Study of Molecular Biodiversity and Population Structure of Vitis vinifera L. ssp. vinifera on the Volcanic Island of El Hierro (Canary Islands, Spain) by Using Microsatellite Markers

Fort, Francesca; Lin-Yang, Qiying; Suárez-Abreu, Luis Ricardo; Sancho-Galán, Pau; Canals, Joan Miquel; Zamora, Fernando

doi:10.3390/horticulturae9121297

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Study of Molecular Biodiversity and Population Structure of Vitis vinifera L. ssp. vinifera on the Volcanic Island of El Hierro (Canary Islands, Spain) by Using Microsatellite Markers

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Francesca Fort

^1,*

,

Qiying Lin-Yang

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,

Luis Ricardo Suárez-Abreu

¹,

Pau Sancho-Galán

²

,

Joan Miquel Canals

¹

and

Fernando Zamora

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Grupo de Tecnología Enológica (TECNENOL), Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Faculty of Oenology, Rovira i Virgili University, Sescelades Campus, C/Marcel·lí Domingo, 1, 43007 Tarragona, Spain

²

Department of Chemical Engineering and Food Technology, Science Faculty, University of Cadiz, Agrifood Campus of International Excellence (CeiA3), Wine and Food Research Institute (IVAGRO), 11510 Puerto Real, Spain

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Horticulturae 2023, 9(12), 1297; https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae9121297

Submission received: 2 October 2023 / Revised: 15 November 2023 / Accepted: 27 November 2023 / Published: 30 November 2023

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Genetic Resources for Viticulture)

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El Hierro island is postulated as the most biodiverse of the archipelago. To verify this hypothesis, the 87 individuals collected throughout the island were genotyped with 20 SSRs. As a result of this study, 28 varieties were described, 6 of which were new (Uval piñero, Uvalero volcánico, Pinar negro, Seis de Carlos, Tesoro blanco, Uval negro), and the first rose sport of the local Canary Islands variety Bermejuela was also found. Fifteen errors were detected in total. Eleven varieties were identified that were unknown to the vine growers and twenty individuals with variations (mutations) were found, of which two had already been described in a previous prospection in Lanzarote Island (intra-varietal variability). From this study, it is also proposed to incorporate 33 new names into the world database, corresponding mostly to the individuals and variations described for the first time, which represents a lexicographic enrichment. Finally, the singularity of the population of vines adapted to El Hierro island is demonstrated, not only with respect to the population of Canary Islands vines, but also with respect to the world population. The biodiversity and uniqueness of El Hierro and the Canary Archipelago reaffirm the proposal that the Canary Islands should be considered a world biodiversity centre.

Keywords: Vine (Vitis genre); SSR; characterisation; identification; volcanic; Canary Archipelago; El Hierro Island

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Fort, F.; Lin-Yang, Q.; Suárez-Abreu, L.R.; Sancho-Galán, P.; Canals, J.M.; Zamora, F. Study of Molecular Biodiversity and Population Structure of Vitis vinifera L. ssp. vinifera on the Volcanic Island of El Hierro (Canary Islands, Spain) by Using Microsatellite Markers. Horticulturae 2023, 9, 1297. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae9121297

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Fort F, Lin-Yang Q, Suárez-Abreu LR, Sancho-Galán P, Canals JM, Zamora F. Study of Molecular Biodiversity and Population Structure of Vitis vinifera L. ssp. vinifera on the Volcanic Island of El Hierro (Canary Islands, Spain) by Using Microsatellite Markers. Horticulturae. 2023; 9(12):1297. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae9121297

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Fort, Francesca, Qiying Lin-Yang, Luis Ricardo Suárez-Abreu, Pau Sancho-Galán, Joan Miquel Canals, and Fernando Zamora. 2023. "Study of Molecular Biodiversity and Population Structure of Vitis vinifera L. ssp. vinifera on the Volcanic Island of El Hierro (Canary Islands, Spain) by Using Microsatellite Markers" Horticulturae 9, no. 12: 1297. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae9121297

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Fort, F., Lin-Yang, Q., Suárez-Abreu, L. R., Sancho-Galán, P., Canals, J. M., & Zamora, F. (2023). Study of Molecular Biodiversity and Population Structure of Vitis vinifera L. ssp. vinifera on the Volcanic Island of El Hierro (Canary Islands, Spain) by Using Microsatellite Markers. Horticulturae, 9(12), 1297. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae9121297

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