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Molecular characterization of sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas [L.] Lam) germplasms for desirable traits by using simple sequence repeats markers

KHANDAKAR ABU MD MOSTAFIZAR RAHMAN^1,2, ABDUL SHUKOR JURAIMI^2,*, MD. REZWAN MOLLA³, MUHAMMAD ASYRAF MD HATTA⁴, ZULKEFLY BIN SULAIMAN⁵, SHAMIMA SULTANA⁶, AHMED GABER⁷, BENUKAR BISWAS⁸, AKBAR HOSSAIN^9,*

1 Tuber Crop Research Centre, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute, Gazipur, 1701, Bangladesh
2 Department of Crop Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, UPM, Kuala Lumpur, 43400, Malaysia
3 Plant Genetic Resources Centre, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute, Gazipur, 1701, Bangladesh
4 Department of Agriculture Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, UPM, Kuala Lumpur, 43400, Malaysia
5 Department of Crop Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, UPM, Kuala Lumpur, 43400, Malaysia
6 Regional Agricultural Research Station, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute, Cumilla, 3500, Bangladesh
7 Department of Biology, College of Science, Taif University, Taif, 21944, Saudi Arabia
8 Department of Agronomy, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Nadia, WB, 741252, India
9 Division of Agronomy, Bangladesh Wheat and Maize Research Institute, Dinajpur, 5200, Bangladesh

* Corresponding Authors: Abdul Shukor Juraimi, ; Akbar Hossain,