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Parental participation in progeny and effective population sizes in experimental seed orchards of wild cherry Prunus avium L. (Batsch)

Contributions mâle et femelle à la descendance et tailles efficaces de population dans des vergers à graines expérimentaux de merisier Prunus avium L. (Batsch)

Annals of Forest Science volume 64, pages 533–539 (2007)Cite this article

Abstract

Parents and progenies genetic diversity, and male and female contributions to the seed crop were assessed in three experimental Prunus avium seed orchards. Collected data were used to compare different effective population sizes, based on phenological, seed crop and paternity analysis. Our results did not show any difference of genetic diversity between parents and progenies. A limited pollen pollution was detected. We showed that distance and coflowering among clones had a significant effect on effective pollination, and a significant effect of the production of flowers was revealed in one of the seed orchards. Our study also revealed a quite low number of effective size of fathers per mother, but high effective sizes of mothers, fathers and parents at the level of the seed orchard. Finally, the calculation of effective size of mothers, fathers and parents was not highly modified when having the complete information based on the paternity analysis.

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La diversité génétique des parents et de leurs descendants, ainsi que les contributions mâle et femelle à la récolte de graines ont été estimées dans trois vergers à graines expérimentaux de Prunus avium. Les données collectées ont été utilisées pour comparer différentes tailles de population efficace, en se basant sur l’analyse de la phénologie, de la récolte de graines et de la paternité. Nos résultats n’ont pas montré de différence de diversité génétique entre les parents et les descendants. Une pollution pollinique limitée a été mise en évidence. Nous avons montré un effet significatif de la distance et de la cofloraison entre clones sur la pollinisation efficace, ainsi qu’un effet significatif de la production de fleurs dans l’un des vergers à graines. Notre étude a aussi révélé un faible nombre efficace de pères à l’échelle de chaque mère, et un nombre efficace de mères, de pères et de parents important à l’échelle du verger à graines. Enfin, le calcul des tailles efficaces de pères et de parents à l’échelle du verger à graines n’a pas été fortement influencé par le fait d’avoir l’information totale de contribution donnée par l’analyse de paternité.

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  1. Unité de Recherches «Écosystèmes Forestiers», Domaine des Barres, 45290, Nogent-sur-Vernisson, France

    Stéphanie Mariette, Emilie Balsemin & Solenn Stoeckel

  2. Laboratoire Écologie, Systématique et Évolution, Université Paris XI, Bât. 360, 91405, Orsay, France

    Stéphanie Mariette, Emilie Balsemin & Solenn Stoeckel

  3. Unit of Forest Genetics, Center of Forest Research (CIFOR-INIA), INIA, Carretera de la Coruña Km 7.5, 28040, Madrid, Spain

    Stéphanie Mariette

  4. Domaine de Melgueil, INRA, 34130, Mauguio, France

    Muriel Tavaud

  5. Pépinière Expérimentale, Route de Redon, 44290, Guémené-Penfao, France

    Hervé Le Bouler

  6. Unité Amélioration, Génétique et Physiologie Forestières, INRA, Avenue de la Pomme de Pin, 45166, Olivet, France

    Frédérique Santi & Michel Verger

  7. INRA UREFV, 71 avenue Edouard Bourlaux, BP 81, 33883, Villenave d’Ornon Cedex, France

    Stéphanie Mariette & Emilie Balsemin

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Mariette, S., Balsemin, E., Stoeckel, S. et al. Parental participation in progeny and effective population sizes in experimental seed orchards of wild cherry Prunus avium L. (Batsch). Ann. For. Sci. 64, 533–539 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1051/forest:2007030

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