The Journal "Agriculture and Forestry"
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Year 2013, Volume 59 Issue 2
| Year : | 2013 |
| Volume : | 59 |
| Issue : | 2 |
| Authors : | Ariola BACU, Valbona MATA, Efigjeni KONGJIKA |
| Title : | POMEGRANADES OF ALBANIA, THE MOLECULAR EVALUATION OF THEIR GENETIC DIVERSITY AND POSSIBLE IN VITRO PROPAGATION OF BEST VARIETIES |
| Abstract : | The pomegranate (Punica granatum, Punicaceae) is cultivated and naturalized over the whole Mediterranean region since ancient times, and is also present in different areas of Albania. While there is enough evidence on the morphological discrimination among varieties of pomegranade around the world, on contrary the number of studies on molecular analysis of the genetic differences among them are more restricted. The same situation is present for studies regarding the pomegranade of Albania. It is considered as a local fruit of low use compared to other species, however, during the last years it has been much more present in the markets and in the consumers tables. For this reason, research is being conducted on the establishment of the genetic relationships among varieties of pomegranade of Albania and on the micropropagation, which could help in overcoming difficulties of vegetative propagation, production of true to-type plants and rapid and mass production of planting materials. The genetic relations among 10 local varieties presented here were based on RAPDs. From the random decamer primers used, 187 fragments were produced, of each 60 polymorphic. Estimates of genetic relationships, were conducted using Jaccard’s similarity coefficient. It is also represented the work conducted on the micropropagation of three local varieties. The data on the response of the explants of the three cultivars were compared and the differences in shoots number, leaves number and shoot length parameter were observed and analysed. This work will be continued for a better evaluation of the genetic relatedness among more cultivars and for the improvement of the methodology of micropropagation. |
| For citation : | Ariola BACU, Valbona MATA, Efigjeni KONGJIKA (2013): POMEGRANADES OF ALBANIA, THE MOLECULAR EVALUATION OF THEIR GENETIC DIVERSITY AND POSSIBLE IN VITRO PROPAGATION OF BEST VARIETIES. Agriculture & Forestry, Vol. 59. Issue 2: 157-165, 2013, Podgorica. ISSN 0554-5579 (Printed), ISSN 1800-9492 (Online). |
| Keywords : | pomegranate, RAPDs, micropropagation, vegetative propagation. |
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