Yazgan Tunç, Mehmet Yaman, Kadir Uğurtan Yilmaz, Rabia Fidan
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Citrus spp., Hatay, multivariate analysis, stomata morphology
Citrus spp. fruits belonging to the Rutaceae family include sour and bitter oranges, sweet oranges, pomelo, grapefruit, citrons, lemons, oranges, bergamots, mandarins, limes, etc, consists of a wide variety of hybrids and hybrid individuals. In this study, it was aimed to determine the stomatal morphology of 6 different Citrus spp. species (C. lemon L., C. paradisi L., C. aurantium L, C. sinensis L., C. bergamia L., C. reticulata) grown in the ecological conditions of Hatay/Türkiye. Stoma width: 16.66±2.31 (‘Citrus paradisi L.’)-24.32±1.75 (‘Citrus bergamia L.’) µm; stoma length: 18.84±2.39 (‘Citrus paradisi L.’)-29.59±3.27 (‘Citrus bergamia L.’) µm; stoma density varied between 1007±83.56 (‘Citrus reticulata L.’) and 1172±84.67 (‘Citrus paradisi L.’) stoma/mm². As a result of the correlation matrix analysis, a positive correlation was found between stoma width and stoma length (r=0.90, p<0.05). According to principal component analysis, the first three components explain 96.8% of the total variation. According to the heatmap analysis, Citrus reticula L. formed a group, while other Citrus spp. species formed a group. Stoma morphology was divided into two groups. Stomatal density, stomatal shape coefficient and pore width were included in one group, while other morphological criteria were included in another group.
Cite this paper: Tunç, Y., Yaman, M., Yilmaz, K.U., Fidan, R. (2024). DETERMINATION OF STOMATAL MORPHOLOGY IN SOME CITRUS SPP. SPECIES. Current Trends in Natural Sciences, 13(25), 34-41. https://doi.org/10.47068/ctns.2024.v13i25.005
