Genetic diversity analysis of Cynodon dactylon (bermudagrass) accessions and cultivars from different countries based on ISSR and SSR markers

► ISSR and SSR are both reliable and have good performance in the genetic analysis of Cynodon dactylon. ► 55 C. dactylon (bermudagrass) accessions and cultivars of showed a high level of genetic diversity. ► 55 C. dactylon accessions and cultivars could be clustered into three groups by means of ISSR and SSR methods.