Investigating the genetic potential of Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera L. Dunal) germplasm through SCoT and EST-SSR molecular markers

Abstract Supplementary Information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1038/s41598-026-51758-7. Article type: Research Article Keywords: Ashwagandha, Molecular diversity, Molecular markers, EST-SSR, SCoT, Population structure, qRT-PCR, Biotechnology, Genetics, Molecular biology, Plant sciences Authors: Trapti Mandliya, Shamshad Ul Haq, Rohit Jain, Devendra Jain ⚬ Affiliations: https://ror.org/05jhq2w18grid.444738.80000 0001 0369 7278Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Rajasthan College of Agriculture, Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur, 313001 India; https://ror.org/05arfhc56grid.412746.20000 0000 8498 7826Department of Botany, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, 302004 India;