Investigation of fruit, seed, and leaf characteristics of some hackberry (Celtis australis ‎L.) genotypes in East Azerbaijan Province

Document Type : Scientific article

Authors

1 MSc Student of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture Urmia University, Urmia, I. R. Iran‎

2 Associate Professor, Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Urmia University, Urmia, I. R. ‎Iran

3 Professor, Department of Forestry, Faculty of Natural Resources, Urmia University, Urmia, I. R. Iran

Abstract

The aim of this research is to evaluate the characteristics of wild-type genotypes of Hackberry (Celtis australis) in the East Azerbaijan province in order to use in breeding programs. In this research, 22 genotypes were collected and physical characteristics of fruit, seed and leaf were examined. The results showed that the length of fruit varies between 8.29 to 10.01 mm and the largest fruit is related to the C10 genotype. According to the results of factor analysis, the six main factors were explained more than 88.3% of the total variance. In the cluster analysis based on ward method, genotypes were divided into three main groups. The first group consisted of 11 genotypes (C1, C11, C4, C9, C8, C15, C19, C21, C2, C10, C16) with the highest mean of fruit length, fruit width, seed width, fruit weight, sphericity, geometric mean diameter and hue index. In the second group, 6 genotypes (C3, C5, C14, C20, C22, C17) were located with the highest mean seed length, petiole length, seed weight, a* and chroma. The third group included 5 genotypes (C6, C7, C18, C12, C13), which the leaf length, leaf width, and surface area had the highest effect in separation of genotypes in this group. As a result, the obtained results of present study can be useful for breeding programs and introduction of cultivar in Celtis australis.

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Forest Research and Development
Volume 8, Issue 4
December 2022
Pages 389-402

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