Banding profiles generated by RAPD and SCoT primers were pooled into a data binary matrix based on the presence (1) or absence (0) of the selected band. Only clear, unambiguous, and reproducible bands amplified in both cases were considered for the scoring of the data. Smeared and weak bands were excluded. The ability of the primers to distinguish between individuals was accessed by calculating the resolving power (Rp) ( Prevost and Wilkinson, 1999) for both the markers. The function is deduced by the formula Rp = ΣIb where band informativeness, Ib = 1 − (2 × |0.5 − p|) and p is the proportion of individuals containing band I. Polymorphic information content (PIC) value was calculated using the formula PIC = 1 − Σpi2, where pi is the frequency of the ith allele ( Smith et al., 1997). The fit between the similarity matrix and the dendrogram was estimated from the cophenetic correlation coefficient (r) ( Sneath and Sokal, 1973). Genetic similarity based on Jaccard's coefficient was calculated using SimQual module and arranged into a similarity matrix. A dendrogram was constructed using a NTSYS version 2.20 software package ( Rohlf and Taxonomy, 1998) by following the UPGMA option of the SAHN module.