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Morphological and Molecular Variation of Morus laevigata in India

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Morus spp., commonly known as mulberry, is significantly associated with human civilization and spread of silk-culture from Asia to Europe, Africa and Latin America. One of its species, Morus laevigata, traditionally well known for its timber value, forage use and silkworm's feed, is widely distributed in India extending from Himalayan foothill to Andaman islands. The variability occurring for 12 morpho-biochemical parameters and RAPD profiles, generated with 13 selected RAPD primers, for M. laevigata accessions from six different zones were investigated. Analyses revealed high degree of genotypic similarity of collection from Himalayan foothill (West Bengal) with those from Andaman Islands. Specific accessions from central India and south India also revealed genotypic similarities with specific accessions from north-east India. These observations are discussed in the context of clonal propagation of mulberry and evolutionary perspective of dispersal of this species, through human activities

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    S.N. Chatterjee, G.M. Nagaraja & P.P. Srivastava

  2. Central Sericultural Germplasm Resource Center, CSB, Hosur –, 635109, Tamilnadu, India

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Chatterjee, S., Nagaraja, G., Srivastava, P. et al. Morphological and Molecular Variation of Morus laevigata in India. Genetica 121, 133–143 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:GENE.0000040384.24482.4b

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