| Autor: |
Hasanbegovic J; Department of Agriculture, Agro Mediterranean Faculty, Džemal Bijedić University of Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. jasna.hasanbegovic89@gmail.com., Hadizabulic S; Department of Agriculture, Agro Mediterranean Faculty, Džemal Bijedić University of Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. semina.hadziabulic@unmo.ba., Kurtović M; Department of Agriculture, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. kurtovic.mirsad@live.com., Gaši F; Department of Agriculture, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. fudo01@yahoo.com., Ercisli S; Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Ataturk University, 25240 Erzurum, Türkiye . sercisli@gmail.com., Dorbić B; Marko Marulic, Polytechnic of Knin, Knin, Croatia. boris.dorbic@gmail.com., Sulusoglu Durul M; Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Kocaeli University, 41380 Kocaeli, Türkiye. melekber_s@yahoo.com. |
| Abstrakt: |
The main morphological and genetic characterization of seven introduced almond cultivars in Bosnia & Herzegovina was conducted. The almond cultivars included three from Italy (Tuono, Genco, Supernova), two from France (Ferragnes and Ferraduel), and two from the USA (Texas and Nonpareil). Genetic characterization was utilized by using 10 microsatellite markers, with nine markers from Prunus persicae and one from Prunus armeniaca. The results of genetic characterization revealed an average of 5.40 alleles per primer per locus. The average number of effective alleles for the 10 SSR loci of introduced cultivars was 3.92. The Shannon Information Index averaged 1.41. The observed heterozygosity (Ho) and expected heterozygosity (He) averaged 0.53 and 0.69, respectively. Morphological analyses of the fruit of introduced almond cultivars in Bosnia & Herzegovina indicated favorable agroecological conditions for their cultivation and spread. The results suggest that these introduced almond cultivars could be utilized in breeding programs to enhance the genetic diversity of the local almond population in Bosnia & Herzegovina. |
