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- Title
VARIATIONS IN LEAF MORPHOLOGY AND STOMATAL ANATOMY OF DIFFERENT PHENOTYPIC VARIANTS OF TAMARIND (TAMARINDUS INDICA).
- Authors
Mayavel, A.; Chitra, P.; Esakkiammal, S.; Nagarajan, B.; Padmanapan, J.; Bagathsingh, C.; Amaravel, M.
- Abstract
Tamarind is important agroforestry tree species grown largely due to the multipurpose utility. Tamarind exhibits high cross-pollination and significant variability recorded in phenological, vegetative and reproductive traits. The variation in pulp color and acidity tamarind delineated into red, brown, sour, and sweet Tamarind variants. This investigation aimed to evaluate the diversity in leaf and stomatal morphometric traits among the sour, red, and sweet tamarind variants. Mature leaves from different tamarind variants were collected and subjected to SEM and fluorescent microscopy for detailed leaf morphoanatomical assessments at microscopic laboratory in the Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding, Coimbatore. The analysis revealed significant variations in rachis length, stomata count, stomatal density, stomatal length, stomatal width, and pore length on both adaxial and abaxial leaf surfaces. A comparison indicated similarities in characteristics between sour and sweet tamarind, distinguishing them from the red variant. Furthermore, the data analysis revealed a significant positive correlation between Stomatal Index, stomatal density, and stomatal count across all variants.
- Subjects
COIMBATORE (India); LEAF morphology; STOMATA; TREE breeding; ANATOMY; SCANNING electron microscopy; PHENOTYPES
- Publication
Biochemical & Cellular Archives, 2024, Vol 24, Issue 1, p383
- ISSN
0972-5075
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.51470/bca.2024.24.1.383