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Morphological evaluation of the leaf and fruit of edible fig accessions in South Khorasan Razavi
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Ad Hasan Bagheri   , Mahdi Alizadeh , Esmaeil Seifi , Khalil Zeinalinezhad , Khalil Zeinalinezhad |
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The southern parts of Khorasan-e-Razavi are an important habitat for wild figs that are important in terms of food and breeding improvement. Also, commercial cultivation of figs is common in this province. In the present study, leaf and fruit morphological evaluation was done in domestic and wild figs of South Khorasan-e-Razavi. The plants were selected from fig groves and gardens in Gonabad, Bejestan and Bardskan cities. Also, three samples of globally known figs from Estehban, Fars province, were selected as index and the data of the present study were compared with them. In examining the morphological characteristics, the international descriptor of IPGRI was used as well as the national guidelines for tests of differentiation, uniformity and stability in figs (Institute of Research, Registration and Certification of Seeds and Seedlings of Iran). Measurements of leaf and fruit traits were made in the middle of the ripening period. The results showed that there is a great diversity in the leaf and fruit traits of the studied figs, and some of these traits are considered important from the edible aspect as well as fig breeding programs. The comparison of average data showed that in the traits of internode length, internode number, terminal bud length, terminal bud width, number of leaves in one-year branch, central lobe length, leaf width, petiole length and petiole thickness, the lowest value was found in the wild figs and the highest value was recorded in cultivated ones. In determining the principal components, three factors (including seven traits in total) explained more than 93% of the variation observed in these figs. In cluster analysis, the studied accesions were placed in two separate groups. The local figs of clusters No. 4, 5, 6, 22, 23, 50 and 53 and the wild figs of clusters No. 10, 12, 51 and 55 have superior traits and are introduced as potential for commercial planting for further investigation.
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| Keywords: Fig, Morphological evaluation, Khorasan Razavi, Descriptor, Cluster analysis |
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Type of Study: Research |
Subject:
Pomology
Received: 2023/04/18 | Accepted: 2023/06/19 | Published: 2024/04/16
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