Agro-morphological and molecular characterization of Argentine maize (Zea mays L.) landraces of ‘Cristalino Colorado’ race

Despite the high variability of Argentine maize (Zea mays L.) landraces, they are scarcely used by breeders due to the limited knowledge available about the genetic merit of these materials. In this study, we evaluated agro-morphological and molecular traits of 36 landraces of the ‘Cristalino Colora...

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Autores principales: Defacio, Raquel Alicia, Paz, Natalia Mercedes, Schlater, Ana Rosa, Ferrer, Marcelo Edmundo, Bramardi, Sergio Jorge
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Publicado: European Cooperative Programme for Plant Genetic Resources (ECPGR) 2025
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/23113
https://www.genresj.org/index.php/grj/article/view/genresj.TSJG3884
https://doi.org/10.46265/genresj.TSJG3884
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author Defacio, Raquel Alicia
Paz, Natalia Mercedes
Schlater, Ana Rosa
Ferrer, Marcelo Edmundo
Bramardi, Sergio Jorge
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Defacio, Raquel Alicia
Ferrer, Marcelo Edmundo
Paz, Natalia Mercedes
Schlater, Ana Rosa
author_facet Defacio, Raquel Alicia
Paz, Natalia Mercedes
Schlater, Ana Rosa
Ferrer, Marcelo Edmundo
Bramardi, Sergio Jorge
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description Despite the high variability of Argentine maize (Zea mays L.) landraces, they are scarcely used by breeders due to the limited knowledge available about the genetic merit of these materials. In this study, we evaluated agro-morphological and molecular traits of 36 landraces of the ‘Cristalino Colorado’ race from Buenos Aires province, Argentina. Fifteen agro-morphological traits and five polymorphic microsatellite markers located on different chromosomes (48 alleles) were used. A principal component analysis was performed using average values of agro-morphological traits across two environments. Molecular markers were subjected to a principal coordinate analysis. A generalized procrustes analysis was used to evaluate agro-morphological and molecular traits together, showing seven groups. Distance between agro-morphological and molecular data had an average value of 0.24 and the range varied between 0.02 (ARZM01017) and 0.45 (ARZM01082). The results show that Argentine landraces of the ‘Cristalino Colorado’ race are a valuable source of new alleles for crop improvement. Studies of this type facilitate the selection of landraces for introduction in genetic breeding programmes and for the establishment of core collections.
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spelling INTA231132025-07-23T10:53:59Z Agro-morphological and molecular characterization of Argentine maize (Zea mays L.) landraces of ‘Cristalino Colorado’ race Defacio, Raquel Alicia Paz, Natalia Mercedes Schlater, Ana Rosa Ferrer, Marcelo Edmundo Bramardi, Sergio Jorge Maíz Variación Genética Argentina Mejoramiento Genético Genetic Improvement Maize Genetic Variation Generalized Procrustes Analysis SSR Markers Agro-morphological Traits Landraces Despite the high variability of Argentine maize (Zea mays L.) landraces, they are scarcely used by breeders due to the limited knowledge available about the genetic merit of these materials. In this study, we evaluated agro-morphological and molecular traits of 36 landraces of the ‘Cristalino Colorado’ race from Buenos Aires province, Argentina. Fifteen agro-morphological traits and five polymorphic microsatellite markers located on different chromosomes (48 alleles) were used. A principal component analysis was performed using average values of agro-morphological traits across two environments. Molecular markers were subjected to a principal coordinate analysis. A generalized procrustes analysis was used to evaluate agro-morphological and molecular traits together, showing seven groups. Distance between agro-morphological and molecular data had an average value of 0.24 and the range varied between 0.02 (ARZM01017) and 0.45 (ARZM01082). The results show that Argentine landraces of the ‘Cristalino Colorado’ race are a valuable source of new alleles for crop improvement. Studies of this type facilitate the selection of landraces for introduction in genetic breeding programmes and for the establishment of core collections. EEA Pergamino Fil: Defacio, Raquel. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Pergamino. Recursos Genéticos; Argentina Fil: Paz, Natalia Mercede. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Pergamino. Banco de Germoplasma; Argentina Fil: Schlater, Ana Rosa. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Pergamino. Laboratorio de Biología Molecular; Argentina Fil: Ferrer, Marcelo. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Pergamino. Banco de germoplasma; Argentina Fil: Bramardi, Sergio Jorge. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Departamento de Estadística; Argentina Fil: Bramardi, Sergio Jorge. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas - Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Centro de Investigaciones en Toxicología Ambiental y Agrobiotecnología del Comahue; Argentina 2025-07-23T10:41:35Z 2025-07-23T10:41:35Z 2025-07 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/23113 https://www.genresj.org/index.php/grj/article/view/genresj.TSJG3884 2708-3764 https://doi.org/10.46265/genresj.TSJG3884 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf European Cooperative Programme for Plant Genetic Resources (ECPGR) Genetic Resources 6 (12) : 14–25. (2025)
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Variación Genética
Argentina
Mejoramiento Genético
Genetic Improvement
Maize
Genetic Variation
Generalized Procrustes Analysis
SSR Markers
Agro-morphological Traits
Landraces
Defacio, Raquel Alicia
Paz, Natalia Mercedes
Schlater, Ana Rosa
Ferrer, Marcelo Edmundo
Bramardi, Sergio Jorge
Agro-morphological and molecular characterization of Argentine maize (Zea mays L.) landraces of ‘Cristalino Colorado’ race
title Agro-morphological and molecular characterization of Argentine maize (Zea mays L.) landraces of ‘Cristalino Colorado’ race
title_full Agro-morphological and molecular characterization of Argentine maize (Zea mays L.) landraces of ‘Cristalino Colorado’ race
title_fullStr Agro-morphological and molecular characterization of Argentine maize (Zea mays L.) landraces of ‘Cristalino Colorado’ race
title_full_unstemmed Agro-morphological and molecular characterization of Argentine maize (Zea mays L.) landraces of ‘Cristalino Colorado’ race
title_short Agro-morphological and molecular characterization of Argentine maize (Zea mays L.) landraces of ‘Cristalino Colorado’ race
title_sort agro morphological and molecular characterization of argentine maize zea mays l landraces of cristalino colorado race
topic Maíz
Variación Genética
Argentina
Mejoramiento Genético
Genetic Improvement
Maize
Genetic Variation
Generalized Procrustes Analysis
SSR Markers
Agro-morphological Traits
Landraces
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/23113
https://www.genresj.org/index.php/grj/article/view/genresj.TSJG3884
https://doi.org/10.46265/genresj.TSJG3884
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