Said Bouda

Faculté des Sciences et Techniques de Beni Mellal · sciences de la vie

Background: Euphorbia resinifera is a melliferous, medicinal, and endemic plant to Morocco. Nevertheless, its ecological and genetic diversity still unknown. The objective of this study is to analyze the diversity and genetic structure of Moroccan wild populations of E. resinifera using ISSR markers. Twelve natural populations collected from its g...

Genetic diversity of 29 apple (Malus domestica) cultivars collected from different regions in Morocco was investigated using inter-simple sequence repeat (ISSR) markers. 15 ISSR primers generated 177 bands of which 156 are polymorphic (86.50%). The mean value of PIC, Rp, I and H were 0.46, 4.58, 0.43 and 0.28, respectively, implying important genet...

The interest of this work is to appreciate the plasticity of tolerance and adaptability to high temperatures by analyzing the production, growth, physiology and fruit quality traits of the plum variety ‘Angelino’ (Prunus salicina L.). The experiment was conducted in 2021 on fourteen-year-old trees under drip irrigation installed at National Institu...

Biochemical composition and antioxidant activity were analyzed for 15 plum cultivars grown in different climatic regions of Morocco where is considered as an important tree crops. Fruits were analyzed by determining 21 parameters. Total polyphenols, flavonoids, anthocyanin, antioxidant activity, total soluble solids, vitamin C, titratable acidity,...

In order to assess the genetic diversity and structure of Arbutus unedo species, 66 individuals' trees from 11 natural populations representing its main geographical area in Morocco and belonging to different bioclimates and altitude were analyzed using 14 ISSR primers. A total of 142 bands were obtained, of which 134 were polymorphic with a polymo...

The Euphorbia resinifera is melliferous and medicinal plant and one of the endemic species of Moroccan Atlas Mountains. It is very well known for its honey of high nutritional and therapeutic quality. The objective of our study is to characterize and evaluate the phenotypic variation of this spontaneous species. Seventeen qualitative and quantitati...

There are no established studies investigating the impact of drought stress tolerance on plum's performance (Prunus salicina L.) in Morocco. This study aimed to assess the effect of sustained deficit irrigation (SDI) on the yield and physiological traits of plums during the fruit development period in the Sais plain, northern Morocco. Eleven plum c...

The Persian walnut or English walnut (Juglans regia L.) is a commonly grown species for nut production and noble wood. The nut is one of the oldest food and traditional medicine sources. The native and commercial walnut genotypes present a large diversity that differ widely in nut productivity and quality. However, genetic erosion poses a serious t...

The application of different methods to assess genetic diversity is crucial for plant breeding and conservation programs. In this study, the morphological traits, the biochemical parameters and 11 ISSR molecular marker were used to investigate 11 Moroccan walnut accessions. The results of the morphological study revealed an important variation of t...

There is a need for plum breeding in Morocco to release efficient and adapted varieties, which requires the existence of genetic variability in the studied material. Molecular characterization of 29 plum cultivars, from a Moroccan ex-situ collection, was carried out using 20 Inter Simple Sequence Repeats (ISSR) primers. A high level of genetic vari...

Kabiri, G., Bouda, S. & Haddioui, A. (2022). Evaluation of genetic diversity and structuration across altitude of walnut (Juglans regia L.) accessions from Morocco using. Bulg. J. Agric. Sci., 28 (3), 451-458 Evaluation of genetic diversity according to altitude level is becoming more and more important in the conservation and improvement programs....

Genetic diversity of 27 apple genotypes from four geographical regions of Morocco was analyzed using 26 simple sequence repeat (SSR) primers. In total, 195 polymorphic SSR alleles were detected, with sizes ranging from 78 to 209 bp. The results obtained for the average number of alleles per locus (7.5), effective number of alleles (4.62), Shannon i...

Pistacia lentiscus L. is an indigenous species of considerable ecological and economic importance. An understanding of the patterns of genetic variation within and between Moroccan populations of this species is essential to design optimal genetic management strategies for its conservation. Here, inter simple sequence repeat (ISSR) technique was us...

This work investigates response to drought of nine local cultivars alongside two exotic varieties of Japanese plum (Prunus salicina L.) through their yield and fruit quality components. It was carried out at Sais plain, northern Morocco, over two consecutive years (2019-2020). Water stress was imposed by a deficit irrigation (DI) treatment of 50% E...

Moroccan plum cultivars were genetically characterized for assessing diversity and relatedness. In this study, a total of 23 plum cultivars were analyzed using 14 Inter-Simple Sequence Repeat (ISSR) primers. A total of 100 bands were obtained, of which 84 were polymorphic (84%). The mean values of PIC, Rp, I and Ht were 0.45; 3.03; 0.42 and 0.27, r...

The objective of this work is to characterize the genetic resources of plum (Prunus domestica L.) in Morocco. We have studied the phenotypic diversity in 30 cultivars collected in different regions using 30 morphological and pomological traits related to leaf and fruit. The variance analysis has exhibited significant differences between accessions...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate eleven plum cultivars (Prunus domestica L.) for drought tolerance based on agronomic performance and various physiological traits. The experiment was carried out under field conditions in Sais Plain (NW Morocco) on eight-year-old plum trees under drip irrigation. Two water treatments were applied during the...

Metals and metalloids were known to have a real problem and serious risk to the environment and the ecosystems as well as human beings. In the present experiment, phyototoxicity of essential metals (Cu and Ni) and non-essential metalloids (As) at 10, 50, 100 and 200 mg L −1 were evaluated on seed germination and early seedlings growth of fenugreek....

Pistacia lentiscus is an evergreenperennial shrubnative to the Mediterranean Basin, used as fodder shrub for livestock and useful for rehabilitation of degraded landsand also as as medicinal plant. In Morocco, P. lentiscus L. spreads naturally in almost the whole of the country and has the ability to grow in several regions under different climates...

The effects of regulated deficit irrigation (RDI) on the performance of almond cv. Tuono, peach cv. JH-Hall and plum cv. Stanley were assessed on the Saiss Plain (NW, Morocco) over three consecutive growing seasons (2011–2013). Irrigation treatments consisted of a control, irrigation applied to fully satisfy crop water requirements (100% ETC), and...

To evaluate the pomological diversity of apple (Malus x domestica Borkh) germplasm in Morocco, 34 fruit characteristics of 30 apple cultivars were studied. Fruit weights were higher in cultivars 'Delicious1', 'Azougar', 'Starking 4' and 'Golden 4' cultivars and lower in case of 'Lahlou', 'Talhlout' and 'Amlale' cultivars".The highest titratable aci...

Soil contamination by metals and metalloids is known to treat human beings and cause a serious damage of the ecosystem and destroy the environment. The present study was performed to evaluate the effect of Cu, Ni and As stress on seed germination and early seedling growth of barley and wheat. The plant seeds were treated with 0, 10, 50, 100 and 200...

The genetic diversity and genotypes structure of walnut (Juglans regia L.) are essential to understand and manage genetic resources of this species, as well as for further progress in breeding programs. ISSR markers were used to assess the genetic diversity of 66 individuals’ trees from 11 accessions, representing the main cropping area of walnut b...

Biochemical composition and antioxidant activity were determined in kernel nuts for eleven Moroccan walnut (Juglans regia L.) accessions representing its main cropping area. Total oil, carbohydrates, crude protein, energy value, crude fiber and flavonoid have varied significantly between accessions, respectively within the range values of 54.50-65....

The walnut (Juglans regia L.) is a traditional fruit crop in Morocco. This species is cultivated in mountain in different environments. However, little data is available on its genetic diversity and its adaptability. Morphological characters of leaf and fruit from 11 Moroccan accessions of walnut were used to assess phenotypic variation of this spe...

is study was conducted to evaluate the eect of metals on wheat and bean species. e method uses seed germination and early seedling growth of these plants in the presence of various levels (10, 50, 100, 250, 500, 750 and 1000 mg/L) of Cadmium (Cd), Iron (Fe) and Zinc (Zn). e inhi- bition caused by these metals was depending on the concentratio...

Atriplex halimus L. (Chenopodiaceae) is a monoecious C 4 perennial shrub native to the Mediterranean Basin, used as fodder shrub for livestock and useful for rehabilitation of degraded rangelands. To assess the levels and patterns of genetic diversity of this species, 99 samples of 11 populations collected throughout the natural range in Morocco pl...

Variability related to RAPD markers and sequences of nrDNA ITS region has been studied in seven species of the genus Atriplex (A. amnicola, A. canescens, A. halimus from Morocco (MAR) and from USA, A. lentiformis, A. nummularia, A. semibaccata and A. undulate). As a whole, the results show a high variability among the species. The biggest diversity...

Growth of the Atriplex halimus L. were measured to compare the effects of 0, 150, 300 and 450 mM NaCl, KCl, Na₂SO₄ or K₂SO₄. Plant height, number of leaves, fresh mass and dry mass were measured. The results showed differences in plant growth responses according to K⁺ and Na⁺ salts....

Dans une perspective de caractérisation des ressources naturelles d’Atriplex halimus L. au Maroc, la diversité phénotypique de neuf populations a été évaluée à l’aide de onze caractères morphométriques. Les paramètres phénologiques, l’aspect morphologique des rameaux et des feuilles et la production des matières fraîche et sèche d’A. halimus ont ét...