<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Narasimha Baba Brindavanam</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gurinderjit Singh Goraya</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Santosh Pal Singh</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Amandeep Kumar</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ankita Tiwari</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Badari Narayan Sarvepalli</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pankaj Prasad Raturi</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Genetic Diversity in Commiphora wightii (Arn.) Bhandari (Guggul): An Assessment of Populations in Conservation Sites of Kachchh Region (Gujarat) of India</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pharmacognosy Journal</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gene Pool</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Guggulu</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">In-situ conservation</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Medicinal Plants Conservation Area</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">MPCA</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">UPGMA</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2022</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">August 2022</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">14</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">379-387</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Introduction:&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Commiphora wightii&lt;/em&gt; (Arn.) Bhandari (Guggul) is native to semi-arid to arid zones. Its oleoresin gum is used for both medicinal and non-medicinal applications. Reportedly, the species faces high degree conservation threats. A network of Four Medicinal Plants Conservation Areas (MPCA) was carved out in Kachchh region- under financial support from National Medicinal Plants Board. The species also occurs in sanctuary and protected by default. It is considered important to assess genetic diversity of these conserved populations. &lt;strong&gt;Methods:&lt;/strong&gt; A total of 38 accessions of Guggul leaves were collected from five study sites and the whole genomic DNA was extracted for each sample. Genetic study was carried out using ISSR technique. Scorable bands were obtained for 14 out of 40 primers tested. A total of 49 bands were obtained of which 20 were polymorphic in nature. UPGMA dendrograms were constructed for individual sites and also a collective dendrogram for all the study sites.&lt;strong&gt; Results:&lt;/strong&gt; All the 8 accessions of Tharawada MPCA were observed to share a high similarity coefficient. Among rest of three sites, genetic diversity was seen to be narrow. The accessions obtained from NSWS displayed good diversity. These accessions were also noted to be distant to the populations captured in the MPCA sites. &lt;strong&gt;Conclusions&lt;/strong&gt;: Established MPCA sites capture the available gene pool of &lt;em&gt;Commiphora wightii&lt;/em&gt; of Kachchh region. Since NSWS populations are distant to rest of the region, it is suggested to create another site for this purpose. It is desirable to assess the genetic diversity in rest of the MPCA sites.&lt;/p&gt;
</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">4</style></issue><work-type><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Research Article </style></work-type><accession-num><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">19</style></accession-num><section><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">379</style></section><auth-address><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Narasimha Baba Brindavanam&lt;sup&gt;1,*&lt;/sup&gt;, Gurinderjit Singh Goraya&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;, Santosh Pal Singh&lt;sup&gt;3&lt;/sup&gt;, Amandeep Kumar&lt;sup&gt;4&lt;/sup&gt;, Ankita Tiwari&lt;sup&gt;4&lt;/sup&gt;, Badari Narayan Sarvepalli4, Pankaj Prasad Raturi&lt;sup&gt;4&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;Research Scholar, Amity School of Natural Resources and Sustainable Development, Amity University, Uttar Pradesh, Noida, INDIA.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;IFS (Retired), (Formerly Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Government of Himachal Pradesh and Dy. Director General, Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education, Dehradun), INDIA.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;3&lt;/sup&gt;Director, Amity School of Natural Resources and Sustainable Development, Amity University, Uttar Pradesh, NOIDA (Formerly Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Government of Assam and Dy. Director General, Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education, Dehradun), INDIA.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;4&lt;/sup&gt;Bioresources Development Group, Dabur Research and Development Centre, Ghaziabad (UP), INDIA.&lt;/p&gt;
</style></auth-address></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Yashmin Akhtar</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ravish Choudhary</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kailash Chandra Sharma</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Manju Sharma</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Genetic variability and relationship studies of Ber Ziziphus nummularia (Burm. F.) using morphological and molecular markers</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pharmacognosy Journal</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Genetic variability</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ISSR</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Morphology</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">UPGMA</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Zadber</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2017</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">April 2017 </style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">/files/PJ-9-3/10.5530pj.2017.3.71</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">9</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">417-424</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Introduction:&lt;/strong&gt; Ber (&lt;em&gt;Ziziphus nummularia&lt;/em&gt; (Burm. F.) is the most commonly occurring branched thorny shrub species in the Indian desert. A total of 10 Zadber accessions collected from different agroclimatic regions of India, were evaluated for phenotypic and genotypic variations using morphological and inter-simple sequence repeats (ISSR) markers. &lt;strong&gt;Materials And Methods&lt;/strong&gt;: Morphological characterization was done using descriptors and Molecular characterization studies was done with fifty primers of University of British Columbia (UBC) procured from Geno Biosciences Pvt. Ltd., were used for ISSR-PCR optimisation trials. Eleven primers, which gave the best amplification results with the sample DNA, were selected for final ISSR-PCR analysis. &lt;strong&gt;Results:&lt;/strong&gt; Significant variability was observed in the selected Zadber accessions by the analysis of five quantitative and 25 qualitative morphological characters of leaves, fruits and seeds. ISSR markers also showed polymorphism (86.58%). Jaccard&amp;rsquo;s genetic similarity value of ISSR was found in the range of 0.45-0.77 (average 0.61) suggesting moderate level of genetic diversity within the Zadber group. Two of the eleven ISSR primers were also able to generate cultivar specific amplicons, which may be used for identification of accessions Zadber-5 and Zadber-8. &lt;strong&gt;Conclusion:&lt;/strong&gt; The present study revealed that morphological and molecular markers can be successfully utilized for determining genetic diversity and genetic relationship of Zadber cultivars and used in breeding programmes.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">3</style></issue><work-type><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Original Article</style></work-type><section><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">417</style></section><auth-address><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Yashmin Akhtar, Ravish Choudhary, Kailash Chandra Sharma and Manju Sharma&lt;sup&gt;* &lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Department of Botany, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, Rajasthan, INDIA&lt;/p&gt;</style></auth-address></record></records></xml>