<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Narasimha Baba Brindavanam</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gurinderjit Singh Goraya</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Santosh Pal Singh</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Amandeep Kumar</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ankita Tiwari</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Badari Narayan Sarvepalli</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pankaj Prasad Raturi</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Genetic Diversity in Commiphora wightii (Arn.) Bhandari (Guggul): An Assessment of Populations in Conservation Sites of Kachchh Region (Gujarat) of India</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pharmacognosy Journal</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gene Pool</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Guggulu</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">In-situ conservation</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Medicinal Plants Conservation Area</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">MPCA</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">UPGMA</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2022</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">August 2022</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">14</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">379-387</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Introduction:&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Commiphora wightii&lt;/em&gt; (Arn.) Bhandari (Guggul) is native to semi-arid to arid zones. Its oleoresin gum is used for both medicinal and non-medicinal applications. Reportedly, the species faces high degree conservation threats. A network of Four Medicinal Plants Conservation Areas (MPCA) was carved out in Kachchh region- under financial support from National Medicinal Plants Board. The species also occurs in sanctuary and protected by default. It is considered important to assess genetic diversity of these conserved populations. &lt;strong&gt;Methods:&lt;/strong&gt; A total of 38 accessions of Guggul leaves were collected from five study sites and the whole genomic DNA was extracted for each sample. Genetic study was carried out using ISSR technique. Scorable bands were obtained for 14 out of 40 primers tested. A total of 49 bands were obtained of which 20 were polymorphic in nature. UPGMA dendrograms were constructed for individual sites and also a collective dendrogram for all the study sites.&lt;strong&gt; Results:&lt;/strong&gt; All the 8 accessions of Tharawada MPCA were observed to share a high similarity coefficient. Among rest of three sites, genetic diversity was seen to be narrow. The accessions obtained from NSWS displayed good diversity. These accessions were also noted to be distant to the populations captured in the MPCA sites. &lt;strong&gt;Conclusions&lt;/strong&gt;: Established MPCA sites capture the available gene pool of &lt;em&gt;Commiphora wightii&lt;/em&gt; of Kachchh region. Since NSWS populations are distant to rest of the region, it is suggested to create another site for this purpose. It is desirable to assess the genetic diversity in rest of the MPCA sites.&lt;/p&gt;
</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">4</style></issue><work-type><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Research Article </style></work-type><accession-num><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">19</style></accession-num><section><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">379</style></section><auth-address><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Narasimha Baba Brindavanam&lt;sup&gt;1,*&lt;/sup&gt;, Gurinderjit Singh Goraya&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;, Santosh Pal Singh&lt;sup&gt;3&lt;/sup&gt;, Amandeep Kumar&lt;sup&gt;4&lt;/sup&gt;, Ankita Tiwari&lt;sup&gt;4&lt;/sup&gt;, Badari Narayan Sarvepalli4, Pankaj Prasad Raturi&lt;sup&gt;4&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;Research Scholar, Amity School of Natural Resources and Sustainable Development, Amity University, Uttar Pradesh, Noida, INDIA.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;IFS (Retired), (Formerly Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Government of Himachal Pradesh and Dy. Director General, Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education, Dehradun), INDIA.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;3&lt;/sup&gt;Director, Amity School of Natural Resources and Sustainable Development, Amity University, Uttar Pradesh, NOIDA (Formerly Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Government of Assam and Dy. Director General, Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education, Dehradun), INDIA.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;4&lt;/sup&gt;Bioresources Development Group, Dabur Research and Development Centre, Ghaziabad (UP), INDIA.&lt;/p&gt;
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