Genetic diversity of carambola in North East India

Present research investigation was aimed to determine the genetic diversity of carambola found in North East Region of India using morphological and RAPD markers. Results revealed that genetic variability was observed among the selected genotypes in morphological and yield traits. RAPD molecular marker also showed considerable variation in which out of the 20 primers used 15 primers are amplified which generated 92 total numbers of band and 64 polymorphic bands with a mean of 4.26 bands per primer and 69.34% polymorphism among the selected genotypes. Results showed the usefulness of morphological and RAPD molecular marker as a tool for screening variability of carambola genotypes.