Assessment of Genetic Relationships Between Two Species of Jute Plants Using Phenotypic and RAPD Markers

Genetic Diversity of Vernonia as Revealed By Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) Markers

“…The molecular outcome presented above agrees with Baye and Becker (2005) who reported an overall genetic diversity for all traits of 0.76 using Shanon-Weaver diversity index (H") which means that there is high polymorphism among different Vernonia lines. Similar results had been reported by earlier workers for other plants; Ogunkanmi et al, (2010) reported 74% for Corchorus olitorus genotypes with RAPD primers while Tony-Odigie et al, (2012) reported a coefficient of 0.75 in Amaranthus viridis genotypes also tested with RAPD primers. Wang et al, (1998) distinguished 8 accessions of Opuntia on the basis of phenotypic and molecular analysis.…”

“…Molecular markers have been used extensively in genetic diversity analysis and germplasm organization in crops such as Solanum and its related species (Sifau,2013), Cowpea and its wild relatives (Ogunkanmi, 2005), as well as in the assessment of genetic relationships between species of Jute plants (Ogunkanmi et al, 2010) and Amaranthus species (Tony-Odigie et al,2012). Earlier studies by other researchers had considered such crops as Arachis (Lanham et al, 1992); Brassicas (Dos- Santos et al, 1994); genetic estimation as predictors for hybrid performance (Bernado, 1994); genetic map construction for the localization of loci conditioning simply inherited traits (e.g.…”

“…RAPD markers offer the quick screening of different regions of the genome for genetic polymorphism and are applied widely, particularly in plant molecular biology for the detection of genetic variation, construction of linkage maps in plants and animals and in the bulk segregant analysis for identifying markers linked to target genes (Huang et al, 2003). Genetic diversity studies have been reported for other plants such as vegetable Solanum (Sifau, 2013), jute plant -Corchorus olitorius (Ogunkanmi et al, 2010), stoke asters -Stokesia laevis (Gettys and Werner, 2001) and Amaranthus species (Tony-Odigie et al, 2012).…”

The genetic diversity of leaf vegetable jute mallow (Corchorus spp.): A review

“…In another study, forty from C. incifolus and another forty from C. olitorius were used by Ogunkanmi et al (2010). In this study, they reported a continuous distribution of mean value for the parameters they measured except for number of leaves in C. olitorius which indicated superiority of a leafy vegetable over other genotypes (Ogunkanmi et al 2010).…”

Genetic variability assessment of accessions of Corchorus olitorius L. using sodium dodecyl sulphate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis

“…Little or no molecular studies have been performed to estimate the diversity of C. olitorius in Nigeria (Ogunkanmi et al, 2010). Most genetic diversity studies had been focused on vegetative and physiological characteristics.…”