MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF Dittrichia viscosa (L.) GREUTER (ASTERACEAE) POPULATIONS REVEALED BY ISSR MARKERS AND CHLOROPLAST (cpDNA) trnL INTRON SEQUENCES; [MOLEKULARNA KARAKTERIZACIJA POPULACIJA Dittrichia viscosa (L.) GREUTER (ASTERACEAE) POMOĆU ISSR MARKERA I HLOROPLAST (cpDNA) trnL INTRONSKIH SEKVENCI]

In this study, molecular characterization of Dittrichia viscosa (L.) Greuter populations collected from Aydın province was carried out based on ISSR technique and chloroplast DNA trnL intron sequences. 10 ISSR primers were used to determine the molecular characterization among the populations. For cpDNA trnL intron amplification, trnC and trnD primers were used. In ISSR analysis, a total of 70 bands were obtained. The polymorphism rate was determined to be approximately 94.28%. According to the ISSR analysis, the UPGMA dendrogram consisted of three groups. For cpDNA trnL intron sequences, phylogenetic analyses were obtained along with genetic distances. For populations, cpDNA trnL intron sequences were determined between 454 and 472 bases. The maximum likelihood phylogenetic tree consist of two clades. In addition, cpDNA trnL intron sequences of some species (Chrysophthalmum Pulicaria Inula Jasonia Stenachaenium Carpesium Blumea Iphiona Limbarda Rhanterium Lifago Duhaldea Chiliadenus) of Asteraceae family from NCBI with Dittrichia viscosa populations phylogenetic tree was constructed. As a result of the study, it was determined that the polymorphism rate of Dittrichia viscosa populations obtained by ISSR-PCR was higher than the results obtained from trnL intron sequences.