Phenological variation among Israeli populations of Cicer judaicum Boiss.
Roi Ben-David A and Shahal Abbo A BA RH Smith Institute of Plant Science and Genetics in Agriculture, The Levi Eshkol School of Agriculture, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, PO Box 12, Rehovot 76100, Israel.
B Corresponding author. Email: abbo@agri.huji.ac.il
Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 56(11) 1219-1225 https://doi.org/10.1071/AR05061
Submitted: 7 March 2005 Accepted: 11 August 2005 Published: 29 November 2005
Abstract
To obtain knowledge about the phenological adaptation of wild Cicer, we studied Israeli populations of Cicer judaicum and quantified the flowering time and morphological vernalisation response. Vernalisation treatment led to a similar advance in flowering time in Israeli C. judaicum and in Turkish C. reticulatum. The two wild taxa, however, showed differential response in main shoot development following the vernalisation treatment. Between- and within-population variance components of the measured traits were estimated. Phenological variation between populations exceeded the variation between accessions within populations. We suggest that increasing the number of sampling sites at the expense of more intensive collection within sites is likely to optimise collection strategy for this species.
Additional keywords: crop adaptation, grain legumes, phenology, vernalisation response.
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