431832510.1080/09064710.2016.12769571276957Phenotypic diversity of Greek dill (Anethum graveolens L.) landracesElissavet G. Ninou0Ioannis G. Mylonas1Athanasios L. Tsivelikas2Parthenopi E. Ralli3Aristotle University of ThessalonikiAristotle University of ThessalonikiHellenic Agricultural Organization – DEMETER, Institute of Plant Breeding and Genetic ResourcesHellenic Agricultural Organization – DEMETER, Institute of Plant Breeding and Genetic ResourcesDill has multiple culinary and medicinal purposes and the use of their landraces into a plant breeding program, requires the analysis of their phenotypic diversity. In this study, 33 Greek dill landraces collected from diverse areas were evaluated using traits based on UPOV descriptor list. Phenotypic diversity was assessed using Shannon-Weaver diversity index (H΄) and non-linear principal component analysis. Grouping of landraces was further performed through hierarchical cluster analysis. The H' index ranged from 0.32 (stem waxiness) to 0.98 (density of foliage) with a mean value of 0.68 indicating a high level of phenotypic diversity. High H' values were recorded for the foliage width, stem color and anthocyanin coloration. Multivariate analysis revealed three common genetic groups: 1) North mainland Greece, 2) Aegean islands and 3) Central mainland Greece. The landraces’ heterogeneity was attributed to various traits linked to specific geographic origin, such as early time of flowering and high stem waxiness allied with the landraces originated from the Aegean islands. Greek dill landraces revealed useful variation on yield component traits related to fresh herb weight and to seed production, such as high number of leaves/plant and large diameter of main umbel that can be promptly exploited in breeding programs.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09064710.2016.1276957dill landracesagro-morphological traitsaromatic and medicinal plantsmultivariate analysisphenotypic diversity |
| spellingShingle | Elissavet G. Ninou Ioannis G. Mylonas Athanasios L. Tsivelikas Parthenopi E. Ralli Phenotypic diversity of Greek dill (Anethum graveolens L.) landraces Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica. Section B, Soil and Plant Science dill landraces agro-morphological traits aromatic and medicinal plants multivariate analysis phenotypic diversity |
| title | Phenotypic diversity of Greek dill (Anethum graveolens L.) landraces |
| title_full | Phenotypic diversity of Greek dill (Anethum graveolens L.) landraces |
| title_fullStr | Phenotypic diversity of Greek dill (Anethum graveolens L.) landraces |
| title_full_unstemmed | Phenotypic diversity of Greek dill (Anethum graveolens L.) landraces |
| title_short | Phenotypic diversity of Greek dill (Anethum graveolens L.) landraces |
| title_sort | phenotypic diversity of greek dill anethum graveolens l landraces |
| topic | dill landraces agro-morphological traits aromatic and medicinal plants multivariate analysis phenotypic diversity |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09064710.2016.1276957 |
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