Detailed Morphological and Molecular Characterizations of Melon (Cucumis melo L.) Accessions Collected from Northern Cyprus and Turkey

• Published in: Weon'ye gwahag gi'sulji Vol. 39; no. 4; pp. 471 - 481
• Main Authors: Yılmaz, Nihat, Kaya, Hasan Pınar, Pınar, Hasan, Hancı, Fatih, Uzun, Aydın
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 한국원예학회HST 01.01.2021; 한국원예학회
• Subjects: 농학; genetic diversity; genetic resources; local accessions; morphological traits; principal component analysis
• ISSN: 1226-8763; 2465-8588
• DOI: 10.7235/HORT.20210042

Information on the genetic diversity of local melon (Cucumis melo L.) genotypes is important forbreeding and germplasm conservation efforts. This study was to characterize the morphological andmolecular features of local melon (Cucumis melo L.) accessions collected from different regions ofnorthern Cyprus and Turkey. We studied 32 melon accessions, comprising 19 accessions collectedfrom different areas in northern Cyprus, 4 hybrid cultivars, and 9 local accessions grown in Turkey. Their molecular characteristics were determined using sequence-related amplified polymorphism(SRAP) markers, and their morphological characteristics were determined according to criteriafrom the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants and Institute of PlantGenetic Resources. Our morphology data classified the 32 melon accessions into two distinctgroups, and our molecular data identified 56 total bands were obtained using 11 SRAP primercombinations, and 11 of them were polymorphic at molecular characterization. The polymorphismrate was 0.69－0.96%. KCI Citation Count: 6