ABSTRACT The success of breeding programs depends on genetic variability. Individuals selected based a few traits may be limitation. One alternative is the use nonparametric indices. However, there no information selection indices in melon germplasms. present study aimed to estimate dissimilarity germplasm and select potential parent plants for future programs. material consisted 37 accessions....

the genetic diversity among 56 almond (prunus dulcis) genotypes was analysed using 35 microsatellite markers and 14 morphological traits. analysis of morphological traits revealed a wide range of variation among the studied genotypes. out of 35 simple sequence repeats (ssrs) markers, 25 were polymorphic, producing 215 alleles that varied from 2 to 16 with an average of 8.76 alleles per locus. r...