MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF GENETIC MALE STERILE GENOTYPES IN COTTON (Gossypium Sp.)

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2004
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UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES GKVK, BANGALORE
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"Cotton is the most important textile fibre and knowledge on genetic relatedness among the advanced lines is essential for crop improvement. The genetic diversity analysis of GMS genotypes through molecular markers will be useful in diversifying the genotypes for creation of hybrid combination. Application of molecular markers is an interesting alternative for selecting male sterile plants. Twenty near isogenic diploid GMS lines were screened using 119 random decamer primers of which 82 markers were found to polymorphic with 61.7 per cent polymorphism. Out of 314 amplicons amplified, 187 were found to be polymorphic, with an average of 3.83 fragments per primer of which 2.28 were polymorphic. The similarity among genotypes ranged from 70 to 98 per cent. Genetic diversity analysis among fourteen near isogenic tetraploid GMS lines was carried out using 88 random decamer primers. Out of 310 fragments amplified, 190 were found to be polymorphic with an average of 5.44 fragments per primer, 3.33 fragments per primer were polymorphic. OPY primers were found to be highly polymorphic. Presence of genetic diversity was evidenced by genetic similarity indices (0.76 - 0.98). The sterile and fertile plants of different genotypes made independent clusters indicating their divergence. RAPD markers are used as a tool for estimating genetic diversity and can be used on continuing basis to document the available variability in the cotton germplasm. Since G. hirsutum and G.arboreum groups have been improved independently, these form separate clusters, depicting enormous variation among them despite having same genome. Markers OPB04 and 0PZ14 showed genetic diversity between fertile and sterile plants of all the diploid GMS genotypes. Similarly the marker OPB04 also showed genetic diversity within fertile and sterile plants of the tetraploid GMS genotypes. Hence, they can be considered as putative markers for linkage studies and identification of male sterile and fertile plants."
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