Poster presentation
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GENERATIVE PERIOD OF
Ajuga turkestanica
A. Egamberdiev
1
, B. Nigmatullaev
1
, A. Nigmatullaev
1
1) S.Yu. Yunusov Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances Academy of sciences of
the Republic of Uzbekistan st. Mirzo-Ulugbek, 77, 100170 Tashkent
e-mail: akmal-egamberdiyev-76@mail.ru,
phone: +998998588835
There is no information in the literature
about generative period, flowering, fruit
forming of the medicinal plant
Ajuga turkestanica
(Regel) Brig.
The results of our observations showed that the plant entered the generative period in
the third year of its vegetation. This coincided
with the beginning of May, and flower
buds appeared from under the leaves from the third joint to the 9-10 joint of the main
stem. At the end of May, single buds in the axils of 8-9 pairs of leaves begin to open.
During this period, the height of a 3-year-old plant reaches an average of 24-26 cm, and
the growth of the plant slows down. The opening of flowers of
Ajuga turkestanica
lasted
mainly from the end of April to the end of May. The flower opens as follows: the buds
that should open the next day differ in size and weight compared to others. The calyx
leaves are higher than the corolla leaves, and the next day the buds begin to open as they
mature. Corolla leaves are jointed with a broad base, multi-veined, reddish in color, 2-3
cm long. During the opening of the flower, the pollinators are tightly attached to the pistil,
5 hours after the opening of the flower, the pollinators move away from the pistil towards
the petals, leaving the remains of the pollinator sealed in the form of pollen grains around
the stigma. The stigmas of the seed are head-shaped, it is turned with feathering towards
the top. 1 day after the opening of the flower, the stigma parts begin to separate from the
middle part, and by the 3rd day, the stigma parts are completely
separated and remain
separate, by the 4th day, the stigma parts are bent, the inner smooth surface is turned to
the outer side, and the remains of pollen remaining around the stigma parts are twisted
together with the stigma and remain under the stigma parts. At this time, the corolla
darkens and begins to shrivel. By the 5th day, the stigma changes from red to pinkish-red,
on the 6th day, the rind dries up on the stigma and the fruit is formed. So, it takes 6 days
for the bud to fully open and the petals to spill out. Some
parts of the mature pollen
grains, that is, the places where the pollen nests stick together, are covered with a thick
cuticle. As a result of the tests, it was found out that there are a large number of pollen
grains in 9 mm long buds, the length of the pollen grain is 4 mm, and the length of the
pollinator thread is 1 mm. During the period before the bud matures and the flower opens,
the anther grows imperceptibly, its length reaches 4.4 mm, and it is considered to be
anther at this time. In
the generative period, the tap root of the plant reaches up to 80 cm,
and it branches up to the 4th order. The base of the root is strongly woody.
Ajuga turkestanica
(Regel) Brig. belongs to the category of diurnal thermophilic
plants. Flowers start to open in open weather, temperature 20°С, from 8-9 am in the
morning. Flowers were observed to open from 8:00 am to 5:00
pm in the Boysun
District experimental field. Its flowering rhythm has changed a lot due to air
temperature (35°C) and other environmental factors. So, it was observed that the total
flowering period of this plant lasted 44-46 days from the middle of April (15.04) to the
end of May (30.05). In order to determine the daily flowering period of this plant, 10
plants were selected and observed from 6 am to 12 pm. In this, the number of open
flowers on each bush was counted and then plucked.
In addition, air temperature (30-
35°C) and humidity (55%) and sunlight (80,000 lux) were taken into account.