Elsafy, Mohammed and Gustavsson, Larisa and Mujaju, Claid
(2015).
Phenotypic Diversity of Date Palm Cultivars (Phoenix dactylifera L.) from Sudan Estimated by Vegetative and Fruit Characteristics.
International Journal of Biodiversity. 2015
, 1-7
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Abstract
The aim of this study was to apply some of the vegetative and fruit traits which are easily recognised to identify the variation and the diversity level of the most famous Sudanese date palm cultivars grown on farm in the northern region of Sudan. Sixteen phenotypic traits consisting of ten quantitative and six qualitative characteristics were used for describing the vegetative and fruit characteristics. The principal components analysis (PCA) and UPGMA clustering were used to analyse the data set. The results revealed high variability among the cultivars according to PCA. Fourteen out of the sixteen quantitative and qualitative traits investigated showed a strong discriminating factor suggesting their possible uses in the initiation of Sudanese date palm morphological descriptor list. UPGMA clustering exhibited strong relationship between some cultivars according to their fruit and vegetative characteristics similarity. Based on morphological traits, cultivars Wad-laggi (Lag) and Wad-khateeb (Kha) formed a distinct group suggesting their close relatedness. Similarly, the cultivars sharing the dry fruit texture such as Gondaila (Gon), Tamoda (Tam), Kolmah (Kol), and Barkawi (Bar) were grouped together according to their vegetative traits. Further investigations on Sudanese date palm using more phenotypic characteristics are recommended in order to shape and complete the set of the morphological descriptor list.
Authors/Creators: | Elsafy, Mohammed and Gustavsson, Larisa and Mujaju, Claid | ||||
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Title: | Phenotypic Diversity of Date Palm Cultivars (Phoenix dactylifera L.) from Sudan Estimated by Vegetative and Fruit Characteristics | ||||
Series Name/Journal: | International Journal of Biodiversity | ||||
Year of publishing : | 2015 | ||||
Volume: | 2015 | ||||
Page range: | 1-7 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 7 | ||||
Publisher: | Hindawi | ||||
Associated Programs and Other Stakeholders: | SLU - Environmental assessment > Programme Biodiversity Z - SLU - Library > Odla mera | ||||
ISSN: | 2314-4157 | ||||
Language: | English | ||||
Publication Type: | Research article | ||||
Refereed: | Yes | ||||
Article category: | Scientific peer reviewed | ||||
Version: | Published version | ||||
Copyright: | Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0 | ||||
Full Text Status: | Public | ||||
Subjects: | (A) Swedish standard research categories 2011 > 1 Natural sciences > 106 Biological Sciences (Medical to be 3 and Agricultural to be 4) > Other Biological Topics | ||||
Keywords: | phenotypic traits, date palms, Sudan | ||||
URN:NBN: | urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-e-3352 | ||||
Permanent URL: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-e-3352 | ||||
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Alternative URL: | http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijbd/2015/610391/ | ||||
ID Code: | 13166 | ||||
Faculty: | LTV - Fakulteten för landskapsarkitektur, trädgårds- och växtproduktionsvetenskap | ||||
Department: | (LTJ, LTV) > Department of Plant Breeding (from 130101) | ||||
Deposited By: | SLUpub Connector | ||||
Deposited On: | 04 Apr 2016 09:54 | ||||
Metadata Last Modified: | 25 Sep 2020 13:14 |
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