Author: آمنه غلامی 
Alyssum minus var. micranthum L.
Mohammad Ali Alizadeh, Masoumeh Ramezani Yeganeh, Mohammad Reza Pahlevani, Valiollah Mozaffarian, Saeedeh Mirzadeh Waqfi and Amene Gholami
Natural Resources Gene Bank, Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization, Tehran, Iran.
Uploaded at October 2023
Scientific editor: Masoumeh Izadpanah and Parvin Salehi Shanjani
Seed Storage: The storage behavior of this species is orthodox (desiccation-tolerant seeds), dry to 8-10 % eRH, and store at -18 °C.
Germination requirements
The seeds of this species have non-deep dormancy. Sterilize seeds before placing them on wet germination paper. Place seeds at 4 ºC for two weeks to germinate uniformly, then germinate under an alternating temperature regime of 15-20 ºC (the higher temperature for 16 hours of light and the lower one for eight hours of dark).
Morphology
Type of fruit: Silicule
Fruit shape: Orbicular, asymmetrically convex on different sides, surface with two different kinds of stellar hairs (appressed or stalked), 4-seeded
Fruit size: Diameter 4-5 mm
Seed: Ovate, surrounded with or without a thin wing, brown
Seed size: Length 2-2.2 mm, width 1-1.7 mm, in an accession from Mehriz, Yazd with 1000 seed weight 0.8 g, which was collected in 2002 by Arabzadeh, and the cultivated sample was identified by Valiollah Mozafarian and Saideh Sadat Mirzadeh Vaghefi with accession number 10273.
Average 1000 seed weight: 0.8 to 2.2 g
Biological features
Life Form: Herbaceous, annual, height 12-17, with one or multi-stem, stem erect
Inflorescence, flower type, and pollination mechanism: Inflorescences raceme, flowers bisexual, sepals ovate, 2-2.5 mm long and 0.7-1.5 mm wide, petals dumbbell-shape, 3 mm long and 1 mm wide, color yellow. Plant monoecious, cross-pollinated. Pollination is carried out by both wind (anemophily) and insects (entomophily).
Time of flowering: March to mid-June
Time of seed ripening: End of June
Seed dispersal methods: Natural agents (wind, insects, birds and animals)
Geographical distribution: Europe, Turkey, Iran, Caucasus, Central Asia, Iraq, and North Africa. Typus from Lankaran of Caucasus
Distribution in Iran: Northwest, West and Center, in the provinces of Azerbaijan, Kurdistan, Tehran and Alborz
Taxonomy
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Alyssum
Species: A. minus var. micranthum
Persian name: Qudomeh
References
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