ISSN 2756-3707
International Journal of Histology and Cytology ISSN 2756-3707 Vol. 6 (5), pp. 001-005, May, 2019. © International Scholars Journals
Full Length Research Paper
A simple and efficient method for extraction of genomic DNA from tropical tuber crops
Kamal Sharma, Ajay Kumar Mishra and Raj Shekhar Misra*
Central Tuber Crops Research Institute, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India-695017.
Accepted 18 February, 2019
Abstract
DNA extraction in many plants is difficult because of metabolites that interfere with DNA isolation procedures and subsequent applications, such as DNA restriction, amplification and cloning. We have developed a reliable and efficient method for isolating genomic DNA free from polysaccharide, polyphenols and protein contaminants from tropical tuber crops (Elephant foot yam, Cassava, Sweet potato Taro and Tannia). The method involves inactivation of contaminant proteins by using CTAB/Proteinase K and precipitation of polysaccharides in the presence of high concentration of salt. The purity of genomic DNA was confirmed by A260/280 and A260/230 ratios calculated from the spectrophotometric readings and further by restriction analysis of the isolated DNA using restriction enzymes ECORI and HIND III. The described protocol also resulted in the isolation of sufficiently higher yield of DNA from leaf sample of tropical tuber crops. The new protocol can be successfully used for both small and large scale preparation of genomic DNA from leaf tissues of tuber crops which is highly suitable for further down stream processes like PCR amplification and restriction digestion analysis.
Key words: DNA isolation, RAPD, restriction enzyme digestion, tuber crops.