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A set of 60 random primers was used to analyse 11accessions from six taxa of Mentha developed byCIMAP. These accessions were maintained in the nationalgene bank for medicinal and aromatic plants at CIMAP.A total of 630 bands could be detected as amplifiedproducts upon PCR amplification, out of which 589 werepolymorphic (93.5%). Further analysis of these RAPDprofiles for band similarity indices clearlydifferentiated five of the Mentha arvensis L.accessions from the rest. Among two accessions of Mentha spicata L. CIMAP/C33 could bedistinguished from CIMAP/C32. Mentha × gracilis Sole cv. cardiaca showed a muchhigher similarity with Mentha spicata L. as wellas Mentha arvensis L. which amongst themselvesshowed rather a greater distance indicating that Mentha × gracilis Sole cv. cardiaca might have evolved as a natural hybridbetween M arvensis L. and M. spicataL. In terms of uniqueness of amplified bands fordeveloping RAPD markers, it was observed that at taxalevel 298 bands were unique to one of the six taxa,singly amounting to 47.3% of total amplifiedfragments. Primers MAP 10 and 17 produced polymorphismonly in case of M. spicata L. and Menthaspicata L. cv. viridis while MAP 08 producedpolymorphic bands in all 4 other species than thesetwo. Similarly unique patterns were observeddifferentiating all six species and could be used asRAPD markers for differentiating Mentha species.
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Khanuja, S., Shasany, A., Srivastava, A. et al. Assessment of genetic relationships in Mentha species. Euphytica 111, 121–125 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1003829512956
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