Department of Biotechnology, Rubber Research Institute of Nigeria, Benin, Nigeria
Research Article
Morphological and Molecular Characterization of Gnetum africanum (Welw) Germplasm Using DNA Barcoding Method
Author(s): Elijah Nya*, Lucy Owoh, Ofonime Udofia, Inyang Udosen, Eme G Ogidi and Godwin Elijah
Gnetum africanum is a twisted woody climbing wild plant liana found growing naturally in dense
equatorial rainforest but currently domesticated in tropical areas of the world. There has been
taxonomic confusion in classifying this liana due to its observable diverse morphological characters.
Indeed, morphological characterization alone has not offer the needed solution. However, there is
dearth of information on the molecular characterization of Gnetum africanum. Morphological and
molecular descriptors, could help offers the needed phenotypic and genotypic characterization of this
plant much better. This study is aimed at characterizing Gnetum africanum land races to identify
species that could be used for the development of high yielding hybrids. Three different land races or
accessions of Gnetum africanum was collected from.. View More»
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