A. Baczkiewicz et W. Prusglowacki, VARIABILITY OF PINUS-MUGO TURRA CLONES FROM OSTRY-WIERCH PEAT BOG, Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae, 66(1), 1997, pp. 79-82
Present study aimed at determining genetic structure of the Pinus mugo
Turra population, growing at a peat bog, on Ostry Wierch slopes in th
e High Tatra mountains, in respect to the number of genotypes present
in the population, and at defining variabilities of morphological and
anatomical traits. In the examined plants, isoenzymatic analysis demon
strated existence of only two genotypes (A and B), which formed relati
vely vast clones. Mathematical-statistical analysis of 13 anatomical-m
orphological traits of the needles proved that the examined clump cons
isted of two clearly distinguishable groups, corresponding to the two
earlier electrophoretically identified clones A and B. The obtained da
ta allowed to conclude that the method based on anatomical-morphologic
al measurements may, at least in some cases, permit identification of
Pinus mugo clones.