Original scientific paper
VARIABILITY OF BLACK POPLAR (Populus nigra L.) LEAF MORPHOLOGY IN VOJVODINA, SERBIA
Dijana Čortan
; University of Belgrade, Faculty of Forestry, Serbia
Bojan Tubić
; Public Enterprise Vojvodinašume, Petrovaradin, Serbia
Mirjana Šijačić-Nikolić
; University of Belgrade, Faculty of Forestry, Serbia
Dragan Borota
; University of Belgrade, Faculty of Forestry, Serbia
Abstract
Morphological study of intra and interpopulation variability of black poplar leaves was carried on four natural populations located in the basin of the major rivers at the area of Vojvodina, Serbia. Research was conducted on the basis of nine leaf morphometric parameters, with descriptive and multivariate statistical analysis. Results show that within and between studied populations exists considerable variability, with the variability much more pronounced within than between populations. Given that the environmental conditions of investigated locations are uniform, it is assumed that the variability is consequences of the specific gene pool of these populations.
Keywords
black poplar; Vojvodina; leaf morphology; interpopulation and intrapopulation variability
Hrčak ID:
141898
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Publication date:
30.6.2015.
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