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MORPHOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION – NOMENCLATURE AMBIGUITY IN INDIAN MANGOES
Article number
992_44
Pages
331 – 339
Language
English
Abstract
Mango (Mangifera indica), The King of Fruits, is one of the most popular and choicest fruits of India.
Over 1000 cultivars are said to exist in the country.
The large variability available in India has not been exploited to the full potential for use in various forms and still a lot of indigenous germplasm has not been characterized.
Thus, the present study was aimed at characterization of mango germplasm to identify duplicates in the germplasm by morphological characterisation using standard Bioversity International Descriptor (IPGRI). The present investigations using both morphological and molecular methods (SSR) resulted in the identification of duplicate accessions viz., Thumbebeedu and Isagoor Appe, Dorganikayi and Shahjahan, Peter and Lal Pairi and clarified the ambiguity in nomenclature.
However, molecular characterization using SSR markers of these synonyms differ with respect to a few loci which could be due to the changes in their locus.
Over 1000 cultivars are said to exist in the country.
The large variability available in India has not been exploited to the full potential for use in various forms and still a lot of indigenous germplasm has not been characterized.
Thus, the present study was aimed at characterization of mango germplasm to identify duplicates in the germplasm by morphological characterisation using standard Bioversity International Descriptor (IPGRI). The present investigations using both morphological and molecular methods (SSR) resulted in the identification of duplicate accessions viz., Thumbebeedu and Isagoor Appe, Dorganikayi and Shahjahan, Peter and Lal Pairi and clarified the ambiguity in nomenclature.
However, molecular characterization using SSR markers of these synonyms differ with respect to a few loci which could be due to the changes in their locus.
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Authors
C. Vasugi, M.R. Dinesh, K.V. Ravishankar, B. Padmakar
Keywords
mango, characterization, morphological, molecular, germplasm
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