Abstract
This study has been carried out to contribute to the conservation of natural plant genetic resources and to determine the morphological and pomological characteristics of chestnut genotypes in Ikizce and Senbolluk natural areas of Ordu vicinity. For this aim, morphologic characteristics such as lower and upper leaf surface colour, leaf surface brilliance, leaf pubescence, leaf stalk length, leaf length and wideness were investigated. Nut and kernel weight, nut size, nut height, length and width, colour, brightness, thickness and hardness of nut shell, kernel colour, testa peeling and taste status were also investigated as nut characteristics. The lower and upper leaf surface colour of nut genotypes varied from intense green to clear green. The leaf surfaces varied from bright to mat, the leaf stalk lengths from 8.8 to 19.4 mm, leaf length from 145.0 to 237.6 mm, leaf wideness from 42.6 to 82.0 mm. Average nut weight varied between 1.83- 11.45 g, kernel weight between 1.34-9.71 g, nut width between 11.37-21.41 mm, nut length between 18.79-35.28 mm, nut height between 17.13-30.88 mm, shell colour between typical chestnut colour and intense colour, shell thickness between 0.28-0.58 mm, testa peeling between very easily and difficult, kernel colour between clear and dirty yellow.
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