Anatomical structure of vegetative organs of Artichoke Green gold variety (in medium saline soil conditions)

Abstract

For the first time, the anatomical structure of the vegetative organs of Artichoke Green gold variety, grown in medium salinity area of Bukhara region, has been studied. The following adaptive features were revealed: xeromorphic and mesoxeromorphic characters appeared, i.e., the size of leaf epidermis cells decreased, the number of stomata increased, the bark parenchyma of the stem thickened, the diameter and number of conducting tubes increased, and lignification increased. Changes in plant organs are not only related to their systematic condition, but also to the features of adaptation to living conditions in the process of evolution. Therefore, it can be used as important diagnostic signs in the study of the anatomical structure of plants to solve some problems in systematics, ecology, and morphology.