Genetic footprint of population diversity and genetic structure of infecting apple (Malus × domestica Borkh.).

Unlabelled: Apple scab instigated by impels remarkable losses to apple fruit production. In an effort to comprehend the key mechanisms of evolutionary potential defining population, 132 isolates of from five commercial apple orchards were collected and assayed using 14 microsatellite markers. The average diversity was observed within the individuals of populations based on the Shannon-Wieners index (I) and observed heterozygosity (Ho) was average but considerably lower than expected heterozygosity (He).