Analysis of inter and intra specific genetic variability in Am o m u m using ISSR markers

Plant genetic resources are one of the most valuable assets available to mankind. An important component for effective management of plants genetic resources as well as their utilization and characterization is essential not only for identification of various species but also to determine genetic relatedness among them. However, isozyme analysis has its inherent disadvantages like limited number of enzyme loci and developmental and seasonal dependent enzyme expression. With the advent of molecular biology technique, DNA based markers have replaced enzyme markers in germplasm identification and characterization. DNA is the ideal molecule for such analysis because of its plasticity,