Identification of genic-SSR markers for diversity analyses in vegetable brassica viz.-a-viz. related species

Genetic diversity in any crop species is critical for sustaining and thus continuing our efforts towards successful development of desirable varieties. Among the several methods available to assess diversity among germplasm, the SSR markers based DNA profiling is one of the most reliable approaches to assess differences across accessions or varieties unambiguously. In the present study we identified genic-SSR markers in the vegetable Brassica through transferability studies. The identified genic-SSR markers were also tested for their reproducibility across a panel of related but different Brassica species. The genic-SSR markers showing polymorphism across different Brassica species were employed in understanding relationship of vegetable Brassicas with that of both related and distant Brassica species.