Morphological characterization and identification of two sesame (Sesamum spp.) ecotypes in Malaysia

Malaysia is endowed with favourable ecologies for sesame (Sesamum spp. L.) cultivation but lack of information on genetic variations among Malaysian sesame populations has been a barrier to select the desirable accessions for commercial cultivation. Present study was done to characterize and identif...

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Main Authors: Mohammad Rasid, Nurul Ameera, Mohamad, Rosli, Puteh, Adam, Abdullah, Nur Ashikin Psyquay, Morshed, Md. Mahbub
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Published: Society for Plant Research 2014
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author Mohammad Rasid, Nurul Ameera
Mohamad, Rosli
Puteh, Adam
Abdullah, Nur Ashikin Psyquay
Morshed, Md. Mahbub
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Mohamad, Rosli
Puteh, Adam
Abdullah, Nur Ashikin Psyquay
Morshed, Md. Mahbub
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description Malaysia is endowed with favourable ecologies for sesame (Sesamum spp. L.) cultivation but lack of information on genetic variations among Malaysian sesame populations has been a barrier to select the desirable accessions for commercial cultivation. Present study was done to characterize and identify the level of variations among 30 accessions of two sesame ecotypes collected from Port Dickson and Serdang, by using 39 morphological (19 quantitative and 20 qualitative) traits. Descriptive analysis showed a great amount of similarity for 31 morphological traits, while 8 quantitative traits found to be significantly varied - as for stem circumference, branching, flower number and size, pedicel length, ovary size, capsule number and size. In clustering analysis, the populations of both locations tended to cluster in a main group according to their qualitative traits similarity, but separated in two groups based on quantitative traits, indicating that quantitative traits are the dominant trait for separations of accessions. However, the dendogram developed in this study revealed four distinct clusters in which most of the accessions between two ecotypes were closely related with a similarity co-efficient ranged from 0.744 to 0.487. Finally, all the accessions were to be considered as Sesamum radiatum due to the matching of capsule and seed characteristics with the taxonomic key developed for the identification of specific sesame species. The study therefore suggests that morphological variability observed in both populations is mainly attributed to differential habitat and soil nutrient conditions rather than genotypic diversity.
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spelling upm-346032018-10-16T00:54:57Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/34603/ Morphological characterization and identification of two sesame (Sesamum spp.) ecotypes in Malaysia Mohammad Rasid, Nurul Ameera Mohamad, Rosli Puteh, Adam Abdullah, Nur Ashikin Psyquay Morshed, Md. Mahbub Malaysia is endowed with favourable ecologies for sesame (Sesamum spp. L.) cultivation but lack of information on genetic variations among Malaysian sesame populations has been a barrier to select the desirable accessions for commercial cultivation. Present study was done to characterize and identify the level of variations among 30 accessions of two sesame ecotypes collected from Port Dickson and Serdang, by using 39 morphological (19 quantitative and 20 qualitative) traits. Descriptive analysis showed a great amount of similarity for 31 morphological traits, while 8 quantitative traits found to be significantly varied - as for stem circumference, branching, flower number and size, pedicel length, ovary size, capsule number and size. In clustering analysis, the populations of both locations tended to cluster in a main group according to their qualitative traits similarity, but separated in two groups based on quantitative traits, indicating that quantitative traits are the dominant trait for separations of accessions. However, the dendogram developed in this study revealed four distinct clusters in which most of the accessions between two ecotypes were closely related with a similarity co-efficient ranged from 0.744 to 0.487. Finally, all the accessions were to be considered as Sesamum radiatum due to the matching of capsule and seed characteristics with the taxonomic key developed for the identification of specific sesame species. The study therefore suggests that morphological variability observed in both populations is mainly attributed to differential habitat and soil nutrient conditions rather than genotypic diversity. Society for Plant Research 2014 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/34603/1/Morphological%20characterization%20and%20identification%20of%20two%20sesame%20%28Sesamum%20spp.%29%20ecotypes%20in%20Malaysia.pdf Mohammad Rasid, Nurul Ameera and Mohamad, Rosli and Puteh, Adam and Abdullah, Nur Ashikin Psyquay and Morshed, Md. Mahbub (2014) Morphological characterization and identification of two sesame (Sesamum spp.) ecotypes in Malaysia. Vegetos, 27 (3). pp. 161-169. ISSN 0970-4078; ESSN: 2229-4473 http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:vetos&volume=27&issue=3&article=022 10.5958/2229-4473.2014.00084.6
spellingShingle Mohammad Rasid, Nurul Ameera
Mohamad, Rosli
Puteh, Adam
Abdullah, Nur Ashikin Psyquay
Morshed, Md. Mahbub
Morphological characterization and identification of two sesame (Sesamum spp.) ecotypes in Malaysia
title Morphological characterization and identification of two sesame (Sesamum spp.) ecotypes in Malaysia
title_full Morphological characterization and identification of two sesame (Sesamum spp.) ecotypes in Malaysia
title_fullStr Morphological characterization and identification of two sesame (Sesamum spp.) ecotypes in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Morphological characterization and identification of two sesame (Sesamum spp.) ecotypes in Malaysia
title_short Morphological characterization and identification of two sesame (Sesamum spp.) ecotypes in Malaysia
title_sort morphological characterization and identification of two sesame (sesamum spp.) ecotypes in malaysia
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