Seed Characteristics in Orchard and Stand Populations of Anatolian Black Pine

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  • Durmus Cetinkaya  Aladag Vocational School of Cukurova University, Adana-Turkey

Keywords:

Germination, Length, Size, Weight, Width

Abstract

Seed size characteristics (length, width and weight) and germination percentage in a seed orchard and a seed stand populations of Anatolian black pine [Pinus nigra Arn. subsp. pallasiana (Lamb.) Holmboe] were studied to compare seed sources and to contribute seed improvement of the species. Length, width and weight of the combined populations were 2.35 mm, 6.34 mm and 0.021 g, respectively. Length and width of stand seed were higher than that of orchard seeds. However, it was opposite for seed weight (0.023 g and 0.019 g). Orchard seeds had higher germination percentage (73%) than stand seeds (35 %). Statistically significant differences (p<0.05) were found for seed size characteristics between populations based on results of analysis of variance. Positive and significant (p<0.05) relations(r=0.21) were found among seed size characteristics in both populations.

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2018-04-30

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Volume 4, Issue 5, March-April-2018

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Durmus Cetinkaya, " Seed Characteristics in Orchard and Stand Populations of Anatolian Black Pine , International Journal of Scientific Research in Science and Technology(IJSRST), Online ISSN : 2395-602X, Print ISSN : 2395-6011, Volume 4, Issue 5, pp.1580-1584, March-April-2018.