Tharwat Saleem Redwan*(1) Hafez Mohammed Mahfouz(1) and Mazen Ali Nassour(2)
(1). Scientific Agricultural Research Center of Lattakia, General Commission for Scientific
Agricultural Research (GCSAR), Damascus, Syria.
(2). Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Tishreen University, Lattakia, Syria.
(*Corresponding author: Eng. Tharwat Saleem Redwan. E-Mail: tharwat.redwan@yahoo.com) .
Received: 12/12/2018 Accepted: 08/04/2019
Abstract
This research aimed to study the morphological characterization and to determine the variability among twenty Rosa damascene genotypes, which grown in different areas of Latakia and compare them with two genotypes from Marah location at the countryside of Damascus to take advantage of high quality characteristics in order to be improved in the future, and to enhance its cultivation. The results of morphological characterization of forty traits showed a clear difference between some studied genotypes. The highest differences were related to flowers and vegetative characters compared with fruits and seeds characters. A dendrogram based on the morphological data showed clear separation between studied genotypes, and reached (85%) for flowers characters and reached (60%) for vegetative characters, while it attained (47%) for fruits and seeds characters. The study showed that there were a distinct differences for some genotypes which can be used in breeding and genetic improvement programs in the future.
Key words: Genotypes, Rosa damascena, Morphological characterization, Syria. Full paper in Arabic: PDF