Morphological variability of the fruit and seed of wild cherry (Prunus avium L.) in a part of its natural distribution in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Abstract

Ballian, D., Mujagić-Pašić, A.: Morphological variability of the fruit and seed of wild cherry (Prunus avium L.) in a part of its natural distribution in Bosnia and Herzegovina . Biologica Nyssana, 4 (1-2), December 2013: 15-17.

The paper discusses morphological variability of the fruit and seed of wild cherry (Prunus avium L.) which have been collected in 12 localities of its natural distribution in Bosnia and Herzegovina. A total of 2,926 fruits have been collected, and the following properties have been studied: fruit length, fruit width, fruit thickness, seed length, seed width and seed thickness. A discriminant analysis by groups formed according to classes of altitude and ecological and vegetation zoning has shown that there are no separations within the studied populations, which implies the possibility to use seed and planting material from different altitudes and ecological and vegetation zones within the studied area.

Key words: Bosnia and Herzegovina, variability of the fruit and seed, wild chery