**8. Molecular diversity analysis**

Assessment of genetic diversity using RAPD analysis shows close similarity among mungbean cultivars [67]. The study reveals narrow genetic base of Indian cultivars probably due the repeated use of limited ancestors in their pedigrees. This observation has further been confirmed using RAPD [68, 69] and ISSR [70, 71] markers. Amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) markers have also been used in mungbean to test their usefulness in genetic diversity assessment [67]. The long primers yielded significantly higher number of discrete and detectable bands as well as polymorphic bands than 10-base primers. The results show that long primers can be used efficiently for analyzing genetic diversity and the relationships in mungbean germplasm.
