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Genetic diversity of worldwide Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus) germplasm as revealed by RAPD markers.
Genetics and molecular research : GMR - 12 Dec 2011
Wangsomnuk P P, Khampa S, Wangsomnuk P, Jogloy S, Mornkham T, Ruttawat B, Patanothai A, Fu Y B
Abstract excerpt
Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus) is a wild relative of the cultivated sunflower (H. annuus); it is an old tuber crop that has recently received renewed interest. We used RAPD markers to characterize 147 Jerusalem artichoke accessions from nine countries. Thirty RAPD primers were screened; 13 of them detected 357 reproducible RAPD bands, of which 337 were polymorphic. Various diversity analyses...
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