Genetic Diversity of Purple Passion Fruit, Passiflora edulis f. edulis, Based on Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism Markers Discovered through Genotyping by Sequencing

Orphan crops, which include many of the tropical fruit species used in juice industry, lack genomic resources and breeding efforts. Typical this dilemma is commercial cultivars purple passion fruit, Passiflora edulis f. edulis, information on genetic its substantial semiwild gene pool. In study, we develop single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers for show that diversity crop has been reduced because selection cultivated genotypes compared to landraces center diversity. A specific objective present study was determine cultivars, genebank accession, through genotyping by sequencing (GBS) conduct molecular evaluation a broad collection P. from source country, Colombia. We included control yellow flavicarpa. The goal evaluate differences between types compare accessions situ collected farmers. total, 3820 SNPs were identified as informative study. However, majority distinguished with 966 useful fruits alone. population structure analysis, very distinct ones. results alone showed while highlighting higher found among wild or semi-wild conditions. These had heterozygosity, polymorphism, overall implications genetics well evolution ecology based extant landrace are discussed consideration manual pollinator-assisted hybridization species.