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Comparison between a wild population and cultivar of common vetch (Vicia sativa L., Fabaceae) on cytological and agronomic characteristics

Nafiz Çelİktaş¹
Ersin Can¹
Ruştu Hatipoğlu²
Suleyman Avci¹

¹Department of Field Crops
Faculty of Agriculture
Mustafa Kemal University
31034 Antakya Hatay, Turkey
nafizcel@mku.edu.tr

²Department of Field Crops
Faculty of Agriculture
University of Çukurova
01330 Adana, Turkey

Abstract  The aim of this study was to compare a wild population of common vetch (Vicia sativa L.) collected from the Serinyol district of Antakya in the east Mediterranean coastal region of Turkey with a cultivar of common vetch (V. sativa ‘Anadolu’), on somatic chromosome number and important agronomic attributes. Somatic chromosome counts from material collected from the wild population of Vicia sativa L. were consistently 2n = 10, while the cultivar had 2n = 12. There were no significant differences between wild and cultivated cytotypes in plant height, seed number or pod number, although the wild cytotype had significantly more branches, smaller seeds, higher hardseededness and lower germination rates.

Keywords  Vicia sativa; chromosome number; agronomic attributes

New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research, 2006, Vol. 49: 389–393
0028–8233/06/4904–0389  © The Royal Society of New Zealand 2006

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