RT Journal Article
T1 Variation of specific morphological traits and ploidy level of five "aegilops" l. species in Morocco
A1 Benlhabib, Ouafae
A1 Belkadi, Bouchra
A1 Assali, Nourredine
A2 Departamento de Biología Vegetal (Botánica y Fisiología Vegetal), 
AB Variation of specific morphological traits and ploidy level of five Aegilops L. species in Morocco.The genus Aegilops L. represents an important natural source of useful genes for wheat breeding, with particular emphasis on biotic and abiotic stress resistance. For successful crosses, the primarily step is to select appropriate Aegilops accessions. In this paper, we studied five Moroccan species of an Aegilops collection on the basis of spike structure and chromosome number. Twenty-eight specific morphological characters were used to differentiate the species. Statistical analyses, in particular the DFA, allowed the characterization of the genetic variability of the species; the two first standardized axes explained 96,2% of the total variability and 100% of the entities were classified within their own group. In addition, the dendrogram constructed using morphological data reveals a significant variability within and between species. Cytogenetic study revealed four species, A. geniculata Roth, A. triuncialis L., A. ventricosa Tausch and A. peregrina Maire & Weiller, to be tetraploid. However, A. neglecta Req. ex. Bertol., where only two accessions are represented in the collection, revealed to be hexaploid, and can then be classified as A. neglecta subsp. recta Chennav.
PB Universidad de Málaga, Servicio de Publicaciones
SN 02109506
YR 2003
FD 2003
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10630/3777
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10630/3777
LA spa
NO Acta Botánica Malacitana, Nº 28, 2003, Págs. 47-58
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 26 ene 2026