Genetic diversity assessment of a few numbers of pistachio cultivars in Kerman province based on RAPD markers

Assessment of genetic diversity is highly essential in order to identify different genes، distance estimation between and within populations (enter specific and intra specific relationships)، and determination of heterosysis value. In spite of very reach pistachio genetic resources in Iran، a few studies have been carried out on this genus. In the present study، genetic diversity of 32 pistachio cultivated genotypes of Kerman province were investigated using RAPD molecular markers. 136 polymorphic bands were found from 10 primers. Zero–one matrix dendrogram of immigrated bands were drawn by NTSYS software with Dice coefficient. Based on the results، the investigated genotypes were clustered in six groups. The similar genotypes which collected from different regions، were placed in the same groups. Also the results indicated that Kerman Ohadi and Zarand Ohadi genotypes were completely similar. Furthermore، comparison between two and three dimensional plots of principle coordinate analysis method and the clustering method showed that the results were similar. This fact can be considered for investigating diversity and primer selection