Molecular Identification of Coffea Arabica Varieties in Nepal: Insights from Phylogenetic Analysis

Authors

  • Gyanu Raj Pandey Shubham Biotech Nepal Pvt. Ltd., Bharatpur-29, Chitwan, 44200, Nepal
  • Shreejan Pokharel National Biotechnology Research Center, Nepal Agricultural Research Council, Lalitpur, 44700, Nepal
  • Samsher Basnet National Entomology Research Center, Nepal Agricultural Research Council, Lalitpur, 44700, Nepal
  • Anish Basnet Shubham Biotech Nepal Pvt. Ltd., Bharatpur-29, Chitwan, 44200, Nepal
  • Ashmita Mainali Shubham Biotech Nepal Pvt. Ltd., Bharatpur-29, Chitwan, 44200, Nepal
  • Sadikshya Rijal Shubham Biotech Nepal Pvt. Ltd., Bharatpur-29, Chitwan, 44200, Nepal
  • Asmita Shrestha Shubham Biotech Nepal Pvt. Ltd., Bharatpur-29, Chitwan, 44200, Nepal
  • Bignya Chandra Khanal National Biotechnology Research Center, Nepal Agricultural Research Council, Lalitpur, 44700, Nepal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3126/aej.v24i01.58187

Keywords:

DNA Isolation, gene sequencing, internal transcribed spacers (ITS), polymerase chain reaction (PCR), phylogenetic tree

Abstract

This study aimed to identify and characterize the coffee varieties cultivated in Nepal using molecular phylogenetic analysis. The molecular identification and genetic relationship of twenty five coffee varieties were collected from the Nepal Coffee Development Center, Gulmi, Nepal. DNA was isolated from leaf tissue, and Internal Transcribed Spacers Region (ITS)-specific PCR was performed, followed by sequencing and phylogenetic tree construction. BLASTN was performed to identify the similarities with the sequences of the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) Database. Evolutionary divergence between the sequences was computed using Maximum Composite Likelihood Model. Sequences were analyzed using Maximum Likelihood Model and Tamura-Nei model to construct molecular phylogeny. BLASTN and molecular phylogeny confirm all the samples to be Coffea arabica. Evolutionary divergence in pairwise comparison was found to be 0% to 4.3%. Divergence of 4.3% was detected between CDC-S21 and CDC-S73. With this, we identified the coffee samples to be C. arabica and we also computed relatedness among our varieties.

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Published

2023-06-30

How to Cite

Pandey, G. R., Pokharel, S., Basnet, S., Basnet, A., Mainali, A., Rijal, S., Shrestha, A., & Khanal, B. C. (2023). Molecular Identification of Coffea Arabica Varieties in Nepal: Insights from Phylogenetic Analysis. Journal of Agriculture and Environment, 24(01), 167–178. https://doi.org/10.3126/aej.v24i01.58187