GENETIC DIVERSITY OF THE COMMON BEAN (PHASEOLUS VULGARIS L.) LANDRACES FROM BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA ASSESSED USING MICROSATELLITE MARKERS

Abstract

This study aimed to analyze the genetic diversity of common bean (Phaseolus vulagris L.) landraces from the existing collection maintained at the Gene-bank of the Faculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences, University of Sarajevo using microsatellite markers (SSR). A total of 21 accessions of common bean were genotyped using ten SSR markers. The obtained molecular data was analyzed using genetic structure and factorial correspondence analyses. The examined accessions of common bean were not completely structured in accordance to the gene center of origin, which indicates that during the long cultivation period of common bean in Bosnia and Herzegovina (B&H), spontaneous crosses occurred between Mesoamerican and Andean common bean genotypes. The results of analyses confirmed that this was a heterogeneous and very interesting genetic material.