Genetic Variation of Native Perilla Germplasms Collected from South Korea Using Simple Sequence Repeat (SSR) Markers and Morphological Characteristics

Using morphological characteristics and simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers, we evaluated the variation genetic diversity of 200 Perilla accessions collected from five regions South Korea another region. In analysis, particularly leaf color, stem degree pubescence, size have been found to help distinguish features native cultivated in Korea. Twenty SSR primer sets confirmed a total 137 alleles accessions. The number per locus ranged 3 13, with an average 6.85. (GD) was 0.649, range 0.290–0.828. From analysis Jeolla-do Gyeongsang-do showed comparatively high values compared those other unweighted pair group method arithmetic mean (UPGMA) were cluster into three main groups outgroup 42% similarity, did not show clear geographic structure Therefore, it is believed that landrace seeds are frequently exchanged by farmers through various routes between results this study expected provide interesting information on conservation these resources selection useful for development varieties leafy vegetables frutescens var.