Water Attaining Capability of the Leaves in Autochthonous Plum Cultivars as an Indicator of their Resistance to Drought
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Sebek, Gordana
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plumgenetic bases
germplasm
Prunus domestica L
drought
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The results of this research show that the plant height, stem diameter, branching and uniformity of one-year old seedlings of autochthonous plum cultivars are genetic characteristics of autochthonous plum cultivars, from which rapid growth and uniformity of scions depend. Out of the studies of one-year old seedlings of autochthonous plum cultivars, the highest water attaining capability had the leaves of cultivar ʽCrvena rankaʼ . Over the monitored time interval (8 hours upon sample taking), leaves taken from the annual twigs of the studied cultivars (one-year old seedlings) lost on average 33,54% of water. The lowest level of the stated capability was recorded with the leaves of cultivar ʽObični piskavacʼ (41.74%).