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DOI	10.1016/j.sjbs.2020.09.002
	Evaluation of major Acacia species in the nursery towards apicultural landscape restoration around Southwestern Saudi Arabia
	Al-Ghamdi, Ahmad A.; Tadesse, Yilma; Adgaba, Nuru
通讯作者	Tadesse, Y (corresponding author), King Saud Univ, Chair Engineer Abdullah Baqshan Bee Res, Coll Food & Agr Sci, P Box 2460, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
来源期刊	SAUDI JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
ISSN	1319-562X
EISSN	2213-7106
出版年	2020
卷号	27 期号:12 页码:3385-3389
英文摘要	Southwestern Saudi Arabia is described by a unique ecosystem and composed of apicultural landscapes where nearly 70% of the beekeeping activities are concentrated. However, this economically important resource is under continuous degradation threat urging restoration. Besides, profound information on the possible major biological components of future restoration; nursery level performances of the native plants, Acacia species is lacking. Hence, the study was aimed at evaluating performances of selected native Acacia species at nursery level as candidate biological tool for apicultural landscape restoration. For this, nine native Acacia species' seedlings were prepared in accordance to appropriate techniques of nursery operations recommended for arid areas. Meanwhile, species were evaluated and compared based on some performance parameters. Accordingly, significant (P < 0.005) variations were observed among the species in shoot height, collar diameter, height to collar diameter ratio, number of leaves and seedling survival. Acacia origena Hunde, A. gerrardii Benth., and A. johnwoodii Boulos. were superior over the others in most parameters while A. etbaica Schiweinf. and A. asak (Forssk.) willd. were less vulnerable to chanced pathogens. Generally, nursery level performances of all Acacia species under experimentation were within the acceptable range and showed a remarkable score which may lead them to be considered as competent biological tools in the incorporation of the genotypes in apicultural landscape restoration efforts. (C) 2020 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V.
英文关键词	Acacia species Beekeepers' ranking Morphometric parameter Native honeybee flora Degraded land restoration Saudi Arabia
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	Green Published, gold
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000596478000024
WOS类目	Biology
WOS研究方向	Life Sciences & Biomedicine - Other Topics
来源机构	King Saud University
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/349176
作者单位	[Al-Ghamdi, Ahmad A.; Tadesse, Yilma] King Saud Univ, Chair Engineer Abdullah Baqshan Bee Res, Coll Food & Agr Sci, P Box 2460, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia; [Adgaba, Nuru] King Saud Univ, Dept Plant Protect, Coll Food & Agr Sci, P Box 2460, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Al-Ghamdi, Ahmad A.,Tadesse, Yilma,Adgaba, Nuru. Evaluation of major Acacia species in the nursery towards apicultural landscape restoration around Southwestern Saudi Arabia[J]. King Saud University,2020,27(12):3385-3389.
APA	Al-Ghamdi, Ahmad A.,Tadesse, Yilma,&Adgaba, Nuru.(2020).Evaluation of major Acacia species in the nursery towards apicultural landscape restoration around Southwestern Saudi Arabia.SAUDI JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES,27(12),3385-3389.
MLA	Al-Ghamdi, Ahmad A.,et al."Evaluation of major Acacia species in the nursery towards apicultural landscape restoration around Southwestern Saudi Arabia".SAUDI JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 27.12(2020):3385-3389.