Morphological and genetic analysis of Momordica cochinchinensis (Lour.) Spreng. (Gac) from different accessions in Malaysia

Mohd Khairi, Nurin Nazihah and Othman, Halimaton Saadiah (2023) Morphological and genetic analysis of Momordica cochinchinensis (Lour.) Spreng. (Gac) from different accessions in Malaysia. Journal of Tropical Life Science, 13 (2). pp. 319-334. ISSN 2087-5517 E-ISSN 2527-4376

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Abstract

Momordica cochinchinensis or gac fruit is a 'superfruit' that is well-known in Vietnam. Gac is an orange fruit that is ovoid in shape and has a soft spiny texture. In Malaysia, gac fruit is a new and less known plant. This study aimed to characterize gac fruit using morphological analysis involving both vegetative and reproductive parts and to characterize the genetic diversity in gac fruit by using Inter-simple sequence repeat (ISSR) analysis. Four different gac accessions were collected from different areas (Kota Damansara (Selangor), Melaka Tengah (Melaka), Hulu Langat (Selangor) and Kuantan (Pahang)) were cultivated under tropical conditions in Kuantan, Pahang. The gac accessions showed differences in morphological characters. Generally, the gac fruits were reddish-orange in colour, the leaf was dark green on the adaxial part and light green on the abaxial part, and the female and male flower was light yellow and white in color. The fruit weight ranged from 193.72 g (GD) to 334.70 g (GH) with varied shapes and spike density. DNA extraction was following the CTAB method. All 30 primers showed high levels of polymorphism (83%) and the polymorphism information content (PIC) with the mean of 0.48. Nei's genetic distance coefficient ranged between 0.27 and 0.6 with the mean value of 0.41. Dendrogram based on UP-GMA analysis grouped the four gac accessions into two main groups. Cluster I con-sisted of accession GD, GM and GH while cluster II consisted of only GX. Results from both morphological and molecular analysis showed genetic diversities in all four gac fruits studied.

Item Type:	Article (Journal)
Additional Information:	8364/106319
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Gac fruit, Genetic analysis, Inter-simpler Sequence Repeat (ISSR), Morphology, Phylogenetic tree
Subjects:	S Agriculture > S Agriculture (General)
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Science Kulliyyah of Science > Department of Biotechnology Kulliyyah of Science > Department of Plant Science
Depositing User:	Dr Halimaton Saadiah Othman
Date Deposited:	05 Sep 2023 15:11
Last Modified:	08 Nov 2023 09:16
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/106319

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