Analysis genetic diversity of rombeng pines using RAPD markers

Abstract

The tourism industry in Indonesia continues to grow from year to year, as evidenced by the expansion of tourism villages. In the context of tourism, the term’resources’ refers to everything that has the potential to be developed to directly or indirectly support tourism. The natural potential of the Rombeng pine forest (Pinus sp.) in Bantaeng Regency, South Sulawesi, has become a tourist attraction for the surrounding community and visitors from outside the city. This pine species has a trunk characteristic that distinguishes it from scattered pine in general. This trait is manifested by grayish skin and a reddish hue that can be exfoliated. Based on this, an examination of the genetic diversity of pine species in the Bantaeng district was conducted. Utilizing Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers and Darwin 6. 0 as a research methodology. This study indicates that the diversity value (HE) of Pinus species is 0.46, which is relatively high. The near category of based genetic distance is dominated by genetic kinship, and the closest genetic distance is 0.04 while the farthest is 0.80.