New Guinea impatiens ( Impatiens hawkeri) is an economically important floral crop, however, little work has been conducted to further our understanding of the genetics of this crop. In this study, we used amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) technology to investigate the level of polymorphism present among 41 commercial cultivars of New Guinea impatiens, study their genetic relatedness, and assess the genetic diversity in this material. An efficient DNA extraction protocol was developed, and a total of 48 EcoRI and MseI primer combinations were used for PCR amplification. Amplification products were then subjected to polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The AFLP analysis showed that all 41 cultivars generated between 73 and 130 scoreable polymorphic bands per primer combination. Gower's Genetic Dissimilarity estimates for the entire set of cultivars ranged between 0.940 and 0.488. A dendogram was generated from these dissimilarity data that revealed four groupings among these 41 cultivars. The implications of these results on genotypic variation, genetic relationships, and genetic diversity in New Guinea impatiens will be discussed.
Although seed impatiens is the leading bedding plant in the US, little work has been conducted on evaluating the genetic variability present in this crop. In this study, amplified fragment length polymorphism technology was utilized to determine the level of polymorphism present across 20 commercial cultivars of seed impatiens, to assess their genetic variability, and to investigate their genetic relatedness. A total of eight EcoRI and MseI primer combinations were used for polymerase chain reaction amplification. Fluorescence-labelled amplification products were subjected to electrophoresis and then analysed using an automated sequencer. High levels of polymorphism were detected among all 20 cultivars for all primer combinations tested. Gower's Genetic Dissimilarity estimates for the entire set of cultivars ranged from 1.000 to 0.316. The dendogram generated from these dissimilarity data revealed a number of groupings, including one major division which placed all of the cultivars into one of two groups. The implications of these results on genetic variability, genotypic relationships and genetic diversity in seed impatiens is discussed.
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