27May 2017

EVALUATION OF EARLY GROWTH AND PHOTOSYNTHETIC PIGMENTS OF SOME SPECIES OF ACACIA GROWING IN AL- BAHA REGION IN SAUDI ARABIA.

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The scope of this study is to evaluate the germination percentage and early growth as well as photosynthetic pigments contents of five species of Acacia viz (A.asak,A. ,ehrenbergiana, A.etbaica, ,A.hamoulosa, and A. fortilis). Regarding germination percentage, the obtained data showed that A.asakrecorded the highest value (100%) as compared to relative control (untreated), whileA.fortilisrecorded the lowest value (66%) . Concerning to the early seedling growth, the highest value (4.3 cm) was recorded inA.asakwhile the lowest value (1.4cm) was measured in A.ehrenbergiana. Concerning photosynthetic pigments, The highest value of chlorophyll a (1.6) mg/g.fr. wt. was found inA.etbaica while the lowest value (0.98) mg/g. fr. wt. wasrecordedin A. fortilis . The obtained results clearly showed that the highest value in chlorophyll b (1.1) mg/g. fr.wt. was recorded in A. asakwhile the lowest content (0.86) mg/g.fr.wt. was detected in A. hamoulosa.Regarding total chlorophyll content.The highest amount of total chlorophyll (2.6) mg/g.fr.wt.was determined in A.asakwhile the lowest content(1.98) mg/g.fr.wt. was determined in A.ehrenbergiana.

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[A. A. Alzandi. (2017); EVALUATION OF EARLY GROWTH AND PHOTOSYNTHETIC PIGMENTS OF SOME SPECIES OF ACACIA GROWING IN AL- BAHA REGION IN SAUDI ARABIA. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (May). 1314-1318] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

Abdelrahman Aly Alzandi
Department of Biology, AL-Baha University, Saudi Arabia

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/4250      
DOI URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/4250

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