Genetic Diversity and Population Structure of a Camelina sativa Spring Panel

作者：Zinan Luo, Jordan R. Brock, John M. Dyer, Toni M. Kutchan, Daniel P. Schachtman, Megan M. Augustin, Yufeng Ge, Noah Fahlgren, Hussein Abdel‐Haleem · 发表于：Frontiers in Plant Science · 年份：2019 · DOI：10.3389/fpls.2019.00184 · 被引用次数：222 · 研究领域：Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis、Nitrogen and Sulfur Effects on Brassica、Sunflower and Safflower Cultivation

There is a need to explore renewable alternatives (e.g. biofuels) that can produce energy sources to help reduce the reliance on fossil oils. In addition, the consumption of fossil oils adversely affects the environment and human health via the generation of waste water, greenhouse gases, and waste solids. Camelina sativa, originated from southeastern Europe and southwestern Asia, is being re-embraced as an industrial oilseed crop due to its high seed oil content (36-47%) and high unsaturated fatty acid composition (>90%), which are suitable for jet fuel, biodiesel, high-value lubricants and animal feed. C. sativa’s agronomic advantages include short time to maturation, low water and nutrient requirements, adaptability to adverse environmental conditions and resistance to common pests and pathogens. These characteristics make it an ideal crop for sustainable agricultural systems and regions of marginal land. However, the lack of genetic and genomic resources has slowed the enhancement of this emerging oilseed crop and exploration of its full agronomic and breeding potential. Here, a core of 213 spring C. sativa accessions was collected and genotyped. The genotypic data was used to characterize genetic diversity and population structure to infer how natural selection and plant breeding may have affected the formation and differentiation within the C. sativa natural populations, and how the genetic diversity of this species can be used in future breeding efforts. A total of 6,1...