Graciele Bellon

Variabilidade genética de acessos silvestres e comerciais de Passiflora edulis Sims. com base em marcadores RAPD

There are a great diversity of colors, sizes and aromas of fruits in wild accessions of P. edulis in Brazilian Savannah. These accessions are also important resistance sources against illness which can be incorpored in passionfruit breeding programs. In this work, the objetive was to evaluate the genetic variability in wild and commercial P. edulis accessions using RAPD markers. The genomic DNA of each accession was extracted and amplified using thirteen decamer primers (OPD-04, OPD-07, OPD-08, OPD-16, OPE-18, OPE-20, OPF-01, OPF-14, OPG-05, OPG-08, OPH-04, OPH-12 and OPH-16) to obtain RAPD markers. These markers were transformed in binary matrix data to estimate genetic distances among accessions and to perform cluster and graphical dispersion analysis. A total of 187 markers were generated, and only 28 (14.97%) of them were monomorphic. The genetic distances among the 15 P. edulis accessions varied from 0.091 to 0.496. The molecular markers demonstrated the high genetic variability of the wild and commercial P. edulis accessions. The accessions with yellow fruits presented greater genetic distances in relation to the accessions with purple fruits. Lower genetic distances were verified among the accesses of the same geographical origin.

Confirmação de híbridos interespecíficos artificiais no gênero passiflora por meio de marcadores RAPD

The generation of passion fruit interspecific hybrids is interesting to improve agronomic traits of Passiflora edulis commercial species in genetic breeding programs, in generation of new genetic materials to use as rootstock and as alternative ornamental plants. In this work, 17 interespecific hybrids were obtained and RAPD molecular markers were utilized to confirm the interspecific hybridizations. Genomic DNA samples of each supposed hybrid and its putative genitors were extracted and amplified using 12 decamer primers to obtain RAPD molecular markers. These markers have been analyzed concerning the presence of informative bands for confirmation of the crossed fertilization. The crossing between P. laurifolia x P. nitida; P. edulis f. flavicarpa GA2 x RC1 (GA2 x P. coccinea); P. caerulea x P. amethystina; P. glandulosa x P. galbana; P. coccinea x P. actinia; P. glandulosa x P. edulis f. flavicarpa GA2; P. sidaefolia x P. actinia; P. galbana x P. actinea; F1 (P. coccinea x P. setacea) x P. coccinea; F1 (P. coccinea x P. setacea) x P. mucronata; P. eichleriana x P. gibertii; P. galbana x P. edulis f. flavicarpa GA2; P. glandulosa x P. edulis edulis Cinza TO; P. glandulosa x P. sidaefolia; P. coccinea x P. setacea were confirmed. Thus, it was verified the genetic compatibility between these species, being possible to use them in breeding programs. RAPD markers have revealed themselves as excellent tools to verify the occurrence or not of crossed fecundation in Passiflora.

Variabilidade genética de acessos obtidos de populações cultivadas e silvestres de maracujazeiro-doce com base em marcadores rapd

Sweet passion fruit (Passiflora alata Curtis) is gaining importance in the in natura fruit market due to differential value. Genetic breeding is crucial to improve crop quality and productivity. Molecular markers of DNA have been very useful by allowing obtaining a virtually unlimited number of genetic polymorphism without environment influence. This works objective was to study the genetic variability of 17 sweet passion fruit accesses, using RAPD molecular markers. One access of P. quadrangularis and another of P. edulis were used as outgroups. Genomic DNA samples of each one of them were extracted and 11 decamers primers (OPD 04, 07, 08 e16; OPE 18 and 20; OPF 01 and 14; OPG 08; OPH 12 and 16) were used to obtain the markers. The markers have been converted into a matrix of binary data, used as base to estimate genetic distances between accesses and to perform grouping and graphic dispersion analysis. From the total amount of markers, considering only P. alata accesses, it was observed 87 (62.12%) polymorphic bands, showing great intraspecific variability. Grouping analysis based on genetic distances allowed to subdivide 17 P. alata accesses in, at least, five groups of genetic similarity. The wild accesses contributed the most to the genetic basis expansion of the studied materials, opening good prospects for their use in breeding programs.

Análise da recuperação do genitor recorrente em maracujazeiro-azedo por meio de marcadores RAPD

Brazil is the largest world producer of passion fruit, however, it has been observed a reduction in the productivity in recent years due, mainly, to phytosanitary factors. At Embrapa Cerrados, the transfer of resistance genes from wild to commercial species of passion fruit has been made through interspecific hybridations, followed by a backcrossing molecular marker-assisted program. The objective this work was to verify the recovery of recurrent genome at the plants RC4 and RC5 [(Passiflora edulis x Passiflora setacea) x Passiflora edulis] based on RAPD markers. The study was developed at Embrapa Cerrados Laboratory of Genetics and Molecular Biology. DNA samples of each genetic material (17 RC4 plants, 16 RC5 plants, Passiflora edulis and Passiflora setacea) were amplified to obtain RAPD markers. There were used 12 decamer primers for plants RC4 and 14 decamer primers for plants RC5. The RAPD markers generated were converted into a matrix of binary data. There were a high percentage of polymorphic markers as a result of interspecific base crossing. The smallest genetic similarity was observed between species P. edulis and P. setacea, highlighting the large genetic distance of these commercial and wild varieties, respectively.

Avaliação de características físico-químicas de frutos de duas espécies de pitaya

The objective of this study was to evaluate physical and chemical characteristics of the fruits of 21 accessions of two pitaya species, Hylocereus undatus and Selenicereus setaceus. The experiments were arranged in a completely randomized design with four replications. Each replication consisted of 3 fruits. The characteristics length, diameter, soluble solids, skin and pulp total mass were analyzed. Soluble solids were determined in the homogenized pulp and at three different points inside the pulp. Analyses of variance were performed with the Genes software and means were compared using the Scott and Knott test. Pearson correlation coefficients between different traits were determined. H. undatus genotypes 02 and 05 stand out due to their larger length, diameter and fruit weight compared with the other genotypes. The species S. setaceus had higher soluble solids content in fruit pulp, differing significantly from H. undatus. High heritability and CVg values were found for the physical characteristics of pitaya fruit. These parameters are important to determine selection strategies and to estimate the genetic gain. The correlations indicated that genotypes with larger fruit size and mass have less soluble solid content in the pulp.