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The progeny of paired samples of Hordeum vulgare L. and Hordeum spontaneum C. Koch, collected from Jordan's xeric region was used in this study. Statistical analyses of seven easily measured morphometric traits were used to elucidate the relationships and distances between populations of both species, to detect any ecogeographical races, and to study the interrelationships and adjustments in the morphometric traits under study. Flag leaf area and plant height were the two most important discriminating variables which totally separated Hordeum vulgare from Hordeum spontaneum and accounted for 85.3% of total phenotypic variance in the collection. Cluster analysis indicated that the level of divergence among populations of both species was considerably different. Populations of Hordeum vulgare clustered at a maximum Euclidean distance of 2.08, while the maximum distance at which populations of Hordeum spontaneum clustered was 1.49. Three ecotypes each of Hordeum vulgare and Hordeum spontaneum were identified. These ecotypes corresponded to the environmental range of the collection sites. The interrelationships between the seven morphometric traits were adjusted in different ways as revealed by the principal components analysis. Sampling from the different clusters identified in this analysis is expected to increase the allelic diversity for selection and breeding purposes.
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Jaradat, A.A. Ecotypes and genetic divergence among sympatrically distributed populations of Hordeum vulgare and Hordeum spontaneum from the xeric region of Jordan. Theoret. Appl. Genetics 78, 857–862 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00266671
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