Molecular characterization of bromeliads from northeast Brazil

• Autor(a) principal: Vieira, Sylvia Dantas
• Data de Publicação: 2014
• Outros Autores: Santos, Franciane dos, Silva-Mann, Renata, Arrigoni-Blank, Maria de Fátima, Prata, Ana Paula do Nascimento, Resende, Luciane Vilela, Pasqual, Moacir, Blank, Arie Fitzgerald
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UFS
• Texto Completo: https://ri.ufs.br/handle/riufs/1503
• topic: Botânica; Bromélias; Moléculas; Bromeliaceae; Germoplasma

Bromeliaceae is an important botany family that includes many species with economic value; demand for members of this family is increasing. However, illegal collection frequently occurs, drastically reducing the species populations; thus, it is necessary to collect and store Bromeliaceae genetic material. In this study, we identified and quantified genetic variability of the Bromeliad family using dominant markers to create the first Germplasm Bank in the northeast region of Brazil. Molecular tools were used to characterize the collected accessions. The combination of 11 inter-simple sequence repeats and 13 random amplified polymorphic DNA markers were used to detect the genetic variability of wild bromeliad accessions.