Knowledge of genetic diversity and of the genetic relationships among elite breeding materials has had a significant impact on the improvement of crops. In maize, this information is particularly useful in i) planning crosses for hybrid and line development, ii) in assigning lines to heterotic groups and iii) in plant variety protection. We have used the SSR technique to study the genetic diversity and genetic relationships among 76 Korean waxy corn accessions, representing a diverse collection from throughout Korea. Assessment of genetic diversity among members of this group was conducted using 30 microsatellite markers. Among these 30 microsatellite markers, we identified a total of 127 alleles (with an average of 4.2 and a range of between 2 and 9 alleles per locus). Gene diversity at these 30 microsatellite loci varied from 0.125 to 0.795 with an average of 0.507. The cluster tree generated with the described microsatellite markers recognized two major groups with 36.5% genetic similarity. Group I includes 63 inbred lines, with similarity coefficients of between 0.365 and 0.99. Group II includes 13 inbred lines, with similarity coefficients of between 0.45 and 0.85. The present study indicates that the 30 microsatellite loci chosen for this analysis are effective molecular markers for the assessment of genetic diversity and genetic relationships between Korean waxy corn accessions. Specifically, this study's assessment of genetic diversity and relationships between a set of 76 Korean waxy corn inbred lines will be helpful for such activities as planning crosses for hybrid and line development and association mapping analyses of maize breeding programs in Korea.

This study was conducted to assess genetic diversity among 16 genotypes of boxthorn (Lycium chinensis Mill.) using inter-simple sequence repeat (ISSR) markers. The 18 ISSR primers out of 100 primers showed the amplification of 101 reproducible fragments. A total of 56 DNA fragments were polymorphic with an average 3.1 polymorphic bands per primer. The polymorphic primers were divided into 16 anchored primers and 2 non-anchored primers. All of the anchored primers were di-nucleotide repeat motif, and polymorphism level was higher in the primers with poly GA and CT motif than CA and GT motif primers. Based on polymorphism, cluster analysis was conducted by the unweighted pair-group method with arithmetic average (UPGMA) methods. Sixteen boxthorn varieties and accessions were separated into 2 distinctive groups and genetic distance of cluster ranged from 0.82 to 0.97. Eighteen markers were able to distinguish every variety. Therefore, ISSR markers may be suitable for characterizing the large numbers of germplasms and fingerprinting of boxthorn varieties.

Genetic diversity of Korean landrace rice accessions was assessed with microsatellite markers. The 214 alleles weregedfrom 3 for SSS locus to 37 for RM206 locus with an average number of 12.6 alleles per locus. Gene diversity values according tothe 17 mic

종실의 유분함량이 많아 유료작물로 전용이 가능한 대표적인 섬유작물인 대마 종실의 지방산조성의 분석을 통하여 감마리놀렌산 함유여부 및 함량과와 품종간 차이를 조사하였다. 45 수집종의 대마 종실에는 감마리놀렌산의 경우 평균 2.1% 함유되어 있었으며 이중 IH4 등 7 품종이 3.1%~3.8%로 높으면서 경장이 31~122 cm로 작아 종실용 품종 육성재료로 유망시 되었다. 도입된 대마의 지방산 조성 변이에서 감마리놀렌산 비율 범위 및 변이계수는 각각 0.8%~3.8%, 42.9%로 품종간 변이가 가장 컸으나 리놀레산은 각각 51.4%~61.8%, 4.2%로 가장 적었다 개화일수와 경장간에는 고도의 정의 상관이었고, 개화일수와 알파리놀렌산 비율 및 경장과 감마리놀렌산 비율간에는 부의 상관이었으며 환각성분인 THC와 다른 형질들 간에는 유의적인 상관이 없었다. 팔미트산과 감마리놀렌산 비율간에는 부의상관, 올렌산과 알파리놀렌산 그리고 리놀레산과 알파리놀렌산은 고도의 부의 상관을 나타내었다. 감마리놀렌산 함량이 높은 도입종들은 대체로 수집지가 중앙러시아 등 유럽이었고 개화일수가 29~44일로 짧았다.

Genetic diversity of 45 tea accessions from Korea, Japan, China and Taiwan was investigated by using RAPD analysis. Out of the eighty primers screened, twenty primers generated 99 polymorphic bands with a polymorphic rate 87.0%. The size of the amplified fragments ranged from about 3,138 bp to 520 bp. By cluster analysis, all of the 45 accessions can be grouped into five groups. Over 90% of the 32 Korean accessions belonged to group II, III, IV and V. Moreover, newly developed Korean cultivars (accession no. 13, 14 and 15) belonged to very different group compared with any other Korean accessions. Among the Korean accessions, the minimum genetic similarity 0.500 was obtained between accession no. 17 and 37 and the largest genetic similarity 0.912 between no. 20 and 21.