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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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