ELECTROPHORETIC SEED ALBUMIN PATTERNS IN VICIA SPECIES OF SECTT. HYPECHUSA AND PEREGRINAE (FABACEAE)

This work is a continuation of electrophoretic investigations aimed at revealing a wild relative of Vicia faba. Electrophoretic analysis (PA GE) of seed albumins covered 52 accessions representing eight Vicia sp ecies of sect. Hypechusa and two species of sect. Peregrinae. Most of the examined species showed an intraspecific variation due to differen ces between accessions and/or individual variation within accessions. In spite of the intraspecific variation, marked interspecific differen ces were recorded. However, none of the investigated species displayed electrophoretic seed albumin patterns similar to those reported earli er for V. faba. Contribution of the obtained results to characterizati on of the examined taxa is discussed.