Abstract
North East India is extremely rich in natural resources and is a biodiversity hotspot. Many plant species, including Citrus are known to have originated from this region. Citus macroptera Mont. is a wild, endangered species which have been found to exist naturally in various parts of this region, including Meghalaya. To access the genetic variability among genotypes and their phylogeny, 30 genotypes of wild C. macroptera Mont. were collected from Garo Hills of Meghalaya. Single primer based DNA markers viz. RAPD, ISSR, DAMD were utilized to ascertain genetic diversity. The percentage polymorphic bands for RAPD, ISSR, DAMD were found to be 97.71%, 94.67% and 100% respectively. ISSR showed the highest values for both RP (7.67) and MI (5.03) highlighting its efficacy in determining genetic variations. A concatenated approach, Single Primer Amplification Reaction (SPAR) was also followed to assess their genetic diversity. Dendogram generated from SPAR data showed that the South-West Garo Hills population is the most recently evolved amongst all others while West Garo Hills collections retain an ancestral position in the evolutionary time-frame. Population genetics parametres such as Gene flow (Nm) and the diversity among populations (GST) were found to be 1.9894 and 0.2009 respectively. Gene flow estimates (Nm>1) suggests appreciable gene flow in the populations. AMOVA data further supported this with high percentage of variations (92%) within populations whereas variations among populations were about 8% only. Shannon’s information index (I) values and Nei’s gene diversity (h) varied between 0.303-0.423and 0.201-0.285 respectively. The use of SPAR method yields a clear and concise picture of the underlying genetic variabilities, and a detailed and comprehensive data analysis will help conceive efficient and sustainable conservation strategies for this important plant.
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