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Assessment of genetic diversity in indigenous turmeric (Curcuma longa) germplasm from India using molecular markers

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Curcuma longa L., commonly known as turmeric, is one of the economically and medicinally important plant species. It is predominantly cultivated in the tropical and sub tropical countries. India is the largest producer, and exporter of turmeric in the world, followed by China, Indonesia, Bangladesh and Thailand. In the present study, Directed Amplification of Minisatellite DNA (DAMD) and Inter Simple Sequence Repeats (ISSR), methods were used to estimate the genetic variability in indigenous turmeric germplasm. Cumulative data analysis for DAMD (15) and ISSR (13) markers resulted into 478 fragments, out of which 392 fragments were polymorphic, revealing 82 % polymorphism across the turmeric genotypes. Wide range of pairwise genetic distances (0.03–0.59) across the genotypes revealed that these genotypes are genetically quite diverse. The UPGMA dendrogram generated using cumulative data showed significant relationships amongst the genotypes. All 29 genotypes studied grouped into two clusters irrespective of their geographical affiliations with 100 % bootstrap value except few genotypes, suggesting considerable diversity amongst the genotypes. These results suggested that the current collection of turmeric genotypes preserve the vast majority of natural variations. The results further demonstrate the efficiency and reliability of DAMD and ISSR markers in determining the genetic diversity and relationships among the indigenous turmeric germplasm. DAMD and ISSR profiling have identified diverse turmeric genotypes, which could be further utilized in various genetic improvement programmes including conventional as well as marker assisted breeding towards development of new and desirable turmeric genotypes.

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This work was financially supported by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi under the grant BSC0110 (AGTEC). The authors would like to thank Director, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow (India) for facilities and encouragements.

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    Sushma Verma, Shweta Singh, Suresh Sharma, S. K. Tewari, R. K. Roy, A. K. Goel & T. S. Rana

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Verma, S., Singh, S., Sharma, S. et al. Assessment of genetic diversity in indigenous turmeric (Curcuma longa) germplasm from India using molecular markers. Physiol Mol Biol Plants 21, 233–242 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12298-015-0286-2

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