RAPD ANALYSIS AMONG PIGEON PEA [CAJANUS CAJAN L. MILL SP.] CULTIVARS FOR GENETIC DIVERSITY

S.S. GANGURDE¹*, B.B. GHORPADE², A. DINESH³, M. BARAMAPPANAVARA⁴, A.R. SAVANT⁵, R.H. AUTADE^6
1Biotechnology Centre, Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Agicultural University, Akola 444104, Maharashtra, India
²College of Agricultural Biotechnology, Loni, Pravaranagar, 413736, Maharashtra, India
³Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Agricultural University, Raichur, 584104
⁴Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Agricultural University, Raichur, 584104
⁵College of Agricultural Biotechnology, Loni, Pravaranagar, 413736, Maharashtra, India
⁶College of Agricultural Biotechnology, Loni, Pravaranagar, 413736, Maharashtra, India
* Corresponding Author : sgangurde40@gmail.com

Received : 17-03-2016     Accepted : 18-06-2016     Published : 28-06-2016
Volume : 8     Issue : 2       Pages : 186 - 189
Genetics 8.2 (2016):186-189

Keywords : Polymorphism, Dendrogram, Jaccard Similarity coefficient.
Academic Editor : Dr Chandrasekhar Natarajan, Dr Adavi Rao Desai
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : None declared
Author Contribution : None declared

Pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan L.) is major pulse crops of the tropics, and is important in small-scale farming in mainly developing, semi-arid regions. The RAPD analysis of genomic DNA by 3 RAPD primers showed good polymorphism in 5 pigeon pea cultivars namely as Vipula, ICPL-87, BSMR-853, BSMR-736, Rajeshwari. Total 14 amplicons were generated by 3 primers (OPC-11, OPC-9 and OPC-1). Out of them 12 amplicon were found to be polymorphic showing 85.71% polymorphism, the Jaccard similarity coefficient among all genotypes ranged from 0.35 to 0.77. The highest genetic similarity to an extent of 77% was recorded between Vipula and ICPL-87 isolates followed by 64% similarity between BSMR-736 and BSMR-853. The dendrogram based on Jaccard similarity coefficient produced 2 main clusters A & B. Cluster A divided into two sub clusters A1 and A2. The sub cluster A1 shows two genotype Vipula, ICPL-87 and sub cluster A2 to contains only BSMR-853. The cluster B comprised of two genotype BSMR-736 and Rajeshwari showing the similarity about 51%.