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Communication

Genetic Diversity of Local Greek and Bulgarian Grapevine (Vitis Vinifera L.) Varieties

by
Maria Papapetrou
1,
Dimitrios Loukovitis
1,2,*,
Orestis Papadopoulos
1,
Zoi Kazlari
1,
Anastasia Peristeraki
1,
Slavina Arsenova
3,
Desislava Bardarova
3,
Desislava Doncheva
3,
Serafeim Theocharis
4,
Constantinos Karagiannidis
1,
Stefanos Koundouras
4,
Anastasia Giannakoula
1,
Stamatis Aggelopoulos
1 and
Dimitrios Chatziplis
1
1
Department of Agriculture, International Hellenic University, 57400 Sindos, Thessaloniki, Greece
2
Research Institute of Animal Science, ELGO Demeter, 58100 Paralimni, Giannitsa, Greece
3
Association Prosperity and Development in Bulgaria, 2700 Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria
4
School of Agriculture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Diversity 2020, 12(7), 273; https://doi.org/10.3390/d12070273
Submission received: 29 May 2020 / Revised: 2 July 2020 / Accepted: 3 July 2020 / Published: 9 July 2020
(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Application of Microsatellite Markers in Evaluating Plant Genetic Diversity)
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Abstract

The aim of this study was to estimate the genetic diversity of Greek and Bulgarian grapevine varieties with the use of microsatellite markers. The studied samples were collected from various productive vineyards, consisting of eight Greek and nine Bulgarian native varieties. In order to create a genetic profile for each sample, a multiplex PCR reaction method was used amplifying simultaneously seven microsatellite loci. Statistical analysis of data showed that there was a high degree of genetic heterogeneity among most of the varieties studied, highlighting the discriminative power of the chosen set of markers. Moreover, the synonymy of (I) Greek Pamid and Bulgarian Pamid and (II) Greek Zoumiatiko and Bulgarian Dimyat was suggested, as each variety pair had identical allele profiles in all loci examined. Regarding the Greek Mavrud and Bulgarian Mavrud varieties, there was a close genetic relationship between them, however, they did not share common alleles in all microsatellite loci and, therefore, should not be characterized as synonyms. On the other hand, Greek and Bulgarian Keratsouda, which were supposed to be common varieties, were found to be genetically different, supporting that these two varieties should be considered as homonyms. Despite the genotypic assay performed herein, we believe that additional molecular work is needed for the efficient management of Greek and Bulgarian grapevine genepools, as well as to safely suggest any synonym or homonym annotation.
Keywords: grapevine; genetic diversity; microsatellite markers; differentiation; Vitis vinifera grapevine; genetic diversity; microsatellite markers; differentiation; Vitis vinifera

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Papapetrou, M.; Loukovitis, D.; Papadopoulos, O.; Kazlari, Z.; Peristeraki, A.; Arsenova, S.; Bardarova, D.; Doncheva, D.; Theocharis, S.; Karagiannidis, C.; et al. Genetic Diversity of Local Greek and Bulgarian Grapevine (Vitis Vinifera L.) Varieties. Diversity 2020, 12, 273. https://doi.org/10.3390/d12070273

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Papapetrou M, Loukovitis D, Papadopoulos O, Kazlari Z, Peristeraki A, Arsenova S, Bardarova D, Doncheva D, Theocharis S, Karagiannidis C, et al. Genetic Diversity of Local Greek and Bulgarian Grapevine (Vitis Vinifera L.) Varieties. Diversity. 2020; 12(7):273. https://doi.org/10.3390/d12070273

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Papapetrou, Maria, Dimitrios Loukovitis, Orestis Papadopoulos, Zoi Kazlari, Anastasia Peristeraki, Slavina Arsenova, Desislava Bardarova, Desislava Doncheva, Serafeim Theocharis, Constantinos Karagiannidis, and et al. 2020. "Genetic Diversity of Local Greek and Bulgarian Grapevine (Vitis Vinifera L.) Varieties" Diversity 12, no. 7: 273. https://doi.org/10.3390/d12070273

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Papapetrou, M., Loukovitis, D., Papadopoulos, O., Kazlari, Z., Peristeraki, A., Arsenova, S., Bardarova, D., Doncheva, D., Theocharis, S., Karagiannidis, C., Koundouras, S., Giannakoula, A., Aggelopoulos, S., & Chatziplis, D. (2020). Genetic Diversity of Local Greek and Bulgarian Grapevine (Vitis Vinifera L.) Varieties. Diversity, 12(7), 273. https://doi.org/10.3390/d12070273

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