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Pak. J. Bot., 47(2): 517-522, 2015.

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STUDIES ON THE COMPARISON OF POLLEN MORPHOLOGY AND VIABILITY OF FOUR NATURALLY DISTRIBUTED AND COMMERCIAL VARIETIES OF ANEMONE CORONARIA L.

FEYZA CANDAN¹ AND İLKAY ÖZTÜRK ÇALI^2*

Abstract: The present study presents a comparison of the pollen morphology and viability of naturally distributed four varieties of Anemone coronaria L. These are A. coronaria var. coccinea (Jord.) Burn, A. coronaria var. rosea (Hanry) Batt, A. coronaria var. cyanea, A. coronaria var. alba Goaty & Pens) and its commercial cultivars. The four varieties were collected from areas near the road side along the Kırkağaç-Soma highway in the State of Manisa. The commercial cultivars were obtained from the commercial flower growers in the Urla region of İzmir. Pollen viability levels decreased in all commercial cultivars of A. coronaria. The highest reduction in pollen viability was recorded in A. coronaria pink cultivars of de Caen group. The general pollen type is prolate spheroidal in all pure forms, but there are some pollen morphological features which were not observed in the natural ones, although encountered in all commercial cultivars. On the other hand, various non-viable pollen types like wrinkled pollens, with abnormally shaped pollens or pollinia were found in the commercial cultivars. It was concluded that pesticides used to produce more flowers with rapid growth are the majör cause for his reduction. Another reason could be the use of tetraploid F₁ hybrids of A. coronaria cultivars of de Caen group as commercial samples.

Key words: Pollen morphology, Anemone coronaria, Ranunculaceae, Commercial cultivars.

¹Department of Biology, Art and Science Faculty, Celal Bayar University, Manisa, Turkey

²Department of Biology, Art and Science Faculty, Amasya University, Amasya, Turkey

^*Corresponding author’s e-mail: ilkaycali@hotmail.com