Hasan Pinar, Zeliha Duruk, Aydın Uzun, Emre Seker
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Capsicum annuum, Elazıg pepper, molecular characterization
Pepper is widely produced and consumed in the world, but facing some threats such as loss of genetic resources. For this reason, it is very important to protect genetic resources including pepper genetic materials and try to include them into breeding programs at the same time. One of these genetic resources is the Elazig pepper, which is grown as standard in and around the province of Elazig, located in the Northeastern region of Turkey for many years and is consumed fondly by the people of the region. However, when the production areas are visited, it is observed that there are segregation due to open pollination in this variety. In this study, it was aimed to conduce the molecular characterization of some Elazig native peppers belonging to the Capsicum annuum species. For molecular characterization, 9 POX markers were used and total 105 band obtained using POX markers and 60 of them were polymorphic. According to the data obtained, quite important polymorphism was obtained as a result of molecular characterization in some Elazig peppers. This polymorphism shows that Elazig local pepper can be used in terms of breeding for breeding programs.
Cite this paper: Pinar, H., Duruk, Z., Uzun, A., Seker, E. (2023). MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF SOME ELAZIG PEPPER (CAPSICUM ANNUUM L.) GENOTYPES. Current Trends in Natural Sciences, 12(23), 234-240. https://doi.org/10.47068/ctns.2023.v12i23.026
