Estimation of genetic diversity on wild and cultivated Panax ginseng populations using SSR (simple sequence repeat) markers

Korean ginseng (Panax ginseng C. A. Meyer) is one of the most famous medicinal plant in the world. But there is a lack of genetic and genomic researches because of the characteristics of a complex allotetraploid genome structure and a huge genome size of 3.6Gbp. The genetic diversity study on ginseng wild collections and cultivated accessions will be fundamental to further assist breeding researches.