Table 3.

AFLP primer combinations and their characteristics.

Primer combination	Number of bands	Polymorphic bands	Polymorphism rate (%)*	DP values
E-TAA/M-GAA	71	65	91.5%	0.89
E-TCA/M-GAA	23	21	91.3%	0.82
E-TCA/M-GAC	24	22	91.6%	0.83
E-TCA/M-GAC	33	29	87.9%	0.70
E-TAT/M-GTA	33	29	87.9%	0.79
E-TAT/M-GTG	59	52	88.1%	0.75
E-TTA/M-GAT	34	30	88.2%	0.78
E-TTG/M-GAA	24	20	83.4%	0.72
E-TTG/M-GAT	32	29	90.6%	0.78
E-TCT/M-GAA	27	24	88.9%	0.80
E-TCT/M-GAT	37	34	91.9%	0.83
E-TCT/M-GTA	41	33	80.5%	0.86
E-TCT/M-GTT	42	37	88.0%	0.93
E-TTT/M-GTA	54	47	87.0%	0.92
E-TTT/M-GTC	26	20	83.4%	0.91
E-AAG/M-CGG	47	45	95.7%	0.88
E-AAG/M-CCT	33	29	87.9%	0.91
E-AAG/M-CTC	39	35	89.7%	0.90
E-ACC/M-CGG	20	16	80.0%	0.85
E-ACC/M-CCC	26	18	69.2%	0.94
Totals	725	635	87.6%	-

^*Percentage of polymorphic bands.