The Turkish grape (Vitis vinifera L.) SSR database Ali Ergül Ankara University, Biotechnology Institute, Ankara, Turkey Introduction Turkey has a rich grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) germplasm. Recently, a grape germplasm repository called the “National Grapevine Germplasm Vineyard” has been established at the Institute of Viticulture in Tekirdağ. This collection currently contains 1100 grapevine accessions collected from different geographical regions over more than 30 years. To date very few studies have been carried out for genetic characterization of this grape germplasm at the molecular level. Objectives SSR based identification of national grape germplasm Elimination of potential redundancy in the germplasm Identification of genetic characteristics of Turkish grape populations Establishment of an SSR database to facilitate data dissemination Materials & Methods Plant material: A total of 1115 grape cultivars obtained from the National Grapevine Germplasm Vineyard at the Institute of Viticulture in Tekirdağ (1065 genotypes), and the Eastern Anatolia Horticultural Research Institute in Erzincan (50 genotypes) were analyzed Tekirdağ Erzincan National Grape Germplasm - Tekirdağ Populations and the number of samples(N) in each population No Grape Regions N 1 South East Anatolia (SEA) 67 2 Mediterranean (MED) 133 3 Aegean (AEG) 94 4 Marmara (MAR) 112 5 Black Sea (BLA) 158 6 Central Anatolia (CA) 118 7 National Collection Eastern Anatolia (EA) 26 8 East Anatolia2(EAHRI) (EA2) 50 No Grape groups N No Grape Groups N 9 Parmak (PAR) 33 20 Kabarcık (KAB) 8 10 Çavuş (ÇAV) 25 21 Kuşüzümü (KÜ) 9 11 Razakı (RAZ) 10 22 Narinci (NAR) 6 12 Muskat (MUS) 13 23 Bulut (BUL) 15 13 Tilki Kuyruğu (TK) 16 24 Dimrit (DIM) 24 14 Keçi Memesi (KM) 13 25 Gemre (GEM) 12 15 Amasya (AMA) 11 26 Beyazüzüm (BÜ) 22 16 Büzgülü (BÜZ) 15 27 Siyahüzüm (SÜ) 85 17 Karagevrek (KG) 4 28 Pembeüzüm (PÜ) 4 18 Devegözü (DG) 21 29 Unknown (UNK) 9 19 Yediveren (YV) 6 Total 1115 29 populations or sub-groups Methods DNA was extracted from grape leaf tissue (Lefort et al. 1998). SSR markers used: VVS1 and VVS2 (Thomas and Scott, 1993), VVMD5, VVMD7, VVMD21, VVMD24, VVMD27, VVMD28, VVMD31 and VVMD32 (Bowers et al., 1996, 1999), ZAG 21, ZAG47, ZAG62, ZAG64, ZAG79, ZAG83 and ZAG112 (Sefc et al., 1999), VMC2h4, VMC2c3 (Goto-Yamamoto et al., 2006), VVIh54, VVIb01 (Merdinoglu et al., 2005). Methods DNA isolation PCR amplification Analysis of SSR data Forward primers of each primer pair labeled with WellRED fluorescent dyes (Proligo, Paris, France). Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinot Noir and Merlot included as reference cultivars. Analyses repeated at least twice to ensure reproducibility. Beckman CEQ 8000 DNA Capillary electrophoresis Methods Genetic analyses: Factorial Correspondence Analysis performed on the data to find the presence of any population structure among grape populations by using Genetix4. Principle component analysis applied to SSR data to find out any possible clusters using NTSYS-pc. The NEI 1972 genetic distance estimated and the NJ tree constructed using NTSYS-pc. Genotypes analyzed using the program Structure 2.3 to determine if any populations structure present in grape populations. F statistics and linkage disequilibrium estimated using the same software. Results and Discussion 5 20 D VV 7 M D 21 VV M D 24 VV M D 27 VV M D 2 VV 8 M D 31 VV M D 32 Z A G2 1 Z A G4 7 Z A G6 2 Z A G6 4 Z A G7 9 Z A G8 3 Z A G1 1 VM 2 C2 H VM 4 C2 C3 VV IH 54 VV IB 01 D 2 20 VV M VV M 1 15 VV S VV S Number of alleles in each locus 30 28 25 18 18 11 16 16 13 13 12 13 16 14 15 13 16 16 11 16 17 11 10 5 0 Expected and Observed Heterozygosity over all loci and all populations Sub-groups HSobs = 0.6843 HS(nc)exp = 0.7100 Total HTobs = 0.7391 HT(nc)exp = 0.7400 GST = 0.0742 GST(nc) = 0.0405 Differentiation (moderate) Factorial Correspondence Analysis Individuals Factorial Correspondence Analysis Populations Principle Component Analysis Populations Nei (1972) Genetic Distance Between Grape Populations NJ Dendrogram - Populations Pairwise Fst Values of Grape Populations Gene flow (nm) between grape populations as determined by the nm values estimated from the genetic differentiation among populations (Fst) Nm = (1-Fst)/4*Fst greater the Fst values smaller the nm values Gene Flow (nm) Among Grape Populations Structure Analysis (k=25) Çavuş Büzgülü Why Çavuş and Büzgülü populations are more homogenous? biology of fertilization no natural dispersion (unmatured seeds) HW-LD Hardy-Weinberg (HW) equilibrium in grape populations and Linkage Disequilibrium (LD) between loci tested. Some deviations from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium for some of the loci found Significant association between loci detected Number of Identical, Synonymous, homonymous Homonymous grapes : 143 Synonymous grapes : 68 Identical grapes :107 Clonal relationship The number of grape pairs Genetic similarity (%) 93 92 102 95 68 97 Conclusions Out of a total of 1115 grapes analyzed, 854 cultivars were identified apart from the synonym, homonym and identical cases. Studies on the development of the associated SSR database are currently ongoing. The data reported here can be directly compared with other studies in other countries that used these SSR markers on grape. Acknowledgements This study was supported by the Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) and the Turkish Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (Project number: 105 G 078). Research Group Dr. Hasan Çelik Dr. Gökhan Söylemezoğlu Ankara University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Horticulture, Ankara, Turkey Dr. Kemal Kazan Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), Plant Industry, Australia Research Group Dr. Yılmaz Boz, A. Semih Yaşasın Dr. Cengiz Özer The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Institute of Viticulture, Tekirdağ, Turkey Melike Bakır, Pelin Çelikkol, Nur Yıldırım, Canan Yüksel Ankara University, Biotechnology Institute, Ankara, Turkey Thank you…