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Pak. J. Bot., 48(2): 637-644, 2016.

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  Updated: 01-04-16

 

 

GENETIC DIVERSITY AND STRUCTURE ANALYSIS IN WILD AND LANDRACES OF BARLEY FROM JORDAN BY USING ISJ MARKERS

 

ABDUL WAHID BALOCH1*, MUHAMMAD JURIAL BALOCH1, M. ALI2, MUNAIZA BALOCH1, QAMARUDDIN JOGI3, ABDUL MAJEED BALOCH4, IRFAN AHMED BALOCH1 AND SONG WEINING5

 

Abstract: The present experiment was carried out to estimate genetic diversity and genetic structure in cultivated and wild barley populations collected from Jordan which is considered as primary gene pool of barley. In a total, 94 cultivated barley accessions composed of 4 populations and 52 wild barley accessions consisted of 3 populations were used for genetic analysis using 7 Intron Splice Junction (ISJ) markers. The genetic diversity index (He) of cultivated barley ranged between 0.049 and 0.060; whereas that of wild barley populations ranged between 0.084 and 0.146, suggesting that wild resources of barley harbored greater genetic diversity than its domesticated counterpart, reflecting that barley domestication occurred with genetic bottleneck. Analysis of molecular variance showed high genetic variations among rather than within populations, referring that high genetic differentiation of barley populations caused by genetic and geographical separation of the populations in the harsh growing conditions of Fertile Crescent. Principal coordinate, clustering and STRUCTURE analysis not only separated cultivated and wild barley, but also each single population, showing their genetic basis and original sample site. The obtained results also revealed that there is lesser genetic communication between cultivated and wild barley under natural environments. The current findings can better be exploited for collection and utilization of plant germplasms.

 

Key words: ISJ markers, Genetic diversity, Barley, Jordan.

 


1Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics, 2Department of Biotechnology, 3Department of Agronomy,

4Department of Horticulture, Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam, Pakistan,

5College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China

*Corresponding author’s email: balochabdulwahid@yahoo.com


   
   

 

   
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