20.500.12556/RUL-125522 Hybridisation of Malus sylvestris (L.) Mill. with Malus × domestica Borkh. and implications for the production of forest reproductive material This study focuses on the morphological and genetic characteristics of European crab apple (Malus sylvestris (L.) Mill.) and the occurrence of hybrids in its populations. We analyzed a total of 107 putative European crab apple trees in Slovenia: 92 from nine natural populations, five from a seed stand and 10 from a stand of unnatural origin. We also included 18 domesticated apple trees (Malus × domestica Borkh.) and two Japanese flowering crab apple trees (Malus floribunda van Houtte) as outliers. The trees were classified into groups of European crab apples, hybrids and domesticated apples according to their morphological and genetic characteristics. Classification based on morphological traits produced different results (58.75% European crab apple, 37.11% hybrids and 4.14% domesticated apple) compared to those based on genetic analysis (70.10% European crab apple, 21.64% hybrids and 8.26% domesticated apple). When genetic and morphological characteristics were combined, only 40.20% of the trees were classified as European crab apple, and an additional group of feral cultivars of domesticated apples (6.18%) was identified. The analysis revealed that hybridization with domesticated apple is taking place in all studied natural European crab apple populations; however, hybrids and feral cultivars only occur to a limited extent. When introducing European crab apple into forests in the future, only genetically verified forest reproductive material obtained exclusively from suitable seed stands should be used. hybridization morphology microsatellite (SSR) genetic admixture seed object trees hibridizacija morfologija mikrosateliti genski dodatek semenski predmet drevesne vrste true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2021-03-22 13:03:03 2021-03-22 13:03:07 2022-09-05 03:51:11 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2021 0 0 17 str. iss. 3, art. 367 Vol. 12 2021 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno apc 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 630*1 1999-4907 10.3390/f12030367 56644355 3872166 RAZ_Kisek_Mateja_2021.pdf RAZ_Kisek_Mateja_2021.pdf 1 BE1460D2AAA10FCA52DB71506292E9D5 f9f27250ba8e72660c4f4f55e81e75b87f8816b1fae44e906cc3b5012591a34e ad7c94bb-9ad4-11ec-abdb-00155dcfd717 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=154214 https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/12/3/367 0 725e0c22-9ad4-11ec-abdb-00155dcfd717 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=154213 Biotehniška fakulteta 0 0 0