Characterisation of genetic diversity among Sudanese sorghum accessions using molecular markers and phenotypic characteristics
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Sorghum is an important staple food grain crop for the millions
of people living in the semi-arid tropics in Asia, Africa and Latin
America. The present study examined phenotypic and
genotypic characteristics of 95 Sudanese sorghum accessions.
Morphological and molecular markers were employed to study
the genetic variability among the accessions. A total of 10
morphological markers and 15 simple sequence repeats (SSRs)
primers were used. Cluster analysis based on morphological
traits revealed thirteen distinct clusters basis on their
morphological characters with two accessions forming
independent cluster. Based on molecular markers, twelve distinct
clusters were observed.
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