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- Title
Seed Structure Characteristics of Orobanche cumana Populations.
- Authors
Krupp, Anna; Rücker, Erika; Heller, Annerose; Spring, Otmar
- Abstract
Sunflower broomrape Orobanche cumana W allr. is a rapidly growing threat to the oil crop production in many countries. Fast adaptation to new environments and increasing host resistance suggests that phenotypically distinctive populations of the weed may have evolved. The classification of the species and the differentiation of such populations on the base of seed micromorphological characters were attempted. Morphometric measurements allowed the distinction of O. cumana from several other Orobanche and Phelipanche species. An irregularly thickened cell wall of the anticlinal testa cells differentiated O. cumana and O. cernua from O. caryophyllacea, O. crenata, O. minor, P. aegyptiaca, P. arenaria and P. ramosa. However, populations of sunflower broomrape from five European countries and China could not be separated from each other on the base of micromorphological seed characters. In contrast, length to width measurements indicated that the Asian samples had a slightly different seed shape which was less elongated than the European samples. However, this seemingly geographic effect may as well be a consequence of sampling which comprised a higher rate of the so-called modern races E-H in the European samples.
- Subjects
AGRICULTURAL productivity; BROOMRAPES; SEED morphology; PLANT growth; MORPHOMETRICS
- Publication
Helia, 2015, Vol 38, Issue 62, p1
- ISSN
1018-1806
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1515/helia-2014-0034