The objectives of the present study were to determine salt tolerance
levels of 12 different common vetch (Vicia sativa L.) cultivars at
germination stage in the presence of 250 mM NaCl and to reveal genetic
relationships based on gene targeted functional markers (GTFMs) associated with
salt tolerance. The results revealed the presence of a significant genetic
variation among the cultivars although s alt stress significantly reduced all germination
parameters tested. The cultivar Ozveren was the most salt tolerant with 20.1%
reduction in final germination percentage compared to control seeds while
cultivars Alınoglu, Ayaz and Bakir did not germinate. The maximum delays in germination rate (G50 =
3.78 days) and synchrony (G10-90 =
3.45 days) were obtained from the cultivars Urkmez and Ozveren, respectively. The GTFMs
provided a total of 53.1% polymorphism. The primers of MtSOS2
gene gave the highest numbers of alleles per primer pair while the highest
polymorphism rate (77.8%) was obtained from the MtP5CS gene. The
first three components of principal component analysis explained 57.63% of
total variation. This study concluded that the cultivars determined to be salt
tolerant and sensitive at germination stage distributed into three main clades
determined by UPGMA analysis while the GTFMs associated with salt
tolerance successfully
determined the genetic relationships of common vetch cultivars.
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