Development of specific RAPD markers for identifying albino tea cultivars `Qiannianxue' and `Xiaoxueya'

Albino tea cultivars grow white leaves at low temperature which are valuable materials for processing green tea, but they develop green leaves in summer and autumn seasons. It is difficult to discriminate albino tea cuttings from the normal tea cuttings by leaf colour and plant morphological charact...

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Published in:African journal of biotechnology 2010-01, Vol.9 (4), p.434-437
Main Authors: Wang, K R, Du, Y Y, Shao, SH, Lin, C, Ye, Q, Lu, J L, Liang, Y R
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Language:English
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Summary:Albino tea cultivars grow white leaves at low temperature which are valuable materials for processing green tea, but they develop green leaves in summer and autumn seasons. It is difficult to discriminate albino tea cuttings from the normal tea cuttings by leaf colour and plant morphological characteristics. Specific RAPD markers for identifying albino tea cultivars `Qiannianxue' and `Xiaoxueya' were developed in the present paper and they can be used in the authentication of the two albino tea cultivars. An amplified fragment (about 1500 bp) from Primer (S 12 (Sangon Biological Engineering Technology and Services Co., Ltd.) was identified in the albino teas and not from the widely cultivated cultivar; Fudingdabai.
ISSN:1684-5315
1684-5315