Indian Journal of Agricultural Research

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Indian Journal of Agricultural Research, volume 50 issue 5 (october 2016) : 446-450

Genetic diversity in Cinnamomum tamala Nees. accessions through DNA fingerprinting using molecular markers

Garima Gwari, Ujjwal Bhandari, Gaurav Naik, S. Zafar Haider*, Nirpendra Chauhan
1<p>Centre for Aromatic Plants (CAP),&nbsp;Industrial Estate Selaqui, Dehradun-248 011, India.</p>
Cite article:- Gwari Garima, Bhandari Ujjwal, Naik Gaurav, Haider* Zafar S., Chauhan Nirpendra (2016). Genetic diversity in Cinnamomum tamala Nees. accessions throughDNA fingerprinting using molecular markers . Indian Journal of Agricultural Research. 50(5): 446-450. doi: 10.18805/ijare.v0i.11287.

The present study aims to investigate the genetic variation in Cinnamomum tamala Nees. (Lauraceae) accessions collected from different locations of Uttarakhand Himalaya. The leaves samples were analyzed by using RAPD and ISSR markers. A total 22 primers were used for initial screening in order to select the ones giving good amplification. Seven primers (OPA-12, OPA-18, OPB-10, OPB-17, ISSR-21, ISSR-24 and ISSR-30) were found to be polymorphic in eight accessions. Based on combined profile of ISSR and RAPD markers the dendrogram was constructed by using UPGMA cluster analysis and all the accessions showed discrimination from one another. All the accessions were clustered into two major groups, one containing T1-T4 and second T5-T8. The percentage of polymorphic bands was 86.3 % for three ISSR markers and 70.5 % for four RAPD markers. This emphasize that ISSR markers were found to be the best for genetic variation in the species.


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