Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences Journal of Applied Biotechnology Reports 2322-1186 4 3 2017 09 01 The Genetic and Phytochemical Diversity of Four Populations of Lemongrass (Cymbopogon olivieri) from Southeast Iran 657 660 68966 EN Zeynab Kahnouji Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Iran Gholam-Reza Sharifi-Sirchi Department of Agriculture, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Sources, University of Hormozgan, Bandar Abbas, Iran Hossein Ali Sassan Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Iran Journal Article 2017 06 03 <span>Lemongrass (<em>Cymbopogon olivieri)</em> is highly cross-pollinated and fragrant herb plant. Because of so worthy essential oil components, it is widely used in cosmetics, food, and medicine industry. The <em>C. olivieri</em> leaves of 4 populations were sampled from South and Southeast Iran. Random amplified polymorphic DNA </span><span>(RAPD) markers used to assess the population structure and genetic variation. In total, 32 polymorphic bands amplified from 11 effective chosen RAPD markers. Cluster analysis using the UPGMA method divided the populations into 2 main groups. A high cophenetic correlation coefficient (r = 0.90) was obtained. The pale yellow essential oils were used for GC-MS analysis. Pipertone, carrene, elemol, limonene, benzene, α-pinene, linalool, azulene, and calarene were the components with the highest amount found in this study. The high genetic and phytochemical diversity among studied <em>C. olivieri</em> population was observed which could be applied in following breeding and gene bank conservation programs.</span> https://www.biotechrep.ir/article_68966_3ccf50b9d73ea11f758bd030e5ac593f.pdf