DNA barcode authentication of wood samples of threatened and commercial timber trees within the tropical dry evergreen forest of India.

ABSTRACT:

Background

India is rich with biodiversity, which includes a large number of endemic, rare and threatened plant species. Previous studies have used DNA barcoding to inventory species for applications in biodiversity monitoring, conservation impact assessment, monitoring of illegal trading, authentication of traded medicinal plants etc. This is the first tropical dry evergreen forest (TDEF) barcode study in the World and the first attempt to assemble a reference barcode library for the trees of India as part of a larger project initiated by this research group.

Methodology/principal findings

We sampled 429 trees representing 143 tropical dry evergreen forest (TDEF) species, which included 16 threatened species. DNA barcoding was completed using rbcL and matK markers. The tier

SUBMITTER: Nithaniyal S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4178033 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature