IBBR publication #739

Development and characterization of SSR markers for pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) using an enriched library

Hasnaoui N, Buonamici A, Sebastiani F, Mars M, Trifi M, Vendramin GG

Conservation Genetics 2: 283-285. [ISSN: 1572-9737] (2010)
doi: 10.1007/s12686-010-9191-8
URL: http://biblioproxy.cnr.it:2111/content/t58487k251378684/fulltext.pdf

In the present work, we report the development of 11 microstallite markers (SSR) for Punica granatum. Evaluated on a set of 27 pomegranate accessions sampled in Tunisia, they displayed 25 alleles, with number of alleles per locus ranging between 1 and 4, and an observed heterozygosity from 0.037 and 0.592. This set of SSR markers can be very useful for studies dealing with genetic diversity assessment of germplasm, with cultivars/varieties fingerprinting and pedigree analysis of this economically important fruit species