关键词: 甘薯, 地方品种, 遗传多样性, RAPD, ISSR, AFLP

Abstract: Genetic diversity of 48 sweetpotato landraces, randomly sampled from 4 regions （Anhui, Fujian, Henan and Guangdong）in China, was analyzed using RAPD, ISSR and AFLP markers. Both 30 RAPD and 14 ISSR primers and 9 AFLP primer combinations generated 227, 249 and 260 polymorphic bands, respectively. AFLPs were better than RAPDs and ISSRs in terms of the number of polymorphic bands detected and the experimental stability. These three molecular markers revealed the similar results that Chinese landraces possess high genetic diversity, and the genetic variation of Guangdong landraces was significantly (at 0.01 level) higher than that of the landraces from other three regions. These results support the hypothesis that China was the secondary center of sweetpotato diversity and also showed that Guangdong was the earliest region where sweetpotato was introduced to China. In this study, the combined RAPDs, ISSRs and AFLPs dataset appeared to be appropriate in resolving the sweetpotato varietal relationships. These landraces can be divided into two groups by UPGMA cluster based on genetic distances, one mainly includes 8 landraces from Guangdong, and another consists of the remaining landraces from Guangdong and landraces from the other three regions. Thus, the utilization of Guangdong landraces should be specially considered in sweetpotato breeding.

Key words: Sweetpotato, Landrace, Genetic diversity, RAPD, ISSR, AFLP