Toan D. Pham * , Tri M. Bui , Duc M. Tran , & Thu T. Nguyen

* Correspondence: Pham Duc Toan (email: phamductoan@hcmuaf.edu.vn)

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Abstract

Cashew (Anacardium occidentale L.) is an important tropical tree, belonging to Anacardiaceae family and has high economicvalue growing in Vietnam. The objective of this study was to assess genetic diversity of cashew distributed in Binh Phuoc province for breeding development and conservation. A total of 100 cashew samples of over 10 years age distributed in BinhPhuoc province were divided into eight main groups based on nut yield. In contrast, the cluster analysis was divided 100 cashew samples into 12 groups based on 11 ISSR markers. The genetic diversity of 100 cashew samples ranged from 0.04 to 0.26, with a mean of 0.19. The results showed that cashew samples were high levels of polymorphism based on nut yield, as well as the ISSR markers. The results of this research would be one of the important information in the genetic evaluation of cashew trees and useful information for cashew breeding development in future.

Keywords: Cashew variety, Conservation, Genetic diversity, ISSR, Plant breeding

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