Table 1. Maximum number of alleles at loci, genetic diversity parameters and index of clonal diversity within the 357 cultivars of Colocasia esculenta obtained by genotyping with 11 nuclear microsatellite loci.
| Continent | Countries | N | N with 2 alleles | N with 3 alleles | An | Ae' | Ap | I | uh | N° of MLL & UG | G | R |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Africa | South Africa | 56 | 0 | 56 | 33 | 1.03 | 2 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 2 MLL | 2 | 0.02 |
| Burkina Faso | 39 | 13 | 26 | 38 | 1.12 | 0 | 0.09 | 0.07 | 2 MLL | 2 | 0.03 | |
| Ghana | 80 | 72 | 8 | 46 | 1.03 | 0 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 3 MLL | 3 | 0.03 | |
| Madagascar | 12 | 10 | 2 | 51 | 1.1 | 5 | 0.11 | 0.07 | 5 (2 MLL & 3 UG) | 5 | 0.36 | |
| Réunion | 3 | 2 | 1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 2 MLL | 2 | 0.50 | |
| Nigeria | 1 | 0 | 1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 1 MLL | 1 | ||
| Madeira | 5 | 1 | 4 | 49 | 1.16 | 0 | 0.14 | 0.12 | 5 (1 MLL & 4 UG) | 5 | 1 | |
| Total Africa | 196 | 98 | 98 | 91 | 1.15 | 7 | 0.13 | 0.09 | 20 | 0.10 | ||
| America | Costa Rica | 5 | 1 | 4 | 44 | 1.13 | 1 | 0.12 | 0.1 | 3 (2 MLL & 1 UG) | 3 | 0.50 |
| Martinique | 10 | 10 | 0 | 30 | 1.07 | 1 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 3 (2 MLL & 1 UG) | 3 | 0.22 | |
| Guadeloupe | 3 | 3 | 0 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 3 (2 MLL & 1 UG) | 3 | 1 | |
| Trinidad & Tobago | 1 | 1 | 0 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 1 MLL | 1 | ||
| Total America | 19 | 15 | 4 | 56 | 1.12 | 2 | 0.12 | 0.08 | 10 | 0.50 | ||
| Asia | India | 43 | 12 | 31 | 125 | 1.2 | 25 | 0.21 | 0.13 | 37 (5 MLL & 32 UG) | 37 | 0.86 |
| Indonesia | 37 | 33 | 4 | 109 | 1.16 | 7 | 0.17 | 0.11 | 31 (7 MLL & 24 UG) | 31 | 0.83 | |
| Philippines | 11 | 11 | 0 | 51 | 1.11 | 2 | 0.11 | 0.08 | 10 (3 MLL & 7 UG) | 10 | 0.90 | |
| Japan | 2 | 0 | 2 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 2 MLL | 2 | 1 | |
| Malaysia | 2 | 2 | 0 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 2 UG | 2 | 1 | |
| Thailand | 2 | 2 | 0 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 2 (1 MLL & 1 UG) | 2 | 1 | |
| Vietnam | 3 | 2 | 1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 3 (1 MLL & 2 UG) | 3 | 1 | |
| Total Asia | 100 | 62 | 38 | 155 | 1.18 | 46 | 0.21 | 0.13 | 87 | 0.87 | ||
| Pacific | PNG | 11 | 11 | 0 | 56 | 1.11 | 4 | 0.12 | 0.08 | 11 UG | 11 | 1 |
| Vanuatu | 31 | 31 | 0 | 78 | 1.13 | 5 | 0.14 | 0.09 | 31 (1 MLL & 30 UG) | 31 | 1 | |
| Total Pacific | 42 | 392 | 0 | 91 | 1.13 | 9 | 0.14 | 0.09 | 42 | 1 |
N number of cultivars collected in each country and continent, N with 2 alleles, number of cultivars showing two alleles at all loci investigated, N with 3 alleles, number of cultivars showing three alleles at least at one locus among the 11 investigated, An total number of alleles, Ae’ number of effective alleles, AP number of private alleles, I Shannon's information index, μh unbiased diversity, NA: non-analysed cultivars (due to the reduced number of cultivars within groups), N° of MLL & UG, number of MLLs and UGs within the country and continent, G, number of genotypes considered to calculate R, R, index of clonal diversity.