THE USE OF THE REGULARITIES OF MANIFESTATION OF HEREDITARY VARIABILITY CHARACTERISTICS IN LEGUMES IN THE SELECTION OF GALEGA ORIENTALIS - Ecological Consequences of Increasing Crop Productivity - page 281

with pigmentation, leaf size-from small to large, the shape of the leaves—from lan-
ceolate to elliptical and bush—from erect to semierect [12].
Combination variability emerged along the interphase periods, plant height and til-
lering, the elements of the structure of seed yield and mass of 1000 seeds (Table 26.1).

TABLE 26.1 Basic statistical characteristics of traits of Galega orientalis in hybrid population

of F 2

Character X min X max X av S V (%) S x S x (%)

Phase of development from the beginning of growing
(days)

Budding 33 47 40 3.8 9.8 0.76 1.9

Florescence 42 52 47 2.2 4.7 0.44 1.0

Ripening 86 104 96 3.7 3.8 0.74 0.8

Other characteristics in terms of one plant

Height (cm) 90 135 118 10.6 8.9 2.12 1.8

Stems (pcs) 7 23 14 3.0 21.5 0.60 4.3

Trusses (pcs) 38 104 70 15.4 22.0 3.1 4.4

Beans (pcs) 444 1756 1358 291.8 21.5 58.4 4.3

Seeds (pcs) 1490 7150 4322 1291 29.8 258.1 5.9

Seeds (g) 13.4 53.6 32.4 9.6 29.6 1.1 5.9

Seeds in a pod (pcs) 1.8 6.5 4.0 1.1 27.5 0.22 5.5

Mass of 1,000 seeds (g) 6.72 9.72 8.1 1.2 14.8 0.24 3.0

Note. X min —minimum value of the characteristic, X max —maximum value of the characteristic,
X av —the average value of the characteristic, S—mean quadratic derivation, V, %—coefficient
of variation, S x —mean arithmetic error, S x , %—the relative mean arithmetic error, pcs.—pieces.

Thus, depending on the genotype of the plant, the length of the period from the be-
ginning of the spring regrowth till the budding phase varied between 33 and 47 days,
before blooming from 42 to 52 and ripening from 86 to 104 days. Differences in the
height of the plants were 45 cm, varying in the range from 90 to 135 cm. Judging by
the elements of the structure of the seed production, variation was even more signifi -
cant, the coeffi cient of variation was higher than 20 percent. Particularly, strong varia-
tion was observed in the number and weight of the seeds per plant ( V = 29.8−29.6%).
Accessing the relationship of the color of the fl owers and vegetative organs, we
were able to distinguish from the resulting diversity of the forms the following vari-
eties of G. orientalis : white fl owering with light-green leaves and stems; light-blue