Molecular Identity Of Chinese Medicine Dioscorea Panthaica, Nipponica And Zingiberensis

To establish molecular method for identifying Chinese medicine Dioscorea nipponica/panthaica/zingiberensis, we firstly study the Genetic diversity of psbA-trnH of Dioscorea and discuss the value of the fragment to molecular identity and systematology to three Dioscorea species (Dioscorea nipponica/panthaica/zingiberensis). The psbA-trnH fragments of different species of Dioscorea are amplified and sequenced,analyzing by software MEGA3.0. The length of Dioscorea nipponica and panthaica are 274bp and 279bp; two psbA-trnH fragments exist in Dioscorea zingiberensis individual, length of the shorter fragment is 241bp and the longer is 503bp. The interspecific Genetic distance (p-distance) of the three species is 0.00350-0.04545, and no intraspecific diversity exists. According to the Genetic distance, phylogenetic tree is built by UPGMA Method, each species of different place gather obviously, which is same to the shape classification. Results show that the psbA-trnH fragment is highly conservative at intraspecific level and obvious diversity at interspecific level, however, phylogenetic study is necessary for the Dioscorea in the future.Based on analysis to psbA-trnH fragment of Dioscorea panthaica, nipponica and zingiberensis, according to the special point of the three Yam species, primers as marker are designed for distinguishing the three species. Cooperating with primer pair psbAf-trnHr, dominant and codominant way is established for discriminating them. Moreover, assisted with NaOH method to extract total DNA of Dry stenophora of Yam, rapid and correct identity to the three species can be done.