Genetic diversity, population structure and quality-trait associations in Blumea balsamifera revealed by EST-SSR markers

Mei Huang; Xin Li; Zhenxia Chen; Dan Wang; Kai Wang; Xuan Hu; Xiaolu Chen; Lingliang Guan; Hongrui Zhang; Yuxin Pang; Fulai Yu

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0328403

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Genetic diversity, population structure and quality-trait associations in Blumea balsamifera revealed by EST-SSR markers

Mei Huang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Mei Huang, Xin Li

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Tropical Crops Genetic Resources Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou, China, Key Laboratory of Biology and Cultivation of Herb Medicine (Haikou), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Haikou, China, Hainan Provincial Engineering Research Center for Blumea balsamifera, Haikou, China
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Xin Li ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Mei Huang, Xin Li

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Tropical Crops Genetic Resources Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou, China, College of Agriculture, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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Zhenxia Chen,

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliations Tropical Crops Genetic Resources Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou, China, Key Laboratory of Biology and Cultivation of Herb Medicine (Haikou), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Haikou, China, Hainan Provincial Engineering Research Center for Blumea balsamifera, Haikou, China
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Dan Wang,

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliations Tropical Crops Genetic Resources Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou, China, Key Laboratory of Biology and Cultivation of Herb Medicine (Haikou), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Haikou, China, Hainan Provincial Engineering Research Center for Blumea balsamifera, Haikou, China
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Kai Wang,

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliations Tropical Crops Genetic Resources Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou, China, Key Laboratory of Biology and Cultivation of Herb Medicine (Haikou), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Haikou, China, Hainan Provincial Engineering Research Center for Blumea balsamifera, Haikou, China
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Xuan Hu,

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliations Tropical Crops Genetic Resources Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou, China, Key Laboratory of Biology and Cultivation of Herb Medicine (Haikou), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Haikou, China, Hainan Provincial Engineering Research Center for Blumea balsamifera, Haikou, China
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Xiaolu Chen,

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliations Tropical Crops Genetic Resources Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou, China, Key Laboratory of Biology and Cultivation of Herb Medicine (Haikou), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Haikou, China, Hainan Provincial Engineering Research Center for Blumea balsamifera, Haikou, China
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Lingliang Guan,

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliations Tropical Crops Genetic Resources Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou, China, Key Laboratory of Biology and Cultivation of Herb Medicine (Haikou), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Haikou, China, Hainan Provincial Engineering Research Center for Blumea balsamifera, Haikou, China
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Hongrui Zhang ,

Roles Conceptualization

* E-mail: fulai.yu@163.com (FY); pyxmarx@126.com (YP); zhanghongrui2003@126.com (HZ)

Affiliation College of Agriculture, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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Yuxin Pang ,

Roles Conceptualization

* E-mail: fulai.yu@163.com (FY); pyxmarx@126.com (YP); zhanghongrui2003@126.com (HZ)

Affiliation School of Pharmacy, Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guiyang, China
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Fulai Yu

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: fulai.yu@163.com (FY); pyxmarx@126.com (YP); zhanghongrui2003@126.com (HZ)

Affiliations Tropical Crops Genetic Resources Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou, China, Key Laboratory of Biology and Cultivation of Herb Medicine (Haikou), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Haikou, China, Hainan Provincial Engineering Research Center for Blumea balsamifera, Haikou, China, State Key Laboratory of Tropical Crop Breeding, Sanya, China, Key Laboratory of Tropical Crops Germplasm Resources Genetic Improvement and Innovation of Hainan Province, Haikou, China

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3532-6126

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Genetic diversity, population structure and quality-trait associations in Blumea balsamifera revealed by EST-SSR markers

Mei Huang,
Xin Li,
Zhenxia Chen,
Dan Wang,
Kai Wang,
Xuan Hu,
Xiaolu Chen,
Lingliang Guan,
Hongrui Zhang,
Yuxin Pang

Published: July 17, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0328403

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