Author/Authors :
Kabir، Sania نويسنده University of Poonch, Rawalkot, AJK , , Tahira، Riffat نويسنده Plant Genetic Resources Institute , , Khan، Mohammad Fareed نويسنده University of Poonch, Rawalkot, AJK , , Naeemullah، Muhammad نويسنده Plant Genetic Resources Institute, NARC, Park Road, , , Jamal، Atif نويسنده Plant Genetic Resources Institute, NARC, Park Road, ,
Abstract :
Present study was conducted to investigate the genetic relatedness among mint gene pool conserved at Plant Genetic Resources Institute, Islamabad. Genetic diversity was explored among 20 Mentha accessions through randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers. All the used markers produced 60 band, on average 6 bands per primer. Size of the amplified products ranged from 250bp to 4500bp. Highest size band was amplified by OPA-12 primer while, OPA-11, OPA-16, and OPB-3 produced smallest band. Similarity between the accessions ranged from 0-78%, maximum (100%) difference was observed among seven pairs of accessions. Dendrogram based on unweighted pair group method of arithamtic means (UPGMA) divided 20 mint accessions into three main clusters and catnip and jangli podina as two distinct accessions. This information could be useful in proper management and expansion of mint germplasm.
