The present study reports isolation and characterization of ten polymorphic SSR markers developed from common buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum Moench). These SSR markers produced a total of 59 alleles across 41 common buckwheat accessions with an average of 5.9 alleles per locus. Values for observed (HO) and expected (HE) heterozygosities ranged from 0.071 to 0.924 (mean=0.53) and from 0.073 to 0.902 (mean=0.412), respectively. At significance threshold (P<0.05), seven loci deviated from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium (HWE), whereas significant linkage disequilibrium (LD) values were observed between 5 pairs of loci. These markers are currently being used for programming of the genetic conservation and classification of common buckwheat germplasm collection.

• Kyung-Ho Ma(Genetic Resources Division, National Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology, RDA)
• Soon-Jae Kwon(Genetic Resources Division, National Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology, RDA)
• Gi-An Lee(Genetic Resources Division, National Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology, RDA)
• Yong-Jin Park(College of Life & Environmental Sciences, Konkuk University)
• Hee-Kyoung Kang(College of Industy Science, Kongju University)
• Tae-San Kim(Genetic Resources Division, National Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology, RDA)
• Jae-Gyun Gwag(Genetic Resources Division, National Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology, RDA)