Genetic Diversity Studies on Wheat Landraces in Palestine Using RAPD Markers in Comparison to Phenotypic Classification

Journal of Applied Biological Sciences

Buthaina MEZEID¹  Khaled SAWALHA¹  Haitham HASASNEH¹  Hatem EIDEH¹  Sa’ad LAHAM¹ 

关键词: Wheat;    Genetic diversity;    RAPD;   

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学科分类：生物科学（综合）

来源: Nobel Bilim ve Arasirma Merkezi/Nobel Science and Research Cente

【 摘 要 】

Wheatisahighlyeconomicagriculturalcropworldwide.Profitabilityofwheatcanbeincreasedthroughselectionbyfarmers,whichshowedanincreaseingrainandstrawproduction.Descriptionoflandracesisessentialinordertoreservefarmer’srightsintheirlandraceswhichtheymaintainedforseveralyears.Estimatesofgeneticrelationshipareimportantindesigningcropimprovementprograms.Informationongeneticdiversityisalsovaluedforthemanagementofgermplasmandforevolvingconservationstrategies.Molecularmarkersarethebesttoolsfordetermininggeneticrelationstodomesticcultivars.ThisstudywasundertakentoexaminetheextentofgeneticvariationamongthediverseindividualsofimportantcropssuchaswheatandtoevaluateRAPDasamolecularmarkerforgeneticclassificationofcultivarsofwheatandcomparethisapproachwiththeauthenticdatacollectedfromthesamecultivarscultivatedinPalestine.Theresultsofthisworkclearlyindicatedthelevelofgeneticdiversityandsimilaritiesexpressedinclustersofthelandracesanalyzed.TheRAPDtechniquecouldbeusedeffectivelytodemonstratevaluableresultsforfarmersinrecognitionoflandracesandtheiroriginalsources.

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