Microsatellite variability of coconut accessions (Cocos nucifera L.) from Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Current Science

Volumn 94, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1627-1631

  Rajesh, M K ^a   Nagarajan, P ^b   Jerard, B A ^a   Arunachalam, V ^a   Dhanapal, R ^a  

^a ICAR CENTRAL PLANTATION CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b TAMIL NADU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Alleles; Coconut accessions; Genetic diversity; Microsatellite loci

Indexed keywords

COCOS NUCIFERA;

EID: 47249163397     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (39)

1. Harries, H. C., The evolution, dissemination and classification of Cocos nucifera L. Bot. Rev., 1978, 44, 265-320.
2. Balakrishnan, N. P. and Ellis, J. L., Andaman and Nicobar Islands. In Flora of India, Part 1 (eds Hajra, P. K. et al.), Botanical Survey of India, Kolkata, India, 1996, pp. 523-538.
3. Whitehead, R. A., Selecting and breeding coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) palms resistant to lethal yellowing disease. A review of recent work in Jamaica. Euphytica, 1968, 17, 81-101.
4. Balakrishnan, N. P. and Nair, R. B., Wild populations of Areca and Cocos in Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Indian J. For., 1979, 2, 350-363.
5. Jacob, P. M., Nair, R. V. and Rawther, T. S. S., Breeding for root (wilt) resistance. In Coconut Root (Wilt) Disease (eds Nampoothiri, K. U. K. and Koshy, P. K.), Codeword Process and Printers, Mangalore, 1998, pp. 97-104.
6. Dhanapal, R., Jerard, B. A., Damodharan, V. and Arunachalam, V., Status of coconut plantation in Andaman and Nicobar group of Islands. Indian Coconut J., 2000, 31, 8-11.
7. Sosamma, V. K., Koshy, P. K. and Bhaskara Rao, E. V. V., Response of coconut cultivars to the burrowing nematode, Radopholus similis. Indian J. Nematol., 1988, 18, 136-137.
8. Ashburner, G. R., Genetic markers for coconut palms. In Lethal Yellowing: Research and Practical Aspects (eds Oropeza, C., Howard, F. W. and Ashburner, G. R.), Kluwer, Dordrecht, 1995, pp. 173-186.
9. Jerard, B. A., Dhanapal, R. and Arunachalam, V., Biometric clustering of field-collected coconut germplasm of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Science and Technology for Managing Plant Genetic Diversity in the 21st century, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Abstr, 2000, p. 77.
10. Upadhyay, A., Parthasarathy, V. A., Seema, G. and Karun, A., An efficient method of DNA extraction from coconut. Agrotropica, 1999, 11, 35-38.
11. Baudouin, L. and Lebrun, P., The development of microsatellite kit and dedicated software for use with coconuts. Burotrop Bull., 2002, 17, 16-20.
12. Panaud, O., Chen, X. and McCouch, S. R., Development of microsatellite markers and characterization of simple sequence length polymorphism (SSLP) in rice (Oryza sativa). Mol. Gen. Genet., 1996, 252, 597-607.
13. Wright, S., The genetical structure of populations. Ann. Eugen., 1951, 15, 323-354.
14. Yeh, F. C., Yang, R. C., Boyle, T. B. J., Ye, Z. H. and Mao, J. X., POPGENE - The user-friendly shareware for population genetic analysis, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Centre, University of Alberta, Canada, 1999, Programme available from: http://www.ualberta.ca/~fyeh/
15. Lewis, P. O. and Zaykin, D., GENETIC DATA ANALYSIS (GDA): Computer programme for the analysis of allelic data (version 1.1), 2002; http://lewis.eeb.uconn.edu/lewishome/software.html
16. Teulat, B. et al., An analysis of genetic diversity in coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) population from across the geographical range using sequence tagged microsatellites (SSRs) and AFLPs. Theor. Appl. Genet., 2000, 106, 411-422.
17. Perera, L., Russell, J. R., Provan, J. and Powell, W., Use of microsatellite DNA markers to investigate the level of genetic diversity and population genetic structure of coconut (Cocos nucifera L.). Genome, 2000, 43, 15-21.
18. Zizumbo-Villarreal, D., Cardena-Lopez, R. and Pinero, D., Diversity and phylogenetic analysis in Cocos nucifera L. in Mexico. Genet. Resour. Crop Evol., 2002, 45, 237-245.
19. Perera, L., Russell, J. R., Provan, J., Powell, W., Levels and distribution of genetic diversity of coconut (Cocos nucifera L., var. Typica form typica) from Sri Lanka assessed by microsatellite markers. Euphytica, 2001, 122, 381-389.
20. Wang, J., Inbreeding and variance effective sizes for nonrandom mating populations. Evolution, 1996, 50, 1786-1794.
21. Zizumbo-Villarreal, D. and Quero, H. J., Re-evaluation of early observations on coconut in the New World. Econ. Bot., 1998, 52, 68-77.
22. Ashburner, G. R., Thompson, W. K., Halloran, G. M. and Foale, M. A., Fruit component analysis of South Pacific coconut palm populations. Genet. Resour. Crop Evol., 1997, 44, 327-335.
23. Ashburner, G. R., Thompson, W. K., Halloran, G. M., RAPD analysis of South Pacific coconut palm populations. Crop Sci., 1997, 37, 992-997.
24. Rivera, R., Edwards, K. J., Barker, J. H. A., Arnold, G. M., Ayad, G., Hodgkin, T. and Karp, A., Isolation and characterization of polymorphic microsatellites in Cocos nucifera L. Genome, 1999, 42, 668-675.
25. Arunachalam, V., Jerard, B. A., Damodaran, V., Ratnambal, M. J. and Kumaran, P. M., Phenotypic diversity of foliar traits in coconut germplasm. Genet. Resour. Crop Evol., 2005, 52, 1031-1037.
26. Lebrun, P., N'Cho, Y. P., Seguin, M., Grivet, L. and Baudouin, L., Genetic diversity in coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) revealed by restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) markers. Euphytica, 1998, 101, 103-108.
27. Merrow, A. W., Wisser, R. J., Brown, J. S., Kuhn, D. N., Schnell, R. J. and Broschat, T. K., Analysis of genetic diversity and population structure within Florida coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) using microsatellite DNA, with special emphasis on the Fiji Dwarf cultivar. Theor. Appl. Genet., 2003, 106, 715-726.
28. Devakumar, K., Jayadev, K., Rajesh, M. K., Chandrasekhar, A., Manimekalai, R., Kumaran, P. M. and Parthasarathy, V. A., Assessment of genetic diversity of Indian coconut accessions and their relationship to other cultivars using microsatellite markers. Plant Genet. Resour. Newsl., 2006, 145, 38-45.
29. Gruezo, W. S. and Harries, H. C., Self-sown, wild-type coconuts in the Philippines. Biotropica, 1984, 16, 140-147.
30. Buckley, R. and Harries, H. C., Self-sown wild-type coconuts from Australia. Biotropica, 1984, 16, 148-151.
31. Foale, M. A., Coconut germplasm in the South Pacific islands. In ACIAR Technical Report Series No. 4. Australian Centre, 1987.
32. Ashburner, G. R., Reproductive biology of coconut palms. In Lethal Yellowing: Research and Practical Aspects (eds Oropeza, C., Howard, F. W. and Ashburner, G. R.), Kluwer, Dordrecht, 1995, pp. 173-186.
33. Leach, B. J., Foale, M. A. and Ashburner, G. R., Some characteristics of wild and managed coconut palm populations and their environment in the Cocos (keeling) Islands, Indian Ocean. Genet. Resour. Crop Evol., 2003, 50, 627-638.
34. Dagar, J. C., Coconut in the life of aborigines of Nicobar Islands. In Coconut for Prosperity (ed. Thampan, P. K.), Peekay Tree Crops Development Foundation, Kochi, 1996, pp. 145-154.
35. Child, R., Coconuts, Longman Group Ltd, London, 1974, 2nd edn, p. 335.
36. Kaul, K. N., A palm fruit from Kapurdi (Jodhpur, Rajasthan desert) Cocos sahnii sp. Curr. Sci., 1951, 20, 138.
37. Rigby, J. F., A fossil Cocos nucifera L. fruit from the latest Pliocene of Queensland, Australia, Birbal Sahni Centenary Volume, 1995, pp. 379-381.
38. Uhl, N. W. and Dransfield, J., Genera Palmarum: A Classification of Palms based on the Work of Harold E. Moore Jr, Allen Press, Kansas, USA, 1987, p. 610.
39. Bannert, D. and Helmcke, D., The evolution of the Asian Plate in Burma. Int. J. Earth Sci., 1981, 70, 446-458.