Agropastoralis Scientia
Volume 2, Numéro 1, Pages 157-170
2025-07-03

Morphological Study Of The Leaves And Fruits Of Red Juniper (juniperus Pheonicea)

Authors : Messelmi Messaouda . Bakria Touati .

Abstract

A study of the intra- and inter-population variability of morphological characters for leaves and fruits (galbules) in the taxon Juniperus pheonicea . pheonicea was carried out at the scale of three stations (Djelfa, Boussaâda and Sétif) characterized by different bioclimates. The number of trees chosen randomly is thirty (30) feet for the leaves and thirty (30) feet for the fruits (galbules), from each of the three stations. The sampled branches and galbules are dried and stored in the laboratory. A total of nineteen quantitative and qualitative morphological characters were studied, nine (9) for the leaves and ten (10) for the galbules. Comparative analysis using various statistical methods (descriptive elements, ANOVA, PCA) shows highly significant variability for the majority of variables included. This variability is probably due to climate or linked to the genetics and age of the sampling trees.

Keywords

Juniperus phoenicea ; scales ; galbules ; variability ; morphology ; stations