Bhartiya Krishi Anusandhan Patrika
  • Year: 2021
  • Volume: 36
  • Issue: 3

Evaluation of Genetic Diversity in Ocimum spp. using Agro-morphological Traits and RAPD Marker

  • Author:
  • Sachin Kumar1,, Ajay Kumar2, Manoj Kumar Sharma2, Manoj Kumar Sharma1
  • Total Page Count: 6
  • Page Number: 231 to 236

1Department of Bioinformatics, Janta Vedic College, Baraut, Baghpat-250 611, Uttar Pradesh, India

2Department of Botany, Janta Vedic College, Baraut, Baghpat-250 611, Uttar Pradesh, India

Department of Bioinformatics, Janta Vedic College, Baraut, Baghpat-250 611, Uttar Pradesh, India

*Corresponding author's E-mail: sachinsuryan@gmail.com

Online Published on 25 July, 2022.

Abstract

In the present study, morphological and genetic diversity is revealed among the four species of Ocimum. Among the morphological characters plant height, the number of leaves, leaf area, leaf width, leaf length, stem circumference and mitotic index studied and contributed a greater proportion of variations. RAPD markers revealed a high degree of polymorphism (88.89%) among the species of Ocimum. Dendrogram study revealed that the species O. gratissimum and O. basilicum are very closely related whereas O. kilimandscharicum and O. sanctum are distantly related in the phylogenetic history.

Keywords

Genetic diversity, Morphological diversity, Ocimum, RAPD