Electrophoretic characterization of crude leaf proteins in Lycopersicon and Trichosanthes cultivars

Abstract

Young leaves of three cultivars of Lycopersicon esculentum (Mill) and a cultivar of Trichosanthes cucumerina var. anguina (Haines) were freshly collected at 50% flowering. Crude leaf proteins were extracted from them and characterized using polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Intercultivar qualitative as well as quantitative protein bands depict some degree of relationship among the Lycopersicon cultivars studied. The degree of variation in protein bands as a measure of genetic divergence between L. esculentum cultivars and T. cucumerina was discussed.

Key Words: Electrophoresis, protein, Lycopersicon, Trichosanthes.

African Journal of Biotechnology Vol.3(11) 2004: 585-587