Evaluation of DNA polymorphism between cultivated and wild grape varieties of Azerbaijan, in the case of the Shirvan-Shahı grape variety
Authors/Creators
- 1. Laboratory of Plant Biotechnology, Institute of Molecular Biology & Biotechnologies, Ministry of Science and Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan, 11 Izzat Nabiyev Str., Baku AZ 1073, Azerbaijan;
- 2. Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Istanbul Yeni Yuzyil University, 34010, Zeytinburnu-Istanbul, Türkiye
Description
Archaeological excavations, paleobotanical studies, ampelographic data and written historical sources prove that the territory of Azerbaijan is one of the cultural centers of viticulture. Vavilov's research made it possible to establish that the South Caucasus is one of the world centers for the formation of many plants, including grapes. He believed that the Karabakh zone is the main center for species formation in the South Caucasus. In this study, it was aimed to reveal genetic diversity among grape samples originated from Azerbaijan by RAPD-based genotyping analysis. The minimum similarity between Shirvan-Shahı samples and wild grape samples is 50 percent. Among all studied genotypes, the highest genetic similarity was observed between VS6 and VVSH varieties with a similarity index of 0.954. Shirvan-Shahı grape varieties were taken from 6 different locations. VS6 and VVSH3 cultivars as well as VS6 and VVSH1 cultivars were also genetically very close with a similarity index of 0.912 and 0.902, respectively. VS6 and VVSH3 cultivars as well as VS6 and VVSH1 cultivars were also genetically very close with a similarity index of 0.912 and 0.902, respectively. Thus, the conducted studies confirm the hypothesis put forward by Negrul regarding the origin of Shirvan-Shahı from this ancestor and made it possible to confirm the genetic closeness of the studied forms.