STUDY OF THE MAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF SEEDS BELONGING TO DIFFERENT GENOTYPES OF CALENDULA

  • Adriana Daniela BACIU University of Agricultural Science and Veterinary Medicine, 3-5 Manastur St. Cluj-Napoca
  • Radu SESTRAS University of Agricultural Science and Veterinary Medicine, 3-5 Manastur St. Cluj-Napoca
Keywords: Calendula, correlations, seeds, genotypes, traits

Abstract

Marigolds (Calendula) are considered one of the most versatile and easily to grow flowers in a garden, with ornamental and medicinal importance. In order to identify if seeds traits are correlated and influences rising, there were studied the main characteristics of seeds, belonging to 46 genotypes of Calendula. The character with the greatest variability, within the 46 studied genotypes, was the seeds weight (with an experiment average of 42.6%). Creating a database regarding the morphological particularities of seeds can be useful in identifying Calendula genotypes, as well as in obtaining relevant information concerning the correlations between seeds characteristics and the way the traits of seeds influence the capacity of germination and spring. The results confirm some data from the specialized literature, according to which there is a strong, positive correlation between the seeds weight and the capacity of germination and spring of the plants.