Molecular Markers in Micropropagation, Tissue Culture and In Vitro Plant Research

Molecular marker technologies have become a powerful tool in crop improvement through their use in germplasm characterization, linkage mapping and molecular breeding. In vitro plant research has become one of the areas of extensive molecular marker application, as they can be used to monitor the somaclonal variation, verify the genetic fidelity of micropropagated plants and to identify genotypes with desired response to in vitro culture conditions. The objective of this paper is to summarize literature concerning application of various molecular markers for genetic fidelity assessment of in vitro cultured plants. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________