title: New microsatellite loci for pomegranate, Punica granatum (Lythraceae).
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  A new set of pomegranate microsatellites was selected and characterized to assess the level of genetic diversity among cultivars and wild genotypes. •
  
  
  RESULTS
  Nine Simple Sequence Repeat (SSR) markers were obtained using the Microsatellite-AFLP technique and were successfully amplified in 34 genotypes belonging to Italian, Spanish, and Turkish germplasm collections. The number of alleles per locus ranged from 1 to 5, and the total number of alleles was 22. •
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Because only a few codominant markers are available for this species, the newly identified SSRs will facilitate genetic diversity studies, fingerprinting, and mapping. In addition, the 9 loci successfully amplified in P. granatum var. nana. No cross transferability was observed for Cuphea micropetala and Lagerstroemia indica (Lythraceae).
authors: Dipartimento di OrtoFloroArboricoltura e Tecnologie Agroalimentari, University of Catania, Via Valdisavoia 5 Catania 95123 Italy.
authors: Sergio
authors: S
authors: Currò
authors: Marco
authors: M
authors: Caruso
authors: Gaetano
authors: G
authors: Distefano
authors: Alessandra
authors: A
authors: Gentile
authors: Stefano
authors: S
authors: La Malfa