First line in abstract should be Date palm is an important fruit crop of the arid and semiarid region. In the present investigation two types of DNA based marker RAPD and ISSR were used to characterize 8 date palm genotypes grown in the Kutch region. Amplification of genomic DNA of 8 genotypes using 13 RAPD analyses yielded 88 fragments, of which 35 were polymorphic, with an average of 2.69 pol...

Six morphometric traits (height at withers, body length, chest girth, ear length, tail length and body weight) were analyzed to characterize from a breed point of view 1981 sheep from four ovine breeds (Bellary, Kenguri, Hassan and Mandya) of southern peninsular zone of India. Discriminant Function Analysis was used to distinguish between four breeds by morphometric traits. The population varia...

The goal of our study was to use spatial scan statics to determine whether the night roosts of European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) act as point sources for the dissemination of Escherichia coli O157:H7 among dairy farms. From 2007 to 2009, we collected bovine faecal samples (n = 9000) and starling gastrointestinal contents (n = 430) from 150 dairy farms in northeastern Ohio, USA. Isolates of ...

Coprinus comatus strains (CCMs) originating from Poland were identified using ITS region sequencing. Based on the sequences obtained, the genetic relationship between the CCM strains was determined and a clear separation of all strains into two main clusters was obtained. The Coprinus strains were also genetically characterized for the first time by the AFLP technique. The analysis showed that ...

Parapiptadenia rigida is a tropical early secondary succession tree characteristic of the Tropical Atlantic Rainforest. This species is of great ecological importance in the recovery of degraded areas. In this study we investigated the variability and population genetic structure of eight populations of P. rigida. Five AFLP primer combinations were used in a sample of 159 individuals representi...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Phaffia rhodozyma is a red yeast which produces astaxanthin as the major carotenoid pigment. Astaxanthin is thought to reduce the incidence of cancer and degenerative diseases in man. It also enhances the immune response and acts as a free-radical quencher, a precursor of vitamin A, or a pigment involved in the visual attraction of animals as mating partners. The impac...

Genetic diversity is getting have been increasingly narrowed by the dense bred cultivar usage for production, on other hand, genetic variation created landraces known as raw material of plant breeding. A collection 21-landrace and three-commercial tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) genotypes were screened allele profile, definition similarity with aim identifying variability in level 40 SSR...

Momordica cochinchinensis or gac fruit is a 'superfruit' that well-known in Vietnam. Gac an orange ovoid shape and has soft spiny texture. In Malaysia, new less known plant. This study aimed to characterize using morphological analysis involving both vegetative reproductive parts the genetic diversity by Inter-simple sequence repeat (ISSR) analysis. Four different accessions were collected from...

In Andalusia (Spain), there are different wine regions that have a great recognized tradition. these regions, the cultivation of vine is ancient and still vineyards planted with local varieties Vitis vinifera L. not yet been identified. The aim this research study was to identify 49 accessions grapevine collected in districts four provinces (Spain). All samples were genotyped 20 microsatellite ...

The experiment was conducted at Plant Genetic Resources Centre, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI) and the genotypes were collected from Chapainawabganj, most mango variability rich district in Bangladesh. molecular characters of germplasm assessed by using six simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification DNA isolated 60 with 6 SSR primers p...