دراسة تشريحية لأصناف من أفحل نخيل التمر Phoenix Dactylifera L.

Abstract EN

The study was carried out during the growing seasons of 2017 - 2018 on twelve date palm male cultivars (Khadairy, Shalhoum, Ardawi, Bandar, Ereojan, Habiti, Fahl Zuhdi, Abu Kafisha, Atishi, Sweihi, Abu Tair, Nabhar) in Samawah city, Muthanna, Iraq, to identify their anatomical characteristics.

Habiti cultiver recorded the highest cuticle thickness (7.18 μm), while Bandar cultivar gave the lowest cuticle thickness (4.64 μm).

Atishi cultivar recorded the highest upper epidermis thickness (10.98 μm)> However, Shalhoum cultivar manifested lowest thickness of the lower epidermis ( 11.69 μm).

Bandar cultivar gave the lowest thickness of the upper and lower epidermis (5.50μm) and (5.72 μm), respectively).

Khadairy cultivar recorded the highest thickness of leaf amounted 243.3 μm, while the lowest thickness of leaf (159 μm) by Nabhar cultivar.

Khadairy cultivar recorded the highest distance between the large vascular bundles, whereas, the lowest distance between the large vascular bundles recorded by Sweihi cultivar.

The highest distance between the large and Medium vascular bundles recorded by Banda cultivar r.

while, Shalhoum cultivar.

gave the lowest distance.

Fahl Zuhd cultivar.

gave the highest values of length and width of large vascular bundles, while the lowest values recorded by Ereojan and Atishi cultivar.

It was noticed that there were no significant differences between the two cultivars, Bandar and Sweihi, as well as between Abu Kafisha and Nabhar