Molecular discrimination of tall fescue morphotypes in association with Festuca relatives

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 13; no. 1; p. e0191343
• Main Authors: Talukder, Shyamal K., Azhaguvel, Perumal, Chekhovskiy, Konstantin, Saha, Malay C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 17.01.2018; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Age; Age determination; Biology and Life Sciences; Breeding; Chloroplasts; Chloroplasts - genetics; Chromosomes; Chronology; Computer and Information Sciences; Conservation; Crop science; Deoxyribonucleic acid; Discrimination; DNA; DNA, Plant - genetics; Evolution; Festuca - genetics; Festuca - metabolism; Festuca arundinacea; Festuca glaucescens; Festuca pratensis; Flowers & plants; Gene polymorphism; Genetic aspects; Genetic diversity; Genetic Variation - genetics; Genomes; Genomics - methods; Genotype; Genotypes; Grasses; Lolium; Lolium arundinaceum; Lolium pratense; Markers; Microsatellite Repeats - genetics; Molecular biology; Multiculturalism & pluralism; Nucleotide sequence; Phylogenetics; Phylogeny; Plant breeding; Poaceae; Poaceae - genetics; Polymorphism; Primers; Research and Analysis Methods; Sequence Analysis, DNA - methods; Species; Studies; Summer; Tall fescue; Turf; Variation; Varieties; United States

Tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea Schreb.) is an important cool-season perennial grass species used as forage and turf, and in conservation plantings. There are three morphotypes in hexaploid tall fescue: Continental, Mediterranean and Rhizomatous. This study was conducted to develop morphotype-speci...