ANALYSIS OF CULTIVATED POTATO (SOLANUM-TUBEROSUM) USING INTERMICROSATELLITE AMPLIFICATION

Twelve potato (Solanum tuberosum) cultivars were analysed using interm icrosatellite amplification with two 5'-anchored repeat primers. Ampli fication products were resolved on polyacrylamide gels. In total, 24 p olymorphic bands were scored and used to construct a dendrogram showin g the relationships between the cultivars. The three late 19th - early 20th century cultivars studied were grouped together, as were the thr ee accessions directly descended from S. tuberosum cv. Maris Piper. Th ese results suggest that intermicrosatellite amplification is a potent ially useful tool for both phenetic and genotyping studies.