Climate change and anthropogenic habitat destruction have led to the extinction of many species. Ostrya rehderiana (Betulaceae) is a typical rare endangered species, only five wild individuals survived. In 1980s, offspring trees were planted for ex situ conservation grown into stable cultivated populations. To protect O. resources, genetic diversity structure this species analysed using SSR mar...

Einkorn (Triticum monococcum L. ssp. monococcum) is an ancient diploid wheat species with many useful traits and used as a gene discovery model. In this research, total of 41 tetraploid accessions were tested using simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers. A 33 genotypes T. along four each (T. dicoccon durum) plant material. The analysis utilized 10 polymorphic markers, including number alleles ave...

Genes possessed by microbes in the rhizosphere influence metabolic activities that occur this zone. Although maize has been reported to be a hotspot of genes, these genes remain under-investigated. Hence, study aimed at identifying putative microbial with plant beneficial functions underexplored microbiome using shotgun metagenomics approach. Sampling was done flowering stage plants and both bu...

The development of new asparagus (Asparagus officinalis L.) cultivars has been hindered by the lack genetic diversity in crop. current study aims at generating novel plant material to widen base crop using CWR (crop wild relatives). We have developed a hexaploid population about 1000 plants with introgressions four polyploid species (A. maritimus, A. pseudoscaber, brachyphyllus and macrorrhizus...

Knowledge about the population genetic variation of the endangered orchid, Cypripedium japonicum, is conducive to the development of conservation strategies. Here, we examined the levels and partitioning of inter-simple sequence repeat (ISSR) diversity (109 loci) in five populations of this orchid to gain insight into its genetic variation and population structure in Eastern and Central China. ...

Siberian wild rye (Elymus sibiricus L.) is an important native grass in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau of China. It is difficult to grow for commercial seed production, since seed shattering causes yield losses during harvest. Assessing the genetic diversity and relationships among germplasm from its primary distribution area contributes to evaluating the potential for its utilization as a gene pool...

BACKGROUND Tea is the world's most popular non-alcoholic beverage. China and India are known to be the largest tea producing countries and recognized as the centers for the domestication of the tea plant (Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze). However, molecular studies on the origin, domestication and relationships of the main teas, China type, Assam type and Cambod type are lacking. METHODOLOGY...

The objectives of this study were to evaluate the usefulness of DArT markers in genotypic identification of willow species and describe genetic relationships between four willow species: Salix viminalis, S. purpurea, S. alba and S. triandra. The experimental plant material comprised 53 willow genotypes of these four species, which are popularly grown in Poland. DArT markers seem to identify Sal...

Bromeliads are of great economic importance in flower production; however little information is available with respect to genetic characterization of cultivated bromeliads thus far. In the present study, a selection of cultivated bromeliads was characterized via inter-simple sequence repeat (ISSR) markers with an emphasis on genetic diversity and population structure. Twelve ISSR primers produc...

In this study, the genetic diversity and structure of 13 natural locations of Salix purpurea were determined with the use of AFLP (amplified length polymorphism), RAPD (randomly amplified polymorphic DNA) and ISSR (inter-simple sequence repeats). The genetic relationships between 91 examined S. purpurea genotypes were evaluated by analyses of molecular variance (AMOVA), principal coordinates an...