Identification de cultivars de framboisier par l’analyse d’ADN polymorphe amplifié au hasard (RAPD)
We developed a fast and simple test to accurately characterize the various cultivars of raspberry of the Quebec certification program. This test, based on random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analysis, uses minute quantities of plant DNA. Portions of this DNA are multiplied with small 10-nucleotide primers of arbitrary sequences. Analyses were done on DNA from 15 raspberry cultivars amplified with 19 different primers. A combination of three primers was chosen for its ability to differenciate all the cultivars. Test reproducibility was checked with DNA samples from plants collected at various periods of the growth season and from plants of various categories of the certification program (in vitro plantlets, Foundation and Certified plants, commercial plants). Key words: Raspberry (Rubus spp.), random amplified polymorphic DNA, cultivar identification