PHENOTYPIC TRAITS IN A CULTIVATED ADONIS VERNALIS L. POPULATION

We separated age categories in a planted Adonis vernalis population on the basis of the primary shoot number.
Some generative traits of the old and young individuals were compared and their responses on severe environmental stress were examined.
Differences were found in the flowering date, the number of ovules, seeds and seed weight.
The characteristic stress response of the old plants was the decrease of the length of the flowering period.
The young individuals were better able to withstand extreme environmental publications than were older individuals.
During growing seasons with extreme environmental conditions, young individuals produced a much greater number of seeds than older individuals.

International Conference on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants. Possibilities and Limitations of Medicinal and Aromatic Plant Production in the 21st Century

E. Mihalik, K. Gocs, A. Medvegy

generative traits, age categories, abiotic stress

https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2002.576.12