Open AccessGenetic diversity of Mindi (Melia Spp.) and its implications on the development of seed source for community forests
Author(s) -
R Rambey,
Arida Susilowati,
Iskandar Z. Siregar,
Nurheni Wijayanto
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/374/1/012058
Subject(s) - transferability , genetic diversity , diversity (politics) , agriculture , biology , agroforestry , java , biodiversity , geography , ecology , population , statistics , demography , mathematics , logit , sociology , anthropology , computer science , programming language
Melia Spp. is known as fast-growing tree species and commonly cultivated in community forest and agriculture land due to its valuable wood. This species was widely distributed in some agroforestry systems, especially in Selaawi village, Garut, West Java. Based on the farmer information, two species mindi were found in this location; they were small and big seed mindi . The research aimed to get information on mindi diversity in Selaawi village and the opportunity for seed source development. For this purpose, microsatellites was used. Fourty leave samples were collected from parent tree owned by a farmer in Selaawi village. Three microsatellites markers (Ai_5, Ai_34 and Ai_48) developed for Azadirahta indica were used as transferability of PCR amplification. The result showed that genetic diversity value (He) of mindi in this location was high and ranged from 0,379 – 0,439. Big seed mindi has higher diversity than the small one. It indicates that this species is prospective to be developed as target species for the community forest. It is also potential to develop mindi in this location as seed source due to its high variability.