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Genetic diversity among maize varieties revealed by phenotypic descriptors and RAPD profiles
Authors:
Suresh Handi ,
Anand Agricultural University, IN
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Department of Agricultural Botany
Sasidharan N,
Anand Agricultural University, IN
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Department of Agricultural Botany
Chakraborty Sudeshna,
Anand Agricultural University, IN
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Department of Agricultural Botany
Sneha Macwana,
Anand Agricultural University, IN
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Department of Agricultural Botany
Ruchi Trivedi,
Anand Agricultural University, IN
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Department of Agricultural Botany
Bhupendra Singh Punwar,
Anand Agricultural University, LK
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Department of Agricultural Botany
Ashish G Vala
Anand Agricultural University, LK
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Department of Agricultural Botany
Abstract
Fifty-six genotypes of maize were analyzed for their phenotypic and genotypic differences at Anand Agricultural University, Gujarat, India. The genetic dissimilarities calculated from average taxonomic distance (Eij) matrix among the 56 maize genotypes ranged from 0.59 between the pairs GWC 0310 and GWC 0606 and upto 2.90 between pairs GWC 0400 and Amber. The genotypic study with 40 RAPD primers, 11 gave polymorphic result with 4129 scorable bands and 151 loci, among which 147 loci were found polymorphic, with an average of 97.03 percent polymorphism. The study revealed that morphological characters combined with molecular markers were useful in diversity analysis studies.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4038/jas.v8i2.5744
The Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2013, vol.8, no2 p.91-106
How to Cite:
Handi, S., N, S., Sudeshna, C., Macwana, S., Trivedi, R., Punwar, B.S. and Vala, A.G., 2013. Genetic diversity among maize varieties revealed by phenotypic descriptors and RAPD profiles. Journal of Agricultural Sciences – Sri Lanka, 8(2), pp.91–106. DOI: http://doi.org/10.4038/jas.v8i2.5744
Published on
05 Jul 2013.
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