ibclogo XVI International Botanical Congess


Abstract Number: 2228
Poster No. = 1351


ON ADAPTATION OF FRUITS UNDER DESERT CONDITIONS


Gulnora F. Begbaeva & Ulbosyn N. Japakova (Botanical Institute and Botanical Garden, Tashkent, Uzbekistan)


Fruits have complex adaptive features characterized for certain conditions of habitat. In the present study these adaptations are revealed on the basis analysis of fruit characters: types of fruit, their consistence, weight and shape, the presence of pubescent and wings, mechanism of dehiscence, number of seed in fruit. Such characters as dryness, indehiscence, olygospermous, streamlined fruit with wings and other emergencies are revealed in the Kyzylkum desert area. These features are determined predominance of wide spectrum of different specialization in forms of anemoehorous dissemination way in desert.


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