"The 2010 RUFORUM Biennial Conference was the second in the series. The main objective of the Biennial conferences is to provide a platform for agricultural research for development stakeholders in Africa and beyond to actively exchange findings and experiences, while at the same time learning lessons towards improving performance of the agricultural sector and ultimately people’s livelihoods. The biennial conference is RUFORUM’s most comprehensive meeting for the diversity of stakeholers in agriculture. It is especially dedicated to graduate students and their supervisors, grantees in RUFORUM member universities and alumni. It is a platform for peer review, quality control, mentorship, networking and shared learning. This record contains an extended abstract accepted under the theme plant breeding".
Characterisation of genetic diversity among Sudanese sorghum accessions using molecular markers and phenotypic characteristics
Abstract:
Sorghum is an important staple food grain crop for the millions
of people living in the semi-arid tropics in Asia, Africa and Latin
America. The present study examined phenotypic and
genotypic characteristics of 95 Sudanese sorghum accessions.
Morphological and molecular markers were employed to study
the genetic variability among the accessions. A total of 10
morphological markers and 15 simple sequence repeats (SSRs)
primers were used. Cluster analysis based on morphological
traits revealed thirteen distinct clusters basis on their
morphological characters with two accessions forming
independent cluster. Based on molecular markers, twelve distinct
clusters were observed.
Le sorgho est une céréale importante utilisée comme aliment
de base pour des millions de personnes vivant dans les tropiques
semi-arides d’Asie, d’Afrique et d’Amérique latine. La présente
étude a examiné les caractéristiques phénotypiques et
génotypiques de 95 accessions de sorgho soudanais. Les
marqueurs morphologiques et moléculaires ont été utilisés pour
étudier la variabilité génétique parmi les accessions. Un total
de 10 marqueurs morphologiques et de 15 premiers éléments
des répétitions de séquences simples (SSRs) a été utilisé. Une
analyse de groupement basée sur les caractères morphologiques
a révélé treize groupes distincts sur la base de leurs caractères
morphologiques avec deux accessions formant un groupe
indépendant. Sur la base de marqueurs moléculaires, douze
groupes distincts ont été observés.
Language:
English
Date of publication:
2010
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East Africa
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RUFORUM Conferences and Workshops
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Open Access
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Printed resource
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Extent:
475-478
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