Dehydrogenase isoenzyme polymorphism in genus Prunus, subgenus Cerasus

Dehydrogenase polymorphism was studied in 36 sour cherry (Prunus cerasus L.), sweet cherry (Prunus avuim L.), mahaleb (Prunus mahaleb L.), ground cherry (Prunus fruticosa Pall.), duke cherry (Prunus gondounii Redh.), Japanese flowering cherry (Prunus serrulata Lindl.) and four iterspecific hybrids (standard cherry rootstocks ?Gisela 5?, ?Gisela 6?, ?Max Ma? and ?Colt?). Inner bark of one-year-old shoots, in dormant stage, was used for enzyme extraction. Vertical PAGE was used for isoenzyme analysis: alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH), formate dehydrogenase (FDH), glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH), isocitrate dehydrogenaze (IDH), malate dehydrogenase (MDH), phosphogluconate dehydrogenase (PGD), and shikimate dehydrogenase (SDH). All studied systems were polymorphic at 10 loci: Adh -1 (3 genotypes) and Adh-2 (5 genotypes), Fdh-1 (2 genotypes), Gdh-1 (3 genotypes), Idh-1 (4 genotypes) i Idh -2 (5 genotypes), Mdh-1 (3 genotypes), Pgd-1 (4 genotypes), Sdh-1 (1 genotype) i Sdh-2 (3 genotypes). Cluster analysis was used to construct dendrogram on which four groups of similar genotypes were separated. Obtained results indicate that studied enzyme systems can be used for determination of genus Prunus, subgenus Cerasus. Among studied enzyme systems ADH, IDH and SDH were the most polymorphic and most useful to identify genetic variability. Polymorphism of FDH and GDH in genus Prunus, subgenus Cerasus was described first time in this work. First results for dehydrogenase variability of Oblacinska indicate that polymorphism of loci Idh-2 and Sdh-2 can be useful for discrimination of different clones.

Isoenzyme polymorphism and growth of Norway spruce [Picea abies (L.) Karst.] provenances on the IPTNS-IUFRO 1964/68 experimental site in Krynica

Polimorfizm izoenzymów i wzrost wybranych pochodzeń świerka pospolitego [Picea abies(L.) Karst.] doświadczenia IPTNS-IUFRO 1964/68 w Krynicy

Isoenzyme polymorphism of almond genotypes selected in the region of northern Serbia

Isoenzyme polymorphism was studied in 20 almond (Prunus dulcis [Mill.] D.A. Webb) genotypes selected from seedling populations of unknown almond cultivars in the region of northern Serbia (Vojvodina). Fourteen enzyme systems were studied using the method of vertical polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Ten systems were polymorphic in twelve loci. This polymorphism allowed unique identification of all studied genotypes. The most useful enzyme for analysis of almond genetic variability was menadione reductase. Polymorphism identified for alkaline phosphatase, formate dehydrogenase, glutamate dehydrogenase, malic enzyme, and menadione reductase was reported for the first time in almond. Cluster analysis was used to construct a dendrogram on which five clusters with different number of genotypes could be identified.

Inter- and intra-population variation of local maize (Zea mays L.) populations from Slovakia and Czech Republic

Evaluation of genetic variation was performed within 62 local maize populations originating from Slovakia and Czech Republic. In total 48 alleles at 22 analyzed isoenzyme loci with an average of 2.2 alleles per locus were revealed. The percentage of polymorphic loci ranged from 14% to 59% and the frequencies of detected alleles varied from null to four per locus. No polymorphism was detected at the loci <i>Dia2</i>, <i>Got3</i>, <i>Mdh4</i>, <i>Mmm</i>, and <i>Pgm1</i>. The highest number of alleles (four) was detected at loci <i>Acp1</i>, <i>Cat3</i>, <i>Pgm2</i>. No new alleles were identified, nevertheless the frequency of seven alleles was only about 1%. The expected heterozygosity ranged from null to 0.492 with an average of 0.197. The revealed isoenzyme polymorphism confirmed that all analyzed populations were heterogeneous and as many as 17 of them were completely heterogeneous. None of the analyzed populations was identical in the frequency of alleles at all 22 analyzed loci.