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Biosci. J., Uberlandia, v. 30, n. 4, p. 1118-1126, July/Aug. 2014 

GENETIC VARIABILITY OF ELITE BARLEY GENOTYPES FOR 
BRAZILIAN SAVANNA IRRIGATED SYSTEMS BASED ON RAPD 

MARKERS 
 

VARIABILIDADE GENÉTICA DE ACESSOS ELITE DE CEVADA PARA 
SISTEMAS IRRIGADOS NO CERRADO COM BASE EM MARCADORES RAPD 

 
Renato Fernando AMABILE¹; Fábio Gelape FALEIRO1; Flávio CAPETTINI2;  

Walter Quadros RIBEIRO JÚNIOR1; José Ricardo PEIXOTO3; 
Bernardo Coutinho de ALMEIDA4 

1. Pesquisador, Embrapa Cerrados, Planaltina, DF, Brasil. renato.amabile@embrapa.br; 2. Pesquisador, Field Crop Development 
Centre, Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development, Lacombe, Alberta, Canadá; 3. Professor Adjunto, Faculdade de Agronomia e 
Medicina Veterinária da Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brasil; 4. Mestrando do PPG em Agroenergia pela Universidade 

Federal do Tocantins, Palmas, TO, Brasil. 
 

ABSTRACT: The objective of this work was to characterize and quantify the genetic variability of 39 barley 
elite genotypes from a Brazilian working collection belonging to Embrapa, using RAPD (Random Amplified Polymorphic 
DNA) molecular markers. Genomic DNA samples were extracted from leaves of each genotype and 15 decamer primers 
were used to obtain RAPD molecular markers. Molecular markers were converted in a binary data matrix utilized to 
estimate genetic dissimilarities between genotypes and to realize grouping and dispersion graphic analysis. A total of 160 
RAPD markers were obtained, making 10.7 markers medium per primer. From all the markers, 141 (88.12%) were 
polymorphic. Genetic dissimilarities varied from 0.049 to 0.337 among the genotypes. PFC 2004033 and Prestige cultivar 
showed biggest genetic dissimilarities to others genetic materials. Grouping and dispersion graphic analysis showed a 
clustering tendency between the Mexican and American genotypes. Another clustering tendency was also found 
concerning the six-rowed materials. Accessions developed and used in Brazil and also in Germany, UK  and Australia 
have shown the greatest genetic dissimilarity among themselves, being considered promising options to increase the 
genetic base of breeding programs. 

 
KEYWORDS: Genetic diversity. Hordeum vulgare L. RAPD. Genetic resources. 
 

INTRODUCTION 
 
The barley (Hordeum vulgare sp. vulgare) - 

the fourth most important food crop in the world 
(FAOSTAT, 2012) – has shown a high potential to 
be integrated to the crop production in the savannas 
of Central Brazil. In general, barley is only grown in 
the coolest regions in the South of Brazil. However, 
Embrapa (Brazilian Agricultural Research 
Corporation) has developed researches on barley in 
the savannas using irrigated systems, showing the 
technical and economic feasibility of growing the 
cereal in this kind of environment (AMABILE et al., 
2007a). 

The characterization of genetic resources is 
critical in crop improvement programs because it 
allows significant quality and quantitative gains for 
the Brazilian agriculture. Therefore, a greater 
knowledge about the genetic resources of barley is 
fundamental for the selection and evaluation of crop 
accessions that meet the requirements of the 
irrigated productive system of the savannas. This 
will allow the barley crop to be considered an 
agronomic and economic alternative for this area. 

The technological innovation used to carry 
out selection through genetic analysis of the targeted 
characteristics allows the improvement of species in 
the country, being essential to establish the crop in 
the savannas. One of the best strategies to obtain 
superior genotypes is through genetic recombination 
between the local and exotic adjusted germplasm of 
higher quality and the agronomic type. In order to 
do it, a genetic identification and separation of the 
accessions included in the working collection is 
needed, so the target crosses can be performed 
among the related parents, increasing the genetic 
variability for the barley improvement program 
(RASMUSSON; PHILLIPS, 1997; NASS, 2001). 

Random Amplification of Polymorphic 
DNA (RAPD) has been successfully used to identify 
and quantify the genetic variability in several groups 
of plants, being therefore used as an additional tool 
for the characterization and use of genetic resources 
programs and also in improvement programs 
(FALEIRO, 2007; FERREIRA et al., 2007).  

Molecular markers are often used to study 
the genetic variability of barley using the RAPD 
technique, since it has the great capacity of 
accessing information of its genome and because it 

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is easy and fast to be performed, being effective and 
able to provide reliable results (SELBACH; 
CAVALLI-MOLINA, 2000; TODOROVSKA et al., 
2003; KROTH et al., 2005; TANYOLAC, 2003; 
HOU et al., 2005; ABDELLAOUI et al., 2007; 
KARIM et al., 2009). 

Therefore, this research was undertaken to 
characterize and to quantify the genetic variability 
of 39 elite genotypes from a Brazilian working 
collection belonging to Embrapa Cerrados, using 
RAPD (Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA) 
molecular markers. 

 
MATERIAL AND METHODS 

 
The present study was carried out at the 

Genetic and Molecular Biology Lab at Embrapa 

Cerrados, Brazil. Thirty-nine Mexican, American, 
Canadian, Australian, British and German elite, 
malting and hull-less barley accessions obtained 
from the working collection of Embrapa Cerrados, 
besides Brazilian lines obtained through the barley 
improvement program at Embrapa, were used 
(Table 1). Samples were cultivated in a green house 
at Embrapa Cerrados, and after 8-day germination, 
leaflet samples of two plants were obtained to 
extract the genomic DNA. CTAB method with some 
modifications was used for DNA extraction 
(BELLON et al., 2007). The amount of DNA was 
calculated using a spectrophotometer at 260 nm 
(A260) and a ratio of A260/A280 in order to 
evaluate its purity and quality (SAMBROOCK et 
al., 1989). Samples of each DNA accession were 
diluted to 5 ng/µ L.  

 
Table 1. Elite barley genotypes characterized in this study. Brasília, DF, 2011. 

Number Genotypes Number of rowed  Origin 

1 PFC 2001090 * 2 Brazil 
2 CEV 96046 * 2 Brazil 
3 PFC 213660 * 2 Brazil 
4 PFC 99318 * 2 Brazil 
5 PFC 213106 2 Brazil 
6 PFC 2003122 * 2 Brazil 
7 Alliot 2 UK 
8 Foster * 6 USA 
9 C-70 2 USA 

10 Lacey * 6 USA 
11 M 14 2 USA 
12 CPAC 20011 6 Mexico 
13 PFC 2005123 2 Brazil 
14 CIMMYT 42 6 Mexico 
15 CIMMYT 48 6 Mexico 
16 CIMMYT 2 6 Mexico 
17 CIMMYT 25 6 Mexico 
18 PFC 2001049 * 2 Brazil 
19 Danuta * 2 Germany 
20 BRS 195 * 2 Brazil 
21 BRS 180 * 6 USA 
22 Cellar* 2 UK 
23 CPAC 20020098 * 6 Mexico 
24 BRS Deméter * 2 Brazil 
25 Prestige * 2 UK 
26 Scarlett* 2 Germany 
27 PFC 2004345 2 Brazil 
28 BRS Sampa * 2 Brazil 
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30 BRS Elis * 2 Brazil 
31 PFC 98252 6 Brazil 
32 Vicente Morales 6 Mexico 
33 BRS Greta * 2 Brazil 
34 PFC 99324 * 6 Brazil 
35 PFC 2004033 * 2 Brazil 
36 PFC 214827-10 2 Brazil 
37 Antartica-1 2 Brazil 
38 Nandi 6 Australia 
39 FM 404 2 Brazil 

* Genotypes used in Brazilian improvement program. 
 

The amplification reactions were carried out 
in a total volume of 13 uL, with 10µ L of the buffer, 
containing 10 mM Tris-HCl (pH 8.3); 50 mM of 
KCl; 3 mM of MgCl2; 100 µ M of each 
desoxyribonucleotide (dATP, dTTP, dGTP and 
dCTP); 0.4 µM of a primer (Operon Technologies 
Inc., Alameda, CA, USA); one unit of Taq DNA 
polymerase and 3 µ L of DNA (15 ng).  

First 48 decamer primers [OPD (02, 03, 04, 
07, 08, 09, 10, 16 and 27), OPE (03, 04, 07, 15, 16, 
17, 18, 19 and 20), OPF (01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 09, 10, 
11, 14, 17 and 20), OPG (01, 05, 07, 08, 15, 17 and 
20) and OPH (01, 04, 08, 09, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 
19 and 20)] were tested to be adjusted in the PCR 
(Polimerase Chain Reaction). To accomplish this, 
the DNAs of 4 genotypes (ICARDA/CIMMYT 48, 
Danuta, Prestige and PFC 99324) selected by their 
morphological divergence (two and six-rowed 
materials) and original geographical distance were 
chosen. Through these tests, 15 decamer primers 
which generated the greatest amount and quality of 
amplifications were selected: OPD (03, 07 and 08), 
OPF (05, 09, 14 and 20), OPG (05, 08, 15 and 17) 
and OPH (04, 12, 14 and 20).  

The amplifications were performed in a 
thermocycler programmed for 40 cycles, following 
the sequence: 15 s at 94 ºC, 30 s at 35 ºC and 90 s at 
72 ºC. After 40 cycles, a final extension that lasted 6 
minutes at 72 ºC was made and then the temperature 
was reduced to 4 ºC. After the amplification, 3 µ l of 
bromophenol blue (0.25%) and glycerol (60%) in 
water were added to each sample. Right after that, 
the samples were loaded in agarose gel (1.2%), 
stained with ethidium bromide and embedded in a 
TBE buffer (90 mM Tris-Borato, 1 mM EDTA). 
The electrophoretic separation was performed for 
about 4 hours at 90 volts. At the end of the run, the 
gels were photographed under ultra-violet light.  

The generated RAPD markers were 
converted in a binary data matrix and the genetic 
distance were calculated among the different 

genotypes, based on Nei & Li’s coefficient of 
similarity (NEI & LI, 1979), using Genes Program 
(CRUZ, 2007). The genetic similarity (GS) was 
calculated using Sgij = 2Nij/(Ni + Nj); where: Nij is 
the number of bands present in both i and j 
genotypes and Ni and Nj is the number of bands in i 
and j genotypes, respectively. The genetic 
dissimilarity was calculated subtracting the GS of 
the unit (1 - GS).  

The dissimilarity distance matrix was used 
to perform a cluster analysis through a dendrogram, 
with the UPGMA (Unweighted pair-group method 
arithmetic average) method (SNEATH; SOKAL 
1973) as the cluster criteria and the graphic 
dispersion based on multidimensional scales with 
the principal coordinates methods and the aid of 
SAS Program (SAS Institute Inc., 2010) and 
STATISTICA (Statsoft Inc., 1999). 

In order to define the number of groups, a 
stop in the clustering algorithm was performed 
based on the average genetic dissimilarity among 
the genotypes. The cophenetic correlation 
coefficient among the original genetic distances and 
those represented by the dendrogram between the 
accession pairs, according to SOKAL; ROHLF 
(1962) was calculated to estimate the adjustment 
between the dissimilarity matrix and the generated 
dendrogram using software NTSYS pc 2.1 
(ROHLF, 2000). The clustering stability was 
estimated using the Bootstrap Analysis with 500 
replications and the Genes program (CRUZ, 2007). 

 
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 

 
The analysis of 39 barley genotypes using 

15 primers generated a total of 160 RAPD markers, 
where 141 (88.12%) were polymorphic (Table 2), 
with an average of 10.7 bands per primer. OPD07, 
OPD08, OPF05 and OPH12 decamer primers 
showed the biggest number of polymorphic bands, 
while primer OPH14 presented the biggest number 



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of monomorphic bands and an equal amount of monomorphic and polymorphic bands. 
 

Table 2. Primers used to generate RAPD markers for the barley genotypes and respective 
numbers of polymorphic and monomorphic bands. Brasília, DF, 2011. 

Primer Sequence (5´→3´)  
Number of polymorphic 

bands 
Number of monomorphic 

bands 

OPD03 GTCGCCGTCA 8 0 
OPD07 TTGGCACGGG 12 0 
OPD08 GTGTGCCCCA 14 0 
OPF05 CCGAATTCCC 12 0 
OPF09 CCAAGCTTCC 9 1 
OPF14 TGCTGCAGGT 9 0 
OPF20 GGTCTAGAGG 11 1 
OPG05 CTGAGACGGA 10 2 
OPG08 TCACGTCCAC 11 1 
OPG15 ACTGGGACTC 4 0 
OPG17 ACGACCGACA 11 2 
OPH04  GGAAGTCGCC 6 3 
OPH12 ACGCGCATGT 13 2 
OPH14 ACCAGGTTGG 5 5 
OPH20 GGGAGACATC 6 2 

Total 141 19 

 
The high percentage of polymorphic 

markers and high average of markers by primer 
have shown the highest genetic variability among 
the barley elite genotypes from the working 
collection of Embrapa Cerrados. This behavior 
might be explained by its wide genetic base found at 
the germplasm bank in Brazil and by the efficiency 
of the RAPD technique when quantifying the 
variability for the species. A high genetic variability 
was also found in the collections analyzed by 
Selbach; Cavalli-Molina (2000), HOU et al. (2005), 
Abdellaoui et al. (2007) and Karim et al. (2009). 
This high genetic variability found is important for 
the barley improvement program at Embrapa, since 
it allows the selection of different parents that will 
be included during the crossing blocks and 
hybridizations in an irrigated environment. 
Therefore, there will be a reduction in costs because 
fewer crosses per group will be performed, 
maximizing the chances of obtaining the desirable 
genetic combinations without losing or narrowing 
the genetic base. 

Genetic dissimilarity between barley 
genotypes ranged from 0.049 to 0.337 (data not 
shown). This wide range shows the analysis of 
accessions with different degrees of dissimilarity, as 
found in other collections which were assessed with 
RAPD markers by Todorovska et al. (2003); Kroth 
et al. (2005) and HOU et al. (2005); corroborating 
the results found by Selbach; Cavalli-Molina 

(2000); Tanyolac (2003) and Karim et al. (2009). 
American cultivars Foster and C-70 showed the 
smallest distances, while English barley Prestige 
and Brazilian FM 404 presented the highest 
dissimilarity. As for the average of genetic 
dissimilarities, C-70 and PFC 2003122 genotypes 
had the lowest absolute value - (0.136) and (0.138), 
respectively and PFC 2004033 and cultivar Prestige 
showed the highest average (0.265 and 0.259, 
respectively). 

A good magnitude (r = 0.81) and significant 
(P ≤ 0.001) cophenetic correlation coefficient for the 
dendrogram was found, being greater than the value 
of 0.70 proposed by Rohlf (2000). This result 
indicated the consistency in the adjustment between 
the graphical representation of genetic similarities 
and its original matrix, ensuring the performance of 
inferences through a visual evaluation of the 
dendrograma (Figure 1). 

Through the clustering analysis, using the 
UPGMA method, a big group of similarity was 
observed, setting as the cut point (decision of when 
to stop a clustering algorithm) the mean genetic 
distance of 0.181. This particular group showed a 
high stability (100%) based on the Bootstrap 
Analysis (Figure 1). The present study has shown 
that all genotypes originated in Mexico and the USA 
were in this group, regardless of the fact that the 
samples had covered or hulless seeds. The 
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“presence/absence of hulls” is determined by a gene, 
while the RAPD markers are obtained in all the 

genome. 

 

 
Figure 1. Cluster analysis of 39 barley genotypes based on the genetic distance matrix calculated using 160 

RAPD markers. UPGMA method was used as a cluster criteria. All figures found in the groups show 
the percentage of times that the genotypes were clustered in a Bootstrap analysis with 500 replicates. 
The value for cophenetic correlation coefficient (r) was set at 0.81. 

 
Inside this main group of similarity, two 

other groups could be observed. One of them 
includes BRS 195 cultivar and PFC 2003122 
genotype, with dissimilarity genetic of 0.059. The 
dissimilarity genetic in this case is small because 
BRS 195 is PFC 2003122 genotype’s parent. In this 
group, all elite six-rowed materials also generated 
from selections and hybridizations made in the USA 
and Mexico and from materials from Brazil that 
were introduced, selected or hybridized in the 
improvement programs of the mentioned countries, 
were clustered. This result indicates that the cluster 
is a consequence of the selection pressure produced 
by breeders from those countries who work in the 
improvement programs. For instance, the cluster 
including C-70 and Foster, both originated in the 
USA and six-rowed samples, showed the greatest 
genetic convergence (0.049) and stability (78%). 
Another sub-group of similarity was composed by 
CPAC 20011 genotypes – Brazilian material 
selected along with CIMMYT program – and 
CIMMYT 25, six-rowed materials and coming from 
the same geographic area, that is, the cooperative 
program established between Embrapa and 
ICARDA/CIMMYT.  

The English cultivar Prestige known as a 
reference of international malting quality 
(EUROBARLEY, 2010; RATH, 2001) and for its 
excellent agronomical performance and quality 
under irrigation in the savannas (AMABILE et al., 

2007b, 2009a e 2009b) showed to be the most 
isolated genotype, with the greatest genetic distance 
in comparison to all the other genotypes. The 
separation of this genotype compared to the others 
presented a high repeatability (88%). This fact 
proves the importance of this material when used in 
more divergent crossing block with the purpose of 
increasing the genetic base of the improvement 
programs, more specifically targeted to the 
development of cultivars in an irrigated environment 
of the savannas.  

Also, by using the dendrogram analysis, 
cultivars FM 404, Antártica-1, Prestige, Scarlett and 
Nandi and PFC 2004033 and PFC 214827-10 
genotypes showed the highest dispersions and were 
expressed in relation to the only cluster considered 
stable with a repeatability of 100% (Figure 1). 
Except for Scarlett, Prestige and PFC 2004033, 
none of the other genotypes have been used in 
crossing blocks, even those who present good 
malting quality, as FM 404 and Antártica-1. The 
confirmation of the distances between those 
genotypes might be useful to the program when 
choosing new parents for the hybridizations to be 
made to get a malting quality.  

Several clusters have shown low 
percentages of coincidence indicating that there is 
no tendency for accessions to cluster hierarchy, that 
is, high similarity within the groups and high 
dissimilarity among the groups (Figure 1). It is 



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possible that the lack of cluster hierarchy occurred 
because the barley improvement program at 
Embrapa uses a wide genetic base to generate 
genetic constitutions for several Brazilian barley 
production systems: the irrigated and dry 
environment.  

As for the genetic material used in the 
improvement programs in Brazil, they are widely 
distributed in the dispersion graph (Figure 2), 
showing the genetic variability of these materials. 
This variability is caused by the new approach given 
to the improving program at Embrapa in 2000 in 
order to increase the genetic base. The results 
clearly show the existence of a wide genetic 
variability in the accessions groups used, being a 
direct outcome of the analysis of genetic samples of 

origins and several improvement programs. The 
existence of a significant variability in Brazilian 
barley cultivars, even those resulting from a self-
polinated crop, was also detected by Echart (1996) 
and Selbach; Cavalli-Molina (2000). With the re-
direction and re-modeling of the Brazilian barley 
program – adjusted to a new national reality, so that 
it becomes more competitive, produces a better malt 
quality and shows better agronomical performance, 
the goal here was to introduce and use wider 
genotype variability with similar and pre-defined 
morpho-agronomic characteristics to this system in 
hybridizations. This system was developed to meet 
the demand of the irrigated barley crop in the 
savannas located in the Southern and Mid-West 
region of Brazil. 

  

 
 

Figure 2. Cluster analysis of 39 barley genotypes based on the genetic distance matrix calculated using 160 
RAPD markers. UPGMA method was used as a cluster criteria. All figures found in the groups show 
the percentage of times that the genotypes were clustered in a Bootstrap analysis with 500 replicates. 
The value for cophenetic correlation coefficient (r) was set at 0.81. Brasília, DF, 2011. 

 
When analyzing the dispersion of barley 

genotypes in relation to the characteristic ‘number 
of rows/ear” (six/two-rowed) in comparison to the 
two first principal coordinates (Figure 3) a cluster 
tendency in the six-rowed samples, except for Nandi 
genotype, was observed as shown in the dendrogram 
based on the UPGMA method. 

When considering all different geographical 
origins of the barley genetic materials studied, a 
concentration of Mexican genotypes was found, 
except for Vicente Morales cultivar (Figure 3). This 
kind of clustering tendency was also observed with 
materials originated from the North American 
improvement programs, where they were clustered, 
except for the BRS 180 cultivar. It is important to 

highlight that regardless of being hybridized in the 
USA, the final generations provided after the 
selection of cultivar BRS 180 were performed in an 
irrigated environment in the savanna, being 
influenced by the environment, in a way that 
probably resulted in a so different cultivar compared 
to the others in the group.  

A cluster in the Mexican and American 
samples was observed because a lot of emphasis 
was put into the selection and collection of six-
rowed samples and irrigated environments in a 
certain point in time of the improvement program 
made in these countries. On the other hand, 
Brazilian samples and samples from Germany, 
England and Australia have shown the greatest 



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genetic dissimilarity, being interesting options to 
increase the genetic base of the improvement 

programs. 

 

 
Figure 3. Graphic dispersion of 39 barley accessions of different geographical regions based on the genetic 

distance matrix using 160 RAPD markers. All figures correspond to accessions showed in Table 1. 
Origin of the genetic materials: (◊) Brazil; (▲) Mexico; (■) UK; (+) Germany; (●) United States and 
( ) Australia. * Six-row barleys. Brasília, DF, 2011. 

 

CONCLUSIONS 
 

A high genetic variability was found in the 
present working collection proving to be a feasible 
material to be used for genetic improvement.  

There is a genetic structure among the 
genotypes evaluated, with a clustering tendency 
around the Mexican and the American genotypes. 

Another clustering tendency was also found 
concerning the six-rowed materials.  

Accessions developed and used in Brazil 
and also in Germany, UK and Australia have shown 
the greatest genetic dissimilarity among themselves, 
being considered interesting options to increase the 
genetic base of improvement programs. 

 
 
RESUMO: O objetivo deste trabalho foi caracterizar e quantificar a variabilidade genética de 39 acessos de 

cevada elite da coleção de trabalho da Embrapa Cerrados, utilizando marcadores moleculares RAPD. Foram utilizados 15 
iniciadores decâmeros para a obtenção dos marcadores RAPD, que foram convertidos em uma matriz de dados binários, a 
partir da qual foram estimadas as dissimilaridades genéticas entre os diferentes acessos e realizadas análises de 
agrupamento. Foram obtidos 160 marcadores RAPD, dos quais 141 (88,12%) foram polimórficos. As dissimilaridades 
genéticas variaram de 0,049 a 0,337, entre os acessos de cevada. A análise de agrupamento e de dispersão gráfica mostrou 
uma tendência de agrupamento entre os genótipos mexicanos e americanos. Outra tendência de agrupamento também foi 
encontrada entre os genótipos de seis fileiras de grãos. Acessos desenvolvidos e utilizados no Brasil e também os 
genótipos provenientes da Alemanha, Inglaterra e Austrália têm demonstrado a maior divergência genética entre si, sendo 
considerados opções interessantes para aumentar a base genética dos programas de melhoramento. 

 
PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Diversidade genética. Cevada. Hordeum vulgare L. RAPD. Recursos genéticos. 
 
 

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