Genetic Divergence among Populations of Invasive Alien Species Lantana camara L. from Selected Areas of Bangladesh

SAILA KABIR; MD ABUL KASHEM; MOHAMMAD ZABED HOSSAIN

doi:10.54479/pae.v1i01.6664

SAILA KABIR Department of Botany, University of Dhaka, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh
MD ABUL KASHEM Department of Botany, University of Dhaka, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh
MOHAMMAD ZABED HOSSAIN Department of Botany, University of Dhaka, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh

DOI: https://doi.org/10.54479/pae.v1i01.6664

Keywords: Invasion, Admixture, Molecular marker, Genetic diversity, Polymorphism.

Abstract

Lantana camara L., a well-known invasive alien species causing invasion and posing threat to native plant species community in different regions of Bangladesh. The present study aimed to investigate the genetic diversity of L. camara populations in different regions of Bangladesh. Eight RAPD markers were used in order to probe into its genetic variability. Total number of bands (202), polymorphic loci (104), per-centage of polymorphism (97.20%), average Shanon’s information index (0.3051±0.115), Nei’s gene diversity (0.4733±0.144) was found and in different populations and multiple divergent genetic clustering along with presence of unique alleles (4) for RAPD revealed high genetic diversity among the populations of L. camara in different regions of Bangladesh.