Morphological and Genetic Variability of Natural Syrian Carob (Ceratonia Silique L.)

International Journal of Agriculture & Environmental Science

© 2018 by SSRG - IJAES Journal

Volume 5 Issue 2

Year of Publication : 2018

Authors : Hafez Mahfoud, Tala Ameen, Fadi Kazngi, Samer Nasser

10.14445/23942568/IJAES-V5I2P110

How to Cite?

Hafez Mahfoud, Tala Ameen, Fadi Kazngi, Samer Nasser, " Morphological and Genetic Variability of Natural Syrian Carob (Ceratonia Silique L.)," SSRG International Journal of Agriculture & Environmental Science, vol. 5,  no. 2, pp. 70-76, 2018. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/23942568/IJAES-V5I2P110

Abstract:

Morphological and genetic variation of 24 carob accessions geographically dispersed all over the Syrian coast were investigated. In order to establish genetic and morphological relationships among the studied accessions, 18 randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) primers, along with measurements from 13 morphological traits of carob pods and seeds were used. For the RAPD analysis, the 18 primers yielded 169 bands from which 105 were polymorphic. The cophenetic correlation coefficient between the similarities and (UPGMA) phenograms were 39% for the RAPDs and 88% for the morphological traits.In general, morphological analysis were found to be in consistent with the molecular data, and both methods generated enough polymorphism to discriminate the Syrian carob resulted in the separation of the 24 accessions into three groups (morphological data) and two groups (RAPD marker).

Keywords:

Carob, RAPD, Syrian coast, Morphology, Genetic diversity.

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