Assessment of Genetic Diversity and Protein Content of Scandinavian Peas (Pisum sativum)

We produced homogeneous lines of 227 pea accessions from the Nordic Genetic Resource Center via single seed descent. The genetic diversity among these, mostly Scandinavian accessions, was investigated using three microsatellite markers, A9, AC58 and AA5. microsatellites were highly informative separated 153 194 on a Neighbor Joining topology. high polymorphism information content (PIC) values between 0.87 0.91 indicated that gene bank material contains large number with different breeding histories. peas grown in field for two years protein showed variation 9.3% 34.1% over respectively. mean thousand weight 152.05 g. More than 10 had above 28%, showing collection has potential as nursery high-protein cultivars.