Genetic diversity of japanese wild evergreen azaleas in Kyushu (South main island Of Japan) characterized by AFLP

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 572, Issue , 2002, Pages 159-162

  Handa, T ^a   Eto, J ^a   Kita, K ^a   Kobayashi, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Introgressive hybridization; Population genetics; Rhododendron kaempferi; Rhododendron kiusianum

Indexed keywords

RHODODENDRON; RHODODENDRON KIUSIANUM; RHODODENDRON OBTUSUM VAR. KAEMPFERI;

EID: 84870744680     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2002.572.18     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (6)

1. Chamberlain D.F., and Rae S.J., 1990. A revision of Rhododendron IV Subgenus Tsutsusi. Edinb. J. Bot. 47: 89-200.
2. De Riek J., Dendauw J., Mertens M., De Loose M., Heursel J., and Van Bockstaele E., 1999. Validation of criteria for the selection of AFLP markers to assess the genetic variation of a breeders' collection of evergreen azaleas. Theor. Appl. Genet. 99: 1155-1165.
3. Kobayashi N., Horikoshi T., Katsuyama H., Handa T., and Takayanagi K., 1998. A simple and efficient DNA extraction method from the plants, especially from woody plants. Pl. Tissue Cult. Biotech. 4: 76-80.
4. Kobayashi N., Handa T., Yoshimura K., Tsumura Y., Arisumi K., and Takayanagi K., 2000. Evidence for introgressive hybridization based on chloroplast DNA polymorphisms and morphological variation in wild evergreen azalea populations of the Kirishima mountains, Japan. Edinb. J. Bot. 57: 209-219.
5. Perkin-Elmer, 1995. AFLP™ Plant Mapping Kit: Protocol.
6. Sakata Y., Miyajima I., and Mass K., 1993. Variations in some morphological and pigmental characteristics in Rhododendron kaempferi Planch., R. kiusianum Makino and their natural hybrids on Kirishima mountain mass. J. Japan. Soc. Hort. Sci. 61: 925-932.