The
first RAPD study of mungbean was conducted to determine the genetic variability among 23 accessions
of five species of wild and cultivated plants in the subgenus
Ceratotropis, including V. angularis, V. umbellata, V. radiata,
V. aconitifolia, and V. mungo. Early RAPD analyses in mungbean
have focused on examining genotypic diversity and genetic similarity for crop improvement . By integrating both RFLP and RAPD techniques
to detect genetic polymorphism, a linkage map was developed
from the F2 mapping populations of V. radiata ssp. radiata
and V. radiata ssp. sublobata, with 52 RFLP and 56 RAPD
markers localized to 12 linkage groups