eng Oriental Scientific Publishing Company Biosciences Biotechnology Research Asia 0973-1245 2016-05-07 7 2 1011 1015 9791 article Remmia Raghavan 1 S. Elumalai 1 K. Nirmal babu 2 Shailaja Hittalmani 3 P.G. Research Department of Plant Biology & Biotechnology, Presidency College Chennai - 600 065 (India). Dept of Crop Improvement & Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Spices Research, Calicut, Kerala - 673 012 (India). Marker Assisted Selection Laboratory, Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, UAS,GKVK, Bangalore - 560 065 (India). A set of 20 Piper nigrum (Black Pepper) accessions were screened to identify the extent of genetic diversity present at the Molecular level using RAPD and SSR markers.. Dendogram constructed based on molecular polymorphism unveiled considerable amount of diversity among the varieties. Among this the SSR markers were found to be useful in discrimination and identification of the genotypes as it gave more genotypic specific bands. https://www.biotech-asia.org/vol7no2/molecular-characterization-of-black-pepper-piper-nigrum-using-rapd-and-ssr-markers/ Piper nigrum; SSR; RAPD; genetic diversity