S-genotyping of sweet cherry varieties from Spain and S-locus diversity in Europe

Identification of S-genotypes of sweet cherry cultivars from Central and Eastern Europe

“…Likewise, there was no positive result for the presence of some S-alleles, such as S 13 , S 14 and S 16 , in Turkish and Croatian sweet cherry cultivars (Ipek et al 2011;Ercisli et al 2012). This unequal distribution of the S-alleles among the European cultivars of sweet cherry was described by Ercisli et al (2012) and also by Cachi and Wünsch (2014), and the results of our studies on the identification of the S-alleles in sweet cherries from Central and Eastern Europe confirm this phenomenon. The reason for the differences in the distribution of S-haplotypes in different regions of Europe may be the common origin of the cultivars in isolated areas, or the connection between specific S-haplotypes with adaptive traits and the climatic conditions of the different areas (Cachi, Wünsch 2014).…”

“…Studies by other authors indicate that the S 5 allele occurred with low frequency (2.5% to 7%) in Sicilian, Swedish, Hungarian, Greek, Turkish, and Croatian cultivars (Marchese et al 2007;Lacis et al 2008;Békefi et al 2010;Ganopoulos et al 2010;Ipek et al 2011;Ercisli et al 2012). The S 5 allele was absent in the Belgian wild cherries and in the Spanish local cultivars of sweet cherry (De Cuyper et al 2005;Gisbert et al 2008;Cachi, Wünsch 2014). The S 5 allele, however, was frequently found (22%) in Latvian sweet cherry taxa gathered in the Latvian germplasm bank (Lacis et al 2008).…”

“…The S 9 allele is rather rarely seen among the European cultivars of sweet cherry; it occurred with frequency ranging from 2% to 10% in the Belgian wild cherries and in the Sicilian, Hungarian, Turkish, Spanish, Croatian, Sicilian and Greek cultivars (De Cuyper et al 2005;Marchese et al 2007;Gisbert et al 2008;Békefi et al 2010;Ganopoulos et al 2010;Ipek et al 2011;Ercisli et al 2012;Cachi, Wünsch 2014). The high frequency of the occurrence of S 5 and S 9 alleles in the Ukrainian sweet cherries (20.4%) greatly differentiates these cultivars from the sweet cherry cultivars originating in other regions of Europe.…”

“…Identification of S-alleles was performed for sweet cherry cultivars from Western Europe, for Belgian and British wild cherries, for sweet cherry cultivars and selections gathered in the Swedish gene bank, and for the local Sicilian, Spanish, Greek, Turkish and Croatian cultivars Tobutt et al 2004;De Cuyper et al 2005;Marchese et al 2007;Gisbert et al 2008;Lacis et al 2008;Vaughan et al 2008;Ganopoulos et al 2010;Ipek et al 2011;Ercisli et al 2012;Szikriszt et al 2013;Cachi, Wünsch 2014). S-alleles were also identified in sweet cherry cultivars originating in several countries of Central and Eastern Europe, mostly in the cultivars and selections gathered in the Latvian collection, and also in the Hungarian cultivars, but in only a few of the Czech and Ukrainian cultivars (Békefi et al 2003(Békefi et al , 2010Schuster et al 2007;Lacis et al 2008;Schuster 2012).…”

S-Genotype Profiles of Turkish Apricot Germplasm

“…For S 8 and Sc alleles, although Vilanova et al (2005) and Halasz et al (2010) reported as 353 and also, Halasz et al (2013) reported as 355 bp, the hereby result obtained was 354 bp band size. These differences might be explained by the genetic analyzers that affect the sensitivity of the method (Cachi and Wünsch, 2014).…”