ISSR markers to assess genetic diversity of cultivated populations from artificial selection of (Bert.) Bertoni.

Artificial selection related with important agronomic characteristics of may cause genetic divergence and formation of genetically structured populations with genetic uniformity or diversity within cultivars. Current study employed inter simple sequence repeats of DNA (ISSR markers) to assess genetic diversity within and among a single cultivated population maintained through sexual propagation (SR1) and four cultivated populations generated by artificial selection and maintained by vegetative propagation (SR2-SR5). Highest polymorphism rate was reported in SR1 (89.