ISSN 2736-1756
Advanced Journal of Microbiology Research Vol. 2003
Available online at http://internationalscholarsjournals.org/journal/ajmr
© 2003 International Scholars Journals
Genetic comparisons of Egyptian date palm cultivars (Phoenix dactylifera L.) by RAPD-PCR
Said Saad Soliman1, Bahy Ahmed Ali2*, Mohamed Morsy Mohamed Ahmed2
1National Research Center (NRC) Dokki, Cairo, Egypt.
2Nucleic Acid Research Dept., Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology Research Institute (GEBRI), Mubarak City For Scientific Research & technology Applications, Alexandria, Egypt.
Accepted 25 March 2003
Abstract
Random amplified polymorphic DNA technique was used to compare genetic material from four females date palm and four unknown male trees of Egyptian date palm. The genetic similarity between the four females date palm (Zaghloul, Amhat, Samany and Siwi) ranged from 87.5 to 98.9%. The banding profiles obtained suggested that both males 3 and 4 are genetically related to the four female cultivars.
Key words: Date palm, cultivars, RAPD-PCR, genetic similarity.