Adaptation potential of <i>Ficus carica</i> L. in summer dry conditions

Abstract

During the summer season, on the southern coast of Crimea, the parameters of the water regime of 6 varieties of Ficus carica L. of various origins were studied. As a result of a comparative assessment of the experimental indicators, potentially adaptive, resistant to stressful weather factors, genotypes were identified - 'Sabrutciya Rosovaya' of the Nikitsky Botanical Garden selection, an introduced plant from Bulgaria 'Ranniy is Sozopoliya'. These cultivars have demonstrated high water-retention forces and the possibility of the most complete repair of leaf tissues. A relatively weak ability to retain moisture and restore turgor after dehydration was shown by the cultivar Vladimirska Krupna introduced from Yugoslavia and the Bulgarian cultivar Pomoriyskiy 6.