Identification of Cytological and Morphological Characteristics of Some Barley Landraces

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Genetic Resources Research Department Field Crops

Abstract

This work was carried out at the Farm of Faculty of Agriculture, Alexandria University. This work was carried out using 16 land races of Barley and 7 characters for plant growth as well as investigation of karyotype were carried out. The obtained data indicated that there are significant differences between the tested land races and fourteen chromosomes were detected in karyotype for each land race. This work recommends the use of these data for the selection and breeding program.

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