PJB-2007-180
GENETIC DIVERSITY AND GEOGRAPHIC RELATIONSHIP AMONG LOCAL AND EXOTIC CHICKPEA GERMPLASM
MOHAMMAD NISAR1, A. GHAFOOR2, M. RASHID KHAN3, HABIB AHMAD4*, AFSARI SHARIF QURESHI3 AND HAIDAR ALI5
Abstract
The chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) germplasm, comprising of 118 accessions were evaluated for total seed protein, using SDS-PAGE. Both local and exotic germplasm were used for elaborating genetic diversity and geographic relationships of the accessions. Seed protein profile revealed that variations in major bands were there in accessions 52352, 52530, 52607, 52672, 52670 and 53484. Where as variation in minor bands were visible in most of the accessions. Cluster analysis revealed that the recorded genetic diversity was actually due to the analyses of different gene pools, which might be due to varying degree of out breeding. Geographic relationship based on total seed protein profiles provided clues of introduction of the same germplasm in different areas and transgression of genes into different landraces.
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