Similarly, SSRs are the most sought after DNA markers for germplasm characterization in several tree species like avocado (Gross-German and Viruel [2013]), Psidium guajava (Sitther et al. [2014]), Olive (Trujillo et al. [2014]), Tamarix (Terzoli et al. [2014]) and Prunus (Khadivi-Khub et al. [2014]).
The SSRs detected in this study can be used as genetic markers for germplasm evaluation of breeding and imported populations.
Reproducibility, polymorphism frequencies, and ease of scoring are important criteria to evaluate the value of markers for germplasm characterization.
In order to assess the potential of newly developed markers for germplasm analysis, screening of these markers on 32 genotypes showed reasonable level of polymorphism.
We expect that the SSRs detected in this study can then be used as genetic markers for germplasm evaluation of breeding and imported populations.
Here, we present the first set of polymorphic nuclear microsatellite markers suitable for germplasm diversity studies and further genetic conservation in X. sagittifolium.
We report on the development, application, mapping and utility of DArT™ markers for sorghum germplasm.
SSRs have been potentially designated as a class of co-dominant markers for evaluating germplasm, establishing phylogenetic and evolutionary relationships.
Taking advantage of these previously obtained SNP data, the objective of this work was to implement a set of polymorphic SNP markers for systematic germplasm bank characterization within the Citrus genus and to investigate their transferability across the Aurantioideae [Engler] subfamily.
Genome-wide molecular markers are used for germplasm characterization, assessment of genetic diversity, to accelerate introgression or backcrossing programs, and for the mapping of complex traits.
The analysis of polymorphism in the set of sunflower accessions studied here showed that both the microsatellites and SNP markers were informative for germplasm characterization, although to different extents.
