Open AccessMorphometric characteristics of sycamore maple (Acer pseudoplatanus L.) fruits in Novi Sad urban populations
Author(s) -
Saša Kostić,
Jelena Čukanović,
Mirjana Ljubojević,
Emina Mladenović,
Snezana Mrdjan,
Nina Svilokos
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
glasnik šumarskog fakulteta - univerzitet u beogradu/glasnik šumarskog fakulteta
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2217-8600
pISSN - 0353-4537
DOI - 10.2298/gsf1716069k
Subject(s) - acer pseudoplatanus , maple , botany , biology , population , horticulture , demography , sociology
This paper shows the results of the analysis of the fruit morphometric characteristics of 29 trees of sycamore maple (Acer pseudoplatanus L.) and red - leaf sycamore maple (Acer pseudoplatanus ??tropurpureum? Sp?th.) in Novi Sad area. Based on the test trees, it can be concluded that the analyzed secondary population of sycamore maple has a high level of intra - populations variability, based on different degrees of variability of measured parameters and statistically significant differences of all analyzed parameters within the analysed genotypes. The results indicate that there are certain differences between fruit of sycamore maple and its red - leaf variety. Given that there is no statistically significant difference between sites and different urban spaces, it can be concluded that stress factors caused by a high degree of urbanity do not affect the morphometric characteristics of fruits in the analyzed test trees. Testing the symmetry of fruits indicates a high level of genetic variability within the analyzed population.