Acrocarpus fraxinifolius is an important tropical timber species mainly found in Asia and is a fast growing tree species found naturally in India, Chaina, Burma and Sumatra. In Karnataka, the species is extensively cultivated in coffee plantations due to its desirability in the rainy season that favours coffee growth. The species is also to the smaller extent noticed in natural forests and sacred groves of Kodagu district, Karnataka, India. However there was no much studies were taken in assessing the genetic diversity of the species exists in natural forests, sacred groves and coffee plantations. Hence the study was undertaken to know the extent of genetic diversity in the species as comparing to natural forests, sacred groves and coffee plantations was analyzed using ISSR markers. The leaf samples were collected from each of landscape. | ISSR analysis of genetic diversity in Acrocarpus fraxinifolius from three landscape elements of transition forest belt of Kodagu district, Karnataka, India
