Geographic variation in leaf essential oils and RAPDs of Juniperus polycarpos K. Koch in central Asia

Geographic variation in the flavour volatiles of Alphonso mango

“…Such an ability of plants to show phenotypic changes in different environments, especially under differential abiotic conditions, is termed as phenotypic plasticity (Majetic, Raguso, & Ashman, 2009). Till now, existence of geographic variation or phenotypic plasticity in terms of volatiles has been shown mainly in the floral scents (Dotterl, Wolfe, & Jurgens, 2005;Knudsen, 2002;Svensson et al, 2005) and in the essential oils in the vegetative tissue (Adams, 2001;Neffati et al, 2009). However, in most of these cases, plants belonged to the natural populations and hence they can show some genetic variation, which along with the varied environmental conditions could account for the observed variation in the volatile composition (Majetic et al, 2009).…”

Morphometric traits and sexual dimorphisms do not strongly differentiate populations of Zeravshan juniper (Juniperus seravschanica Kom.) in Kyrgyzstan

“…However, the plant is sometimes also treated as a subspecies of J. excelsa (Farjon, 2005;p. 291) or as a variety of J. polycarpos (Adams, 2001). Besides the unclear taxonomic position of the species, also its intraspecific variability is almost unknown.…”

“…Flake et al, 1969), essential oils (e.g. Adams, 2001) or molecular markers (e.g. Zhang et al, 2008).…”

Composition of the essential oils from Rocky Mountain juniper (Juniperus scopulorum), Big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata), and White Sage (Salvia apiana).

“…While the concentration of constituents varied throughout the different species, our order of elution was consistent with the literature values published. 12,13 Moreover, the concentrations of the J. scopulorum are similar to those of the J. oblonga. Both species demonstrated high concentrations of the compounds α-pinene, sabinene, and 4-terpineol and contained several uncommon constituents such as linalool and verbenene.…”