Rice Science ›› 2015, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (3): 99-107.DOI: 10.1016/S1672-6308(14)60287-0

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Genetic Diversity and Population Structure in Landraces and Improved Rice Varieties from India

D. Kumbhar Shailesh1,2, L. Kulwal Pawan1(), V. Patil Jagannath1,3, D. Sarawate Chandrakant2, P. Gaikwad Anil4, S. Jadhav Ashok1   

  1. 1State Level Biotechnology Centre, Mahatma Phule Agricultural University, Rahuri 413722, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra State, India
    2Agricultural Research Station, Radhanagari 416212, Kolhapur, Maharashtra State, India
    3Directorate of Sorghum Research, Rajendranagar 500031, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
    4Agricultural Research Station, Lonavala 410401, Pune, Maharashtra State, India
  • Received:2014-10-05 Accepted:2015-02-11 Online:2015-05-28 Published:2015-03-27

Abstract:

A set of 50 rice genotypes comprising landraces, local selections, and improved varieties were characterized using simple sequence repeat (SSR) and inter simple sequence repeat (ISSR) markers to study genetic diversity and population structure. Following unweighted pair group method with arithmetic mean based clustering using binary data of polymorphic markers, the genotypes were grouped into 5 clusters and 11 sub-clusters, whereas population structure analysis separated 50 rice genotypes into 5 sub-populations. Grouping of rice genotypes showed better resemblance with the pedigree information of the genotypes. Both genetic diversity and population structure analysis separated majority of the improved varieties from landraces and local selections. Some of the SSR markers amplified unique alleles which were specific to a particular genotype and could distinguish them from the rest. The results indicate that these rice genotypes exhibit a higher genetic diversity and can be very useful in rice improvement program.

Key words: rice, genetic diversity, molecular marker, population structure, simple sequence repeat