Genome size estimation of false daisy, cheek weed, pot marigold and marigold

Akhter Ansari Waquar; Krishna Ram; Ajmal Ali Mohammad; Joongku Lee

doi:10.6026/97320630019976

Genome size estimation of false daisy, cheek weed, pot marigold and marigold

Bioinformation. 2023 Sep 30;19(9):976-980. doi: 10.6026/97320630019976. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Akhter Ansari Waquar¹, Krishna Ram¹, Ajmal Ali Mohammad², Joongku Lee³

Affiliations

¹ ICAR-Indian Institute of Vegetable Research, Varanasi-221005, Uttar Pradesh, India.
² Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
³ Department of Environment and Forest Resources, Chungnam National University, Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea.

Abstract

We report the genome size estimated using flow cytometry for four closely related species, including false daisy (Eclipta prostrate), cheek weed (Ageratum conyzoides), pot marigold (Calendula officinalis), and marigold (Tagetes erecta) belonging to Asteraceae family. The detected genome size for false daisy, cheek weed, pot marigold, and marigold was, 2.435, 3.266, 3.413, and 1.897, Gbp, respectively, while their respective 2C DNA content was 2.5, 3.3, 3.5, and 1.9, pg. The information on genome size presented here will be useful for understanding genomic evolution and will also clear the way for additional genomic research in these species.

Keywords: Genome size; cheek weed; false daisy; marigold; pot marigold.