Evaluating morphological variability of artemisia herba-alba asso from western Algeria

Benchohra Maghni (1) , Ahmed Adda (1) , Othmane Merah (2)

1 Sciences de la Nature et de la Vie, Laboratoire de physiologie végétale appliquée aux cultures hors sol
2 CAI - Chimie Agro-Industrielle

This work was interested on the study of the morphological variability of 120 individuals of Artemisia herba-alba Asso coming from three stations in western Algeria , which was assessed through 15 quantitative and qualitative characters. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) and hierarchical cluster analysis (HCA) results showed significant morphological variability inter and intra-population. This phenotypic variability is explained by a high genetic polymorphism determined at another genetic study that we conducted in parallel on individuals of the same site using molecular markers types ISSR.This study also revealed a large variability within A. herba alba which could help investigation on a large collection of individuals and therefore select the most efficient ecotypes for re-introduction this species in steppes and highlands of Algeria

Mots clés: drug plant; Artemisia herba-alba Asso; Morphological variability; Steppe; Algeria

Mots clés: algérie; artemisia herba alba; plante médicinale; variabilité morphologique; marqueur issr

Domaines: Biologie végétale

Benchohra Maghni, Ahmed Adda, Othmane Merah. Evaluating morphological variability of artemisia herba-alba asso from western Algeria. Journal of Fundamental and Applied Sciences = Revue des sciences fondamentales et appliquées, 2017, 9 (1), pp.509. ⟨10.4314/jfas.v9i1.29⟩. ⟨hal-01601596⟩