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Characterization of multiclonal aspen cultivars using isozyme electrophoresis

F. Bergmann

Document Type

Article

Journal/Book Title/Conference

For. Ecol. Managem.

Volume

22

Issue

1-2

First Page

167

Last Page

172

Publication Date

1987

Abstract

The characterization and control of multiclonal aspen cultivars by scoring morphological and phenological traits becomes very difficult when many (e.g. 20 or more) clones constitute a cultivar. Therefore, electrophoretically detectable isozyme patterns were tested for their ability to differential individual clones within multiclonal cultivars.

Using sets of combined isozyme patterns of five enzyme systems, it was possible to distinguish 19 out of 20 clones constituting a multiclonal aspen cultivar. Thus, electrophoretic methods may be a valuable supplement to more traditional methods in many cases where cultivar characterization and identification are unreliable.

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