The Cappadocia Region in Central Anatolia, Turkey is rich wild apricot genetic resources. In this study, a multivariate analysis method of metric and nonmetric multidimensional scaling (MDS) was used to classify 43 genotypes 5 standard cultivars by using Euclidean distance. MDS applied, based on dissimilarities, quantitative traits weight, height, width thickness fruit, stone kernel flesh/stone...

PREMISE OF THE STUDY We tested the credibility and significance of digital field photographs as supplements or substitutes for conventional herbarium specimens with particular relevance to exploration of the tropics. METHODS We made 113 collections in triplicate at a species-rich mountain in the Philippines while we took 1238 digital photographs of the same plants. We then identified the plan...