Abstract

FEATURES OF THE BIOLOGY OF FLOWERING AND FRUITING OF INDIVIDUAL WILD SPECIES OF THE GENUS ALLIUM L. AT INTRODUCTION

S. R. Hasanov and *H. M. Shikhlinski

ABSTRACT

This article includes the results of a study of the biology of flowering and fruiting 32 taxa of the genus Allium L. at an introduction in a experimental plot in Genetic Resources Institute of the Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan Republic. All of wild onions included in the study blossom every year, most of them set the fruits and form good seeds. Late-flowering varieties as A.saxatile, A.woronovii and A. fuscoviolaceum are characterized by irregular seed ripening. A. caeruleum do not form the seeds.

Keywords: Allium L., taxon, introduction, flowering biology, layer.