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Table 5 Diversity parameters estimated for enset population using 34 SSR markers

From: Development of SSR markers and genetic diversity analysis in enset (Ensete ventricosum (Welw.) Cheesman), an orphan food security crop from Southern Ethiopia

Diversity parameters

Cultivated and wild population

Cultivation regions

Cultivated (n = 64)

Wild (n = 6)

Mean ± SE

aAri (n = 5)

Gamo Gofa (n = 14)

Sidama (n = 5)

Wolaita (n = 40)

Mean ± SE

Percentage of polymorphic loci (PPL%)

100

91

96 ± 4.41

59

97

88

100

86 ± 9.41

Number of different alleles (Na)

5.88

2.56

4.22 ± 0.29

1.62

3.82

3.00

4.91

3.34 ± 0.16

Rarefied allelic richness (Ar)

3.56

2.32

2.94 ± 0.44

1.62

3.00

3.00

3.15

2.69 ± 0.36

Number of effective alleles (Ne)

2.79

1.88

2.34 ± 0.11

1.59

2.41

2.52

2.64

2.29 ± 0.09

Shannon’s information index (I)

1.16

0.67

0.91 ± 0.06

0.41

0.96

0.90

1.07

0.83 ± 0.04

Observed heterozygosity (Ho)

0.55

0.55

0.55 ± 0.04

0.53

0.53

0.56

0.55

0.54 ± 0.03

Expected heterozygosity (He)

0.59

0.40

0.49 ± 0.03

0.29

0.52

0.51

0.56

0.47 ± 0.02

Private Na

3.38

0.06

1.72 ± 0.21

0.03

0.44

0.15

1.06

0.42 ± 0.10

Private Ar

1.51

0.28

0.89 ± 0.43

0.14

0.41

0.46

0.36

0.34 ± 0.07

  1. aAri population is represented by 5 individuals of the same landrace Entada which produces spontaneous suckers unlike other cultivated landraces
  2. n = number of individuals per population
  3. SE standard error