First line in abstract should be Date palm is an important fruit crop of the arid and semiarid region. In the present investigation two types of DNA based marker RAPD and ISSR were used to characterize 8 date palm genotypes grown in the Kutch region. Amplification of genomic DNA of 8 genotypes using 13 RAPD analyses yielded 88 fragments, of which 35 were polymorphic, with an average of 2.69 polymorphic fragments per primer. Two ISSR primers produced 13 bands of which 3 were polymorphic. RAPD markers were more efficient than ISSR assay with regard to polymorphic detection; RAPD markers detected 39.77% as compared to 23.07% of ISSR markers. Cluster analysis by UPGMA showed that the dendrogram obtained by RAPD and RAPD + ISSR were similar. Cluster A consisted of Early maturing, Ghanshyam and Late maturing female genotypes with 0.81 to 0.88 Jaccard's similarity range. Cluster B consisted of Seasonal female, Male-1, Male-2, Male-3 and Male-4 genotypes with 0.82 to 0.91 similarity range. Genotypes Male-1 and Male-2 were most closely related with the highest value in similarity for Jaccard's coefficient (0.91). Principal coordinate analysis differentiated one group of genotype Male-1 and Male-4 while other genotypes were randomly distributed.

Rice is the most important staple food crop among the cereals and feeds more than half of the world's population. Assessment of genetic diversity is of utmost importance in rice breeding from the perspective of selection, conservation and proper utilization. The present study was undertaken with an objective to assess the genetic diversity among 27 rice cultivars with 12 SSR markers. The results revealed a total of 40 alleles were detected across 27 rice cultivars tested. PIC values varied widely among SSR loci tested and it ranged from 0.38 to 0.65, with an average of 0.56 per marker. The 27 rice cultivars were grouped into two major clusters i.e., cluster I and II with similarity coefficient 0.13. Cluster I was sub divided into two minor subgroups IA and IB having 5 and 8 genotypes respectively. These subgroups were further subdivided into minor groups. In similar way, the second main cluster i.e. Cluster II was also sub divided into two minor subgroups that is IIA and IIB having 5 and 9 genotypes respectively. These subgroups were further divided into minor groups. This indicated presence of considerable diversity in the genotypes studied and the most diverse cultivars were IR 98846-2-1-2-3 and IR 14D201.

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