Can a Forest Tree Species Progeny Trial Serve as an Ex Situ Collection? A Case Study on <i>Alnus glutinosa</i>
Scientifically informed decisions for the long-term conservation of extant genetic diversity should combine in situ and ex situ conservation methods. The aim of the present study was to assess if a progeny plantation consisting of several open pollinated (OP) families and established for breeding pu...
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| author | Rita Verbylaitė Filippos A. Aravanopoulos Virgilijus Baliuckas Aušra Juškauskaitė Dalibor Ballian |
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| description | Scientifically informed decisions for the long-term conservation of extant genetic diversity should combine in situ and ex situ conservation methods. The aim of the present study was to assess if a progeny plantation consisting of several open pollinated (OP) families and established for breeding purposes can also serve as an ex situ conservation plantation, using the case study of a Lithuanian progeny trial of <i>Alnus glutinosa</i>, a keystone species of riparian ecosystems that warrants priority conservation actions. We employed 17 nuclear microsatellite (Simple Sequence Repeat) markers and compared the genetic diversity and copy number of the captured alleles of 22 OP progeny families from this plantation, with 10 wild <i>A. glutinosa</i> populations, originating from the two provenance regions of the species in Lithuania. We conclude that the progeny plantation could be used as an ex situ plantation for the <i>A. glutinosa</i> populations from the first provenance region (represented by eight genetic conservation units (GCU)). Based on the present study’s results, we can expect that the <i>A. glutinosa</i> progeny plantation harbors enough genetic diversity of wild <i>A. glutinosa</i> populations from the first provenance region. This progeny plantation can serve as a robust ex situ collection containing local alleles present in at least one wild population with at least 0.05 frequency with 25 replications. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-994980f42ee84a5c83bc109a87651e002023-12-08T15:23:51ZengMDPI AGPlants2223-77472023-11-011223398610.3390/plants12233986Can a Forest Tree Species Progeny Trial Serve as an Ex Situ Collection? A Case Study on <i>Alnus glutinosa</i>Rita Verbylaitė0Filippos A. Aravanopoulos1Virgilijus Baliuckas2Aušra Juškauskaitė3Dalibor Ballian4Institute of Forestry, Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry, LT-58344 Kėdainiai District, LithuaniaInstitute of Forestry, Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry, LT-58344 Kėdainiai District, LithuaniaInstitute of Forestry, Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry, LT-58344 Kėdainiai District, LithuaniaInstitute of Forestry, Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry, LT-58344 Kėdainiai District, LithuaniaFaculty of Forestry, University of Sarajevo, Zagrebacka 20, 71000 Sarajevo, Bosnia and HerzegovinaScientifically informed decisions for the long-term conservation of extant genetic diversity should combine in situ and ex situ conservation methods. The aim of the present study was to assess if a progeny plantation consisting of several open pollinated (OP) families and established for breeding purposes can also serve as an ex situ conservation plantation, using the case study of a Lithuanian progeny trial of <i>Alnus glutinosa</i>, a keystone species of riparian ecosystems that warrants priority conservation actions. We employed 17 nuclear microsatellite (Simple Sequence Repeat) markers and compared the genetic diversity and copy number of the captured alleles of 22 OP progeny families from this plantation, with 10 wild <i>A. glutinosa</i> populations, originating from the two provenance regions of the species in Lithuania. We conclude that the progeny plantation could be used as an ex situ plantation for the <i>A. glutinosa</i> populations from the first provenance region (represented by eight genetic conservation units (GCU)). Based on the present study’s results, we can expect that the <i>A. glutinosa</i> progeny plantation harbors enough genetic diversity of wild <i>A. glutinosa</i> populations from the first provenance region. This progeny plantation can serve as a robust ex situ collection containing local alleles present in at least one wild population with at least 0.05 frequency with 25 replications.https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/12/23/3986black aldergenetic diversityallele patternmicrosatellite genotypesex situ collection |
| spellingShingle | Rita Verbylaitė Filippos A. Aravanopoulos Virgilijus Baliuckas Aušra Juškauskaitė Dalibor Ballian Can a Forest Tree Species Progeny Trial Serve as an Ex Situ Collection? A Case Study on <i>Alnus glutinosa</i> Plants black alder genetic diversity allele pattern microsatellite genotypes ex situ collection |
| title | Can a Forest Tree Species Progeny Trial Serve as an Ex Situ Collection? A Case Study on <i>Alnus glutinosa</i> |
| title_full | Can a Forest Tree Species Progeny Trial Serve as an Ex Situ Collection? A Case Study on <i>Alnus glutinosa</i> |
| title_fullStr | Can a Forest Tree Species Progeny Trial Serve as an Ex Situ Collection? A Case Study on <i>Alnus glutinosa</i> |
| title_full_unstemmed | Can a Forest Tree Species Progeny Trial Serve as an Ex Situ Collection? A Case Study on <i>Alnus glutinosa</i> |
| title_short | Can a Forest Tree Species Progeny Trial Serve as an Ex Situ Collection? A Case Study on <i>Alnus glutinosa</i> |
| title_sort | can a forest tree species progeny trial serve as an ex situ collection a case study on i alnus glutinosa i |
| topic | black alder genetic diversity allele pattern microsatellite genotypes ex situ collection |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/12/23/3986 |
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