Ephedra is a dioecious, drought- and frost-resistant, perennial, evergreen shrub
with high medicinal value due to its content of ephedrine alkaloids. It became quite clear throughout
referential studies that this significant medical plant which is spontaneously widespread in Syria and there
have been an increased international demand on it hasn’t been studied yet.
This study was conducted in 2013 in Kassab and Alraboa locations that is located in
the province of Latakia, where carried out with the aim of rounds field inventory and
characterization of types of local apples deployed in this locations. Was to d
etermine
which of five local types for apples are: Brobory and Sokary and Cherkhoshy and Malaky
and JbakJian, and the outcome of the analysis of variance at the level / 5% / virtual studied
for recipes of (17) characters for the leaves, blossoms, fruit and seed. These types showed
clear differences formality between each other, in addition to the significant differences in
terms of the content of total sugar, acidity, total soluble solids and the percentage of
vitamin C, by calculating the degree of similarity between these types have found a higher
degree of similarity was between the types Cherkhoshy and Jbak Jian(41.17)% , and the
least was between Malaky and Sokary and between Sokary and Jbak Jian(5.88)% .
Morphological Characterization Has Been Achieved For (10) Phenotype Wild
Apple(Malus trilobata (Lab) ) In JABLEH mountains During The Period (2013-2014) In
Five Area (Pichraghe, Helbako, Almonaizlah, Raas al chaara, Aldalia),In Height Between
(780
-1250) m On See Standard, Morphological Characterization Included The
Characteristics Of The Tree, Stem, Shoots, Leaves, Flowers, Fruit And Seed. The Cluster
Analysis For (12) Characteristics Were Divided Into Two Groups Variation Ratio Even (57
%) , The First Group Included Four Types(Two Types Of Rass al chaara(R1, R2), One
Type Of Pichraghe(P1) And One Type Of Almonaizlah(M2) ), Variation Ratio Was The
Least(29.4%) Between (P1) And (R1), The Second Group Included Six Types (Tow
Types Of Pichraghe (P2, P3), Two Types Of Helbako, One Type Of Almonaizlah(M1)
And One Type Of Aldalia (D1).The Second Group Included Tow Sup Group Variation
Ratio Even (52%),The First(P2, P3), And The Second (H1, H2, M1, D1). Variation Ratio
Was The Least(23%) Between (H1) And (H2).
Twenty apple varieties were evaluated in the germ plasm of the Agricultural
Scientific Research Center in Swaida for Morphological traits, bud honological
stages, days after full bloom, storability which were ranged between 2.5 – 8
months, and bes
t susceptibility (e.g. wooly aphid and powdery mildew), all
studied varieties showed low susceptibility to wooly aphid, while Jersy Mac
revealed high susceptibility to powdery mildew compared with the other
varieties. The yield of all varieties was studied, so, they divided into: high yield
varieties such Stark Earliest, Royal Gala and Golden 972; Good yield varieties
"Golden Delicious, Starking Delicious, and Granny Smith etc."; and moderate
yield varieties" Red Spur Delicious and Rome Beauty". Chemical analysis
(Total soluble solids and total sugars) were achieved for all studied apple
varieties. Apple Varieties were divided into five groups depending on Days
After Full Bloom (DAFB). The present investigation indicted the high
quantitative and qualitative traits of studied varieties which candidate for
credence and distribute them in suitable environmental areas in Syria.
