IJCRRI Journ Cur Res ReInternational Journal of Current Research and ReviewI Journ Cur Res Re2231-21960975-5241Radiance Research Academy1657General SciencesGENETIC DIVERSITY IN FIVE CICER GENOTYPES USING OPM-05 PRIMER AhmadJahangirRajaVaseemKudesiaRajdeep15102012)6268This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 20092009This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.

Five genotypes of Cicer (Dhawal, Ujjwal, Shubhra, DCP-92-3 and IPC-04-20) were analyzed to estimate genetic diversity by using OPM-05 primer. A total of 21 bands were detected, all of them were polymorphic. Similarity index calculated was found highest between Ujjwal and IPC-04-20 (37.5%) and lowest between Shubhra and IPC-04-20 (22.22%). Dice__ampersandsignrsquo;s similarity coefficient ranged from 0.00000 to 0.25000. A dendrogram constructed based on UPGMA revealed two clusters. Cluster 1 consists of three accessions-S1, S3 and S5 while as cluster 2 consists of two accessions- S2 and S4. It is evident from the dendrogram that accession DCP-92-3 and IPC-04-20 are genetically dissimilar; hence it is recommended that these should be used for future breeding programs to create higher amount of genetic variability in chickpea.

Genetic diversity Cicer RAPD UPGMA dendrogram