Naslov
Morphological and micromorphological characteristics of carob seeds (Ceratonia siliqua L.) of “Komiža” ecotype, population of Drvenik Mali Island

Autori
Srečec, Siniša ; Kremer, Dario ; Karlović, Ksenija ; Peremin Volf, Tomislava ; Erhatić, Renata ; Augustinović, Zvjezdana ; Kvaternjak, Ivka

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
6th Balkan Botanical Congress Book of abstracts / Bogdanović, S. ; Jogan, N. - Rijeka : University of Rijeka, Natural History Museum in Rijeka, Croatian Botanical Society, Botanical Society of Slovenia, 2015, 37-37

ISBN
978-953-99774-9-6

Skup
6th Balkan Botanical Congress

Mjesto i datum
Rijeka, Hrvatska, 14.09.2015. - 18.09.2015

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
carob tree ; Ceratonia siliqua L. ; carob seeds ; morphological and micropmorphological characteristics

Sažetak
Carob seeds (Ceratonia siliqua L., Fabaceae) are very important source of galactomannan oligosaccharide. However, it was believed that the weight of individual carob seed is constant and weighs about 200 mg each. So, that was the reason why the carob seeds were used as a measure for carat in the past. Because of hardness of carob seeds and consequently specific demands for their processing, numerous researches of their morphological and micromorphological characteristics were carried out. Within research project TEUCLIC(“Taxonomy ecology and utilization of carob tree and bay laurel in Croatia, financed by Croatian Foundation for Science) the total of 1309 individual carob seeds, separated from the carob pods collected from different carob trees on the Island of Drvenik Mali, were investigated during the first research year. The average weight of individual seed is 191 mg(SD=0.044, SEM=0.0012). Our results of micro morphological studies showed the very high share of mechanical tissue both in pods and seeds. However, achieved results of morphological and micro morphological characteristics of carob seeds correspond with the results of previous researchers who investigated the seed morphology of carob tree populations in Mediterranean countries.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Biologija, Poljoprivreda (agronomija), Biotehnologija

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