title: Genetic relationships among wild pomegranate (Punica granatum) genotypes from Coruh Valley in Turkey.
abstract: The pomegranate has been used traditionally in Coruh Valley in Turkey for a long time; fruits are harvested from wild, semi-domesticated and cultivated trees. In the valley, it occurs in general along with olive trees. We sampled 23 wild-grown pomegranate genotypes sampled from different parts of Coruh Valley and compared them using RAPD primers to determine genetic variability. Eighty-six RAPD primers were used for molecular characterizations, among which 12 gave reliable polymorphic patterns. These primers generated 145 RAPD bands of which 91% were polymorphic. The highest polymorphism ratio was observed with primers OPY06, OPY13, OPBA03, OPBB03, OPBB07, and OPBB09 (100%), while the lowest was with OPBB09 and OPBB10 (75%). The band size was between 250 and 2400 bp. There were five main clusters in the dendrogram; the highest genetic similarity was 0.24 and the lowest was 0.08.
authors.affiliation: Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey. sercisli@gmail.com
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ercisli
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gadze
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Agar
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yildirim
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hizarci
mesh_terms: D005838:Genotype; D029561:Lythraceae / Q000235:genetics*; D019105:Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Technique; D014421:Turkey