Comparative study of Trigonella foenum-graecum L. varieties in the Middle East by using protein pattern and seed morphology

Abstract

Abstract. This study illustrates the situation of the relation between different varieties of Trigonella foenum-graecum L. not in the same one country but in different countries in the Middle East area; Algeria, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Iran, Sudan, Tunisia, Turkey and Yemen. This comparative study explained the origin of the studied plant species and the evolutionary trends by using protein pattern and seed morphology.

Keywords

• ancestor
• evolution
• phenogram
• polymorphism