Study of variability and similarities among Lotus corniculatus L. accessions

Abstract

In an individual planting 25 birdsfoot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus L.) accessions constituting the Czech collection were assessed. Fourteen accessions were varieties from the world collection and eleven accessions were wild forms obtained during the collecting expeditions in the Czech Republic and abroad. Morphological, yield and qualitative traits were measured on ten plants of each accession. A total of 34 traits were evaluated. From these values point and interval estimates of means and variation coefficients were produced for each accession as a measure of variability of each particular trait within and among accessions. Point estimates of mean values of accessions formed a data matrix which was then processed by cluster analysis. Accessions with the highest similarity were determined based on these results.

Keywords

• birdsfoot trefoil
• genetic resources
• Lotus corniculatus
• similarity
• variability