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P-77<br />

Morphological <strong>and</strong> molecular identification of Maragheh grapevine cultivars<br />

Y. Sharafi* 1 <strong>and</strong> A. Bfmani 2<br />

1 Islamic Azad University-Maragheh Branch, Maragheh, Iran; 2 Department of <strong>Horticulture</strong>,<br />

University of Maragheh, Maragheh, Iran<br />

*Corresponding author: yavarsharafi@gmail.com<br />

Maragheh, Iran, has a long history in viticulture, <strong>and</strong> grapes (Vitis vinifera, L) are one of the<br />

most important commercial fruit crops grown <strong>and</strong> used for raisins, juice <strong>and</strong> fresh fruit. Most of<br />

the cultivars are unknown to growers <strong>and</strong> breeders however, <strong>and</strong> their genetic characterization is<br />

necessary to the growing <strong>and</strong> breeding <strong>program</strong>s. The goal of this study was to identify the<br />

cultivars planted in Maragheh, based on morphological <strong>and</strong> molecular information, for planning<br />

the growing <strong>and</strong> breeding <strong>program</strong>s. Fifty cultivars <strong>and</strong> their morphological traits were<br />

characterized through ampelography <strong>and</strong> 14 SSR primers were used to confirm the results.<br />

Results showed significant differences among all of the studied cultivars based on morphological<br />

characteristics. The SSR primers chosen for this study discriminated 30 different genotypes<br />

among the 50 analyzed cultivars.<br />

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