MORPHOMETRIC VARIABILITY OF SEA BUCKTHORN SEEDS FROM WILD POPULATIONS AND CULTURE
NICOLETA BĂDĂLUTA, GOGU GHIORGHIŢĂ, IOAN VIOREL RAŢI, DANIELA NICUŢĂ “Vasile Alecsandri” University of Bacau, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Ecology and Environmental Protection
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Hippophaë genre shows an amazing diversity. Morphological differences in the gender make particular reference to the shape, color of fruits and seeds, color and leaves disposition on shoots, etc. The paper presents some aspects of seed biometry of six varieties of sea buckthorn and four wild biotypes grown in the experimental field FRUCTEX Bacau, compared with 31 spontaneous biotypes collected from Bacau, Neamt, Vaslui, Vrancea. We analyzed the following morphological parameters: length, width and seed biomass, after which subsequently recorded values were statistically processed. Length seeds character showed a low variability and the width and biomass seeds showed a medium to high variability.
