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Conservation and utilities of Iwateyamanashi endemic in Tohoku region, Japan

Research Project

Project/Area Number 17510196
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Resource conservation science
Research InstitutionKobe University

Principal Investigator

KATAYAMA Hironori  Kobe University, Faculty. of Agriculture, Assistant Professor, 農学部, 助手 (50294202)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) UEMATSU Chiyomi  Osaka City University, Graduate School of Science, Lecturer, 大学院理学研究科, 講師 (30232789)
SUGAWARA Etsuko  Iwate University, Faculty of Education, Professor, 教育学部, 教授 (70122918)
Project Period (FY) 2005 – 2006
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2006)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,700,000)
Fiscal Year 2006: ¥500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000)
Fiscal Year 2005: ¥3,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000)
KeywordsPear / Genetic Resources / Conservation / Iwateyamanashi / SSR / Exploration / Genetic diversity / DNA marker / 保全事業、保護 / 系統解析 / 分子マーカー / 芳香性物質 / 保護、保全
Research Abstract

Iwateyamanashi (Pyrus ussuriensis Maxim. var. aromatica (Nakai et Kikuchi) Rehd.) may be one of the Pyrus species grown wild in Japan. During the last few decades, the number of Iwateyamanashi trees has been decreasing and therefore, conservation is urgently needed. All of the municipalities of Akita., Aomori Pref. and 5 municipalities of northern part of Yamagata Pref. were surveyed by 7 explorations and 120 accessions were found in this study. Wild type trees of Iwateyamanashi not found in these areas. Totally 840 individuals were found in northern Tohoku region. From these results, we concluded that (1)the distributional center of Iwateyamanashi seemed to be somewhere around Kitakami highlands in Iwate Pref. (2)Iwateyamanashi is native at around Kitakami highlands. Already 550 trees have been conserved as genetic resources by grafting at Kobe University.
In order to investigate the genetic diversity, five SSR markers were examined for 86 Pyrus individuals including 58 accessions from … More Iwate. High levels of variation were detected in 41 alleles. In an UPGMA phenogram, there was no clear relationship between these accessions and geographical distribution or morphological characters. Most Japanese pears possessed a 219 by deletion at a spacer region between the accD and psaI genes in the chloroplast DNA (cpDNA), but other Pyrus species and two Iwateyamanashi standard trees did not. In the Iwate accessions, 79.3% had a deletion type cpDNA. These results are indicative of the wide range of genetic diversity in the Iwate accessions which include Japanese pear varieties. A combination of SSR and cpDNA analyses revealed high heterogeneity in Iwateyamanashi and coexistence of Iwateyamanashi and hybrid progeny with P. pyrifolia. These could be reasons for the wide range of continuous morphological variation described previously.
Volatiles from three Iwateyamanashi were investigated with AEDA, GC-O, GC-MS methods using Tenax TA column concentration. Highest component for flavor dilution factor (FD) was ethyl 2-methylbutyrate for 'Natsunashi' and 'accession No.i830', ethyl 2-methylbutyrate and ethyl hexanoate for 'Sanenashi'. Ethyl 2-methylbutyrate was included in Japanese pear, but not in European pear. This volatile could be specific in Asian pears. Less

Report

(3 results)
  • 2006 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2005 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (6 results)

All 2007 2006 2005 Other

All Journal Article (6 results)

  • [Journal Article] A wide range of genetic diversity of pear genetic resources in Iwate, Japan revealed by SSR and chloroplast DNA markers2007

    • Author(s)
      Hironori Katayama
    • Journal Title

      Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution (印刷中)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Annual Research Report 2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Pear (Pyrus species) genetic resources in Iwate, Japan2006

    • Author(s)
      Hironori Katayama
    • Journal Title

      Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 第53巻

      Pages: 483-498

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Annual Research Report 2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Pear (Pyrus species) genetic resources in Iwate, Japan2006

    • Author(s)
      Hironori, Katayama; Chiyomi, Uematsu
    • Journal Title

      Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 53

      Pages: 483-498

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Pear genetic resources in Iwate Japan.2006

    • Author(s)
      Katayama H., Uematsu C.
    • Journal Title

      Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution (印刷中)

    • Related Report
      2005 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 三陸地域の梨遺伝資源の評価と利用に関する研究-まぼろしの在来品種を求めて-2005

    • Author(s)
      片山寛則
    • Journal Title

      三陸総合研究 27号

      Pages: 93-98

    • Related Report
      2005 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] A wide range of genetic diversity of pear genetic resources in Iwate, Japan revealed by SSR and chloroplast DNA markers

    • Author(s)
      Hironori, Katayama; Shiho, Adachi; Toshiya, Yamamoto; Chiyomi, Uematsu
    • Journal Title

      Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 2007 (in press)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary

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Published: 2005-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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