title: Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci for a bioenergy grass, Miscanthus sacchariflorus (Poaceae).
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Microsatellite loci were developed for the biomass C4 grass, Miscanthus sacchariflorus, and proved to be suitable markers for population genetic studies and germplasm management of this species. •
  
  
  RESULTS
  Twenty-three polymorphic microsatellite loci were identified from an enriched genomic library of M. sacchariflorus. The polymorphism was assessed in 50 individuals from two populations in China. The number of alleles per locus varied from two to 18, with a mean of 8.13. The observed and expected heterozygosities ranged from 0.2 to 1.0 and from 0.198 to 0.898, respectively. •
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These new markers will be useful for further investigation of genetic diversity and population genetic structure as well as molecular breeding of Miscanthus species.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Hai-Fei
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Shan-Shan
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Song
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ge
keywords: Miscanthus sacchariflorus; Poaceae; genetic diversity; germplasm resources; microsatellites; simple sequence repeat markers