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Enzyme polymorphisms have been widely used in aquatic plants since the 1980s. Studies on DNA polymorphisms are less numerous and a case-study using both methods on Scirpus is worked out. Along the unique freshwater tidal zone of the River Schelde (Belgium), clumps of Scirpus species are mostly scattered in small and fragmented locations on the dikes and mud flats. Most of these taxa are native S. triqueter, S. tabernaemontani or intermediate morphological forms. However, several cultivated strains of S. tabernaemontani have been introduced in recent years. Such ‘exotic’ strains have been planted to stabilize the muddy riverbanks and became well established and may perform better than the native hybrid complex. In order to determine the existing genetic diversity among these species and the possibility for genetic pollution, stems of 30 clumps from a series of locations along the tidal river were investigated for seven enzymes (SDH, PGM, EST, MNR, GOT, 6PGD and ME) and for markers at DNA level using random amplified polymorphic DNA’s (RAPD) of 22 decanucleotides. Data analysis of the allozymes and of the amplified DNA fragments enabled us to classify unambiguously the different Scirpus taxa. Direct evidence of hybridization between S. triqueter and S. tabernaemontani could not be obtained, but the putative hybrids are genetically intermediate or close to S. triqueter when considering the DNA polymorphism. The introduced clones of S. tabernaemontani consisted of at least three groups of genotypes of which one was very related to the native ones. The escaped clumps could be assigned to a third introduced but less-related strain.
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Triest, L., De Greef, B. (1999). The use of isozymes and PCR-based DNA polymorphism in aquatic weed management: a case-study on introduced and native clones of a hybrid complex. In: Caffrey, J., Barrett, P.R.F., Ferreira, M.T., Moreira, I.S., Murphy, K.J., Wade, P.M. (eds) Biology, Ecology and Management of Aquatic Plants. Developments in Hydrobiology, vol 147. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0922-4_12
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