Nayyereh Ghorbani - Department of Horticultural Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran
Esmaeil Chamani - Department of Horticultural Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran.
Ali akbar Shokouhian - Department of Horticultural Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran
seyyedeh sanaz Ramezanpour - Biotechnology department of Gorgan Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources University, Gorgan, Iran
Hassan Soltanlou - , Biotechnology department of Gorgan Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources University, Gorgan, Iran

Yellow flag (Iris pseudacorus) is a native plant with ornamental and medicinal properties in horticulture science. ۱۶ ecotypes of I. pseudacorus species were collected and classified into three populations based on geographical location in the current study. The genetic diversity of I. pseudacorus was assayed using ۱۶ ISSR markers. Photosynthetic pigments, including chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b, total chlorophyll, and carotenoids, were measured by the spectrophotometry method. The primers generated ۸۷۴ scalable bars ranging in size from ۱۰۰-۱۲۰۰ bp. The polymorphism percentage of all primers was ۱۰۰%. The primers ISSR_۵۵ produced the most bands (۲۳۴ bands in total), the highest marker index, and the highest amount of polymorphic information content (PIC). Primer ISSR-۱۳ is in second place with a total PIC of ۰.۸۴. Also, the data obtained from the scoring tapes were analyzed by parsing the original coordinates. The analysis results showed that the first, second, and third components contained ۲۹.۸۸%, ۲۱.۲۴%, and ۱۶.۵۲% of the information, respectively. The results showed that genetic diversity within populations (۹۷%) is more significant than diversity among populations (۳%). The spectrophotometry results showed photosynthetic pigments obtained in the Q (Jouybar) location with the highest sunlight. Our results indicated that ISSR markers revealed the genetic relationships of Yellow flag samples for different agro-ecological adaptations. ISSR is a superb molecular tool to research the genetic variability of I. pseudacorus.

Chlorophyll, Flower, ISSR, Location, Marker