C-banding patterns and allocation of allicin genes on chromosomes of two garlic cultivars [electronic resource]

Includes bibliographic reference

Garlic (Allium sativum) is a diploid species belonging to the genus Allium of the Liliaceae family,
order As-paraguses’ is well known that Garlic orig-inated from the main center of Allium di-versity
that stretches from the Mediterra-nean basin to central Asia (Ipek and Si-mon, 2001). The soft-neck
cultivars are stronger and more pungent, and the top-setting cultivars are usually milder, sweet-er,
and nuttier in flavor (Woodward, 1996). A wide range of morphological diversity has also been observed
in Garlic, including flowering ability, bulbils traits, and flowering traits (McCollum 1976;
Lallemand et al. 1997; Hong et al. 2000; Senula and Keller 2000 and Simon and Jenderek 2003;
Osman et al. 2007 and Ata and Osman 2009).
Key words: garlic – chromosome - c-banding – Fish – Allicin- gene mapping

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