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Genetic variability of foxtail millet (Setaria italica P. Beauv.)

Electrophoretic study of five isoenzyme systems

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The genetic diversity of a world collection of foxtail millet strains (Setaria italica) and some samples of wild populations (Setaria viridis) was studied by means of electrophoresis on five enzymes (10 loci) Est, Acph, Got, Mdh, Pgd. In spite of an overall limited polymorphism, the diversity appeared to be clearly regionalized. The wild populations collected in France and China introduced new genetic variability to the cultivated forms. However, the interregional diversity within both species was greater than the between species (S. viridis/S. italica) diversity.

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  1. M. Jusuf

    Present address: Laboratory of Genetics, Department of Botany, Faculty of Mathematics and Sciences, Bogor Agricultural University, Bogor, Indonesia

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  1. Laboratoire Génétique et Physiologie du Développement des Plantes, (G.P.D.P.) C.N.R.S., F-91190, Gif-sur-Yvette, France

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Jusuf, M., Pernes, J. Genetic variability of foxtail millet (Setaria italica P. Beauv.). Theoret. Appl. Genetics 71, 385–391 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00251177

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