Morphological and Spectral Taxonomic Study of Some Ficus carica L. Cultivars Growing in Northern Iraq
Raad Hamad Mahmood Al-Badrany1* and Aamer Mohsen Mahmood Al-Ma’thidy2
1The Iraqi Ministry of Education, Nineveh Education Directorate; 2Department of Biology, College of Education for Pure Sciences, Mosul University, Iraq.
*Correspondence | Raad Hamad Mahmood Al-Badrany, The Iraqi Ministry of Education, Nineveh Education Directorate; Email:
[email protected]
Figure 1:
A map of Northern Iraq showing localities for collecting the specimen of the plants.
Plate 1:
Variations in the qualitative traits of leaves of the studied cultivars of the species Ficus carica. 1, Shynik; 2, Akrah; 3, Benatty; 4, Rubari; 5, Brown Turky; 6, Jordan.
Plate 2:
parts and shape of the fig fruit.
Plate 3:
Variation in the traits of leaves and fruits of the studied cultivars of Ficus carica L. species.
Figure 2:
λmax values for the chlorophyll leaves of the studied cultivars of Ficus carica L.
Plate 4:
Absorbance spectrum and λmax values for the chlorophyll leaves of the studied cultivars of Ficus carica L.
Plate 5:
Absorbance spectrum and values of λmax for pigments of fruits of the studied cultivars of Ficus carica L.