Screening Iranian endemic coriander genebank germplasm for drought tolerance using a new multivariate statistical method.

Drought is one of the serious abiotic factors influencing crop production such as coriander. Development of tolerant genotypes is prevented by the lack of effective selection criterion. Objectives of this study were evaluation of coriander accessions for water deficit stress and introduce a new multivariate method to select drought tolerant genotypes.

Investigation of genetic diversity of Iranian wild relatives of bread wheat using ISSR and SSR markers.

Background: Wild relatives of wheat are one of the most important genetic resources to use in wheat breeding programs. Therefore, identifying wild relatives of wheat and being aware of their diversity, is undeniably effective in expanding the richness of the gene pool and the genetic base of new cultivars and can be a useful tool for breeders in the future. The present study was performed to evaluate the molecular diversity among 49 accessions of the genera Aegilops and Triticum in the National Plant Gene Bank of Iran using two DNA-based markers, i.

Deciphering the level of genetic diversity in some aegilops species using CAAT box-derived polymorphism (CBDP) and start codon target polymorphism (SCoT) markers.

Background: Maintaining genetic diversity is of the most essential principle for a long-term conservation of plant genetic resources and could play a crucial role in their management. The genus Aegilops is one important member of wheat germplasm, and there are evidences that novel genes of this genus' species can be studied/utilized as ideal sources for the wheat cultivar improvement. The objective of this study was to dissect the genetic diversity and population structure among a set of Iranian Aegilops using two gene-based molecular markers.