New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science
abstracts
Morphological characterisation of white head
cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata
subvar. alba) genotypes in Turkey
AHMET BALKAYA
Department of Horticulture
Faculty of Agriculture
University of Ondokuz Mayis
Samsun, Turkey
email: abalkaya@omu.edu.tr
RUHSAR YANMAZ
Department of Horticulture
Faculty of Agriculture
University of Ankara
Ankara, Turkey
email: yanmaz@agri.ankara.edu.tr
AYDIN APAYDIN
HAYATI KAR
Black Sea Agricultural Research Institute
Samsun, Turkey
Abstract
Crops belonging to the
Brassica genus are widely
grown in Turkey. Cabbages are one of the most important Brassica
vegetable crops in Turkey. The aim of this study was to determine
similarities and differences regarding morphological variation of white
head cabbage (
Brassica oleracea var.
capitata
subvar.
alba) genetic resources collected from
different eco-geographical regions of Turkey. Data from field
experiments conducted between 1999 and 2001 were analysed by multiple
variance analysis. Cluster analysis based on 12 quantitative and 10
qualitative variables identified 10 groups. The dendogram was prepared
to evaluate morphological similarity between the white head cabbage
genotypes. Morphological variability is high among the white head
cabbage genotypes of Turkey. As a conclusion, the genotypes evaluated
in this study display a wide diversity of characters for selection and
combination of interesting genotypes for important characters to obtain
improved varieties.
Keywords
cabbage; classification; morphological variation; Brassica
oleracea; Turkey
New Zealand Journal of Crop and
Horticultural Science, 2005, Vol. 33: 333–341
0014–0671/05/3304–0333
© The Royal Society of New Zealand 2005
H04076; Online publication date 1 November 2005
Received 26 August 2004; accepted 2 March 2005
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