Cordia dichotoma is an important member of the family Boraginaceae. Its fruits, leaves and flowers are edible and consumed by many communities in India. It is an underutilized plant that exhibits many health benefits and is used as therapeutic diets. However, the natural populations of this plant species have decreased drastically. In this research work, germplasms of C. dichotoma have been explored for genetic diversity and population structure using Inter-Simple Sequence Repeat (ISSR) markers. Sixty accessions of this species were collected from the Himalayan foothills of Himachal Pradesh and plains of Punjab, and characterized using ISSR markers. In total, 10 ISSR primers amplified 72 polymorphic fragments, with an average of 7.2 fragments. The size of the amplified fragments ranged from 250 to 2000 bp. The primer UBC-810 amplified a minimum of 4 fragments, while UBC-807 amplified the maximum (12) fragments. The PIC values ranged from 0.32 (UBC-848) to 0.49 (UBC-808, UBC-812, UBC-834), with an average of 0.44. The marker index was lowest (1.82) for primer UBC-810 and highest (5.11) for primer UBC-807, with a mean value of 3.17. Nei's gene diversity (0.268) and Shannon's diversity index (0.399) were highest in the Hoshiarpur population. Genetic structure revealed the presence of three gene pools within the studied accessions and Dendrogram showed clear two groups. The results of the present study indicated that selected accessions such as K8, H4, H7, H10, M21 and M62 can be used for breeding, conservation and improvement of C. dichotoma germplasm for sustainable utilization of this underutilized and neglected species.
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