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Biotech Studies 2010, Vol 19, Num, 1-2     (Pages: 011-016)
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Morphological Studies on Some Sainfoin (Onobrychis sp.) Species Belonging to Heliobrychis Section

Süleyman AVCI 1 ,Satı ÇÖÇÜ 2 ,Cengiz SANCAK 3 ,Sebahattin ÖZCAN 3

1 Mustafa Kemal Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi Tarla Bitkileri Bölümü, Antakya/Hatay
2 Erciyes Üniversitesi Seyrani Ziraat Fakültesi Tarla Bitkileri Bölümü, Develi/Kayseri
3 Ankara Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi Tarla Bitkileri Bölümü, Dışkapı/Ankara - Some morphologic characteristics of five sainfoin species, section Heliobrychis collected from natural flora of various regions of Turkey were analyzed based on phenotypic variations. Generally, the shoots and types of leaves, raceme, flower, fruit, and type of seeds were analyzed in the study. High variation was recorded among morphologic characters of sainfoin. Hierarchical Cluster analysis showed relationship between the species due to morphological characteristics ending up with three groups. It is assumed that these results will be beneficial for breeding of sainfoin in the future. Keywords : Onobrychis sp., stem, leaf, flower, hierarchical, cluster