Molecular Characterization and Population Structure Analysis of Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) germplasm
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2022
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COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE, SWAMI KESHWANAND RAJASTHAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY
Abstract
Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) is a fruit-bearing deciduous
shrub and belongs to the family Punicaceae. Pomegranate is considered
as an ancient fruit under modern horticulture. It has diploid chromosome
number (2n = 2x = 18) and small genome size (328 Mb) with 29229
annotated genes (Qin et al., 2017). Pomegranate is native to Iran and
extensively grown in the Mediterranean countries like Spain, Morocco,
Egypt, Iran, Afghanistan and Baluchistan. It is also cultivated to some
extent in Myanmar, China, USA and India. The global estimate of
pomegranate production is around 20.55 lakh tonnes from an area of 3.00
lakh hectares (FAO, 2018).