Genetic characteristic of Lithuanian populations of Himalayan Balsam (Impatiens glandulifera)
Author | Affiliation | |
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Viniaus Gedimino technikos universitetas | ||
Date | Start Page | End Page |
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2022 | 28 | 31 |
Himalayan balsam (Impatiens glandulifera Royle) native to Himalayas first introduced to Europe in XIX century quickly became a garden favorite plant later escaped to the semi-natural and natural habitats and today it has invasive plant status in almost whole Europe. However, little has been known about the genetic variation of I. glandulifera populations in the Baltic region. Our former study of I. glandulifera were performed to evaluate genetic diversity of I. glandulifera populations using Randomly Amplified Polymorphic DNA markers. The objective of present study was to evaluate the genetic diversity of Lithuania populations of I. glandulifera according to Simple Sequence Repeat loci. Nine Simple Sequence Repeat markers were employed for molecular analysis, a total 300 individuals from 20 Lithuanian populations were examined. The mean value of the percentage of polymorphic loci was 65%. The mean value of the observed heterozygosity was 0.22. The mean value of expected heterozygosity was 0.28.