Published in Scientific Papers. Series B, Horticulture, Vol. LXVII, Issue 1
Written by Patricia Maria POPA, Sina Niculina COSMULESCU, Maria DINU
Garlic (Allium sativum L.) is a plant species with asexual reproduction, but also with high genetic diversity. This specialized paper aims to analyse the diversity of garlic genotypes (34) identified in the southwestern part of Romania, genetic diversity based on morphological characteristics. The observations were made on morphological features, according to the standard descriptors for garlic developed by IPGRI 2001. The analysis of the variability of some morphological characteristics (7) indicated a high variability: for bulb height, the average values ranged between 1.76 cm (OT31) and 5.16 cm (CR1); for bulb diameter, the limits of variation were from 1.60 cm (CZ17) to 6.5 cm (IZ2); for the number of cloves/bulb values are between 18.8 cloves/bulb (DN34) și 6 cloves/bulb (DG11). The 34 genotypes, identified in the south area, of selected garlic, possess important morpho-quantitative and morpho-agronomic characters, some values exceeding those recorded by the control cultivar. These genotypes are valuable in terms of biological diversity, over the years adapting to environmental factors specific to the area of cultivation and will be the subject of the following studies to determine the behaviour in culture.
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