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Molecular Characterization of Black Pepper (Piper Nigrum) Using RAPD and SSR Markers

Remmia Raghavan1, S. Elumalai1, K. Nirmal babu2, and  Shailaja Hittalmani3

1P.G. Research Department of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, Presidency College Chennai - 600 065 India.

2Dept of Crop Improvement and Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Spices Research, Calicut, Kerala - 673 012 India.

3Marker Assisted Selection Laboratory, Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, UAS,GKVK, Bangalore - 560 065 India.

ABSTRACT: A set of 20 Piper nigrum (Black Pepper) accessions were screened to identify the extent of genetic diversity present at the Molecular level using RAPD and SSR markers.. Dendogram constructed based on molecular polymorphism unveiled considerable amount of diversity among the varieties. Among this the SSR markers were found to be useful in discrimination and identification of the genotypes as it gave more genotypic specific bands.

KEYWORDS: Piper nigrum; SSR; RAPD; genetic diversity

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Raghavan R, Elumalai S, Babu K. N, Hittalmani S. Molecular Characterization of Black Pepper (Piper Nigrum) Using RAPD and SSR Markers. Biosci Biotech Res Asia 2010;7(2)
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Raghavan R, Elumalai S, Babu K. N, Hittalmani S. Molecular Characterization of Black Pepper (Piper Nigrum) Using RAPD and SSR Markers. Biosci Biotech Res Asia 2010;7(2). Available from:https://www.biotech-asia.org/?p=9791

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