Cross-genera transferability of rice and finger millet genomic SSRs to barnyard millet (Echinochloa spp.).

ABSTRACT: Barnyard millet (Echinochloa spp.) is an important crop from nutritional point of view, nevertheless, the genetic information is very scarce. In the present investigation, rice and finger millet genomic SSRs were used for assessing cross transferability, identification of polymorphic markers, syntenic regions, genetic diversity and population structure analysis of barnyard millet genotypes. We observed 100% cross transferability for finger millet SSRs, of which 91% were polymorphic, while 71% of rice markers were cross transferable with 48% polymorphic out of them. Twenty-nine and sixteen highly polymorphic finger millet and rice SSRs yielded a mean of 4.3 and 3.38 alleles per locus in barnyard millet genotypes, respectively. The PIC values varied from 0.27 to 0.73 at an average of

SUBMITTER: Kalyana Babu B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5796944 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature