Kyong-Jin Min 1,2, Jong-Kun Kim 2, A-Min Kwak 1, Won-Sik Kong 3, Youn-Hee Oh 3 and Hee-Wan Kang
1Graduate School of Future Convergence Technology, Hankyong National University, Ansung 456-749, Korea
2JK BioTech. Co. Ltd., Ansung 456-749, Korea
3Mushroom Science Division, National Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Science, RDA, Eumseong 369-873, Korea
Correspondence to kanghw2@hknu.ac.kr
Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor J Mycol) March 31, 2014, 42(1):1-8.
https://doi.org/10.4489/KJM.2014.42.1.1
Received: March 4, 2014; Revised: March 8, 2014; Accepted: March 15, 2014
Published: March 31, 2014.
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Twelve Universal fungal PCR fingerprint (UFPF) primers that were modified from Universal rice primer (URP) were used to assess genetic diversity of 64 Agaricus strains including 45 A. bisporus strains and other 19 strains of other Agaricus spp. Eight primers, UFPF1, UFPF2, UFPF3, UFPF7, UFPF9, UFPF10, UFPF11, and UFPF12 produced PCR polymorphic bands within and between the Agaricus species. Primer UFPF7 produced specific PCR polymorphic bands that are distinct Korean strain from different strains. Ninety five PCR polymorphic bands were inputted for UPGMA cluster analysis. Forty five strains of A. bisporus are genetically clustered into 8 groups, showing coefficient similarity from 0.75 to 0.9 among them. The varieties, Saea, Saedo, Saejeong and Saeyeon that have recently been developed in Korea were involved in the same group with close genetic relationship of coefficient similarity over 0.96, whereas, other Korean strains were genetically related to A. bisporus strains that were introduced from USA, Eroupe and Chinese.
Agaricus bisporus strains, Genetic diversity, PCR polymorphism