The results of the present study are consistent with those of previous reports describing
the applicability of ISSR markers for studying the fidelity of meristem-derived plants.
However, interesting observations may be made regarding the likelihood of somaclonal variation
with the use of the ISSR 37 (Figure 4) and ISSR 25 (Figure 5) primers, which show examples
of genetic differences between accessions multiplied in vitro and their corresponding
accessions maintained in the field