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Diversity in the wild potato species Solanum chacoense Bitt.

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The morphological and isozyme variation was studied in 22 accessions of Solanum chacoense from Paraguay and Argentina. Clear geographic groups were identified through the use of multivariate analyses. S. chacoense from mountain sites in Argentina could be readily distinguished from plains forms from Paraguay, on the basis of several correlated morphological characters. Three isozyme systems, namely phosphoglucose isomerase (PGI), glutamate-oxaloacetate transaminase (GOT) and peroxidase (PRX) were studied using starch gel electrophoresis. The banding patterns indicated that for each isozyme there were several loci, which were polymorphic. A genetic interpretation of one of the PGI loci was made, and indices of genetic diversity and genetic identity calculated. Principal components analysis, cluster analysis and genetic diversity indicated a close relationship between the geographical groups. These results are discussed in the context of in situ genetic conservation.

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    Susan A. Juned, M. T. Jackson & Janet P. Catty

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Juned, S.A., Jackson, M.T. & Catty, J.P. Diversity in the wild potato species Solanum chacoense Bitt.. Euphytica 37, 149–156 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00036852

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