The variability of common reed Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steudel populations growing in urban conditions

Abstract

Despite the constant hazard to biotype conditions, which change under the influence of anthropopressure, common reed grows within the limits of the Poznań town in as many as 109 biotypes (Jackowiak 1993). The extensive representation of common reed in the town is supported by its favourable geographic location, within the macroregion of the Wielkopolskie Lakeland (Jackowiak

Genetic differentiation of common reed (Phragmites australis) populations from selected lakes of Pomerania (NW Poland), revealed by electrophoretically detected peroxidase variability

“…Reports on genetic variability between common reed populations are not numerous and have been published in the last two decades (K¸hl & Neuhaus 1993;Zeidler et al 1994;Krzakowa 1996;Koppitz 1999;Pellegrini & Stauber 1999;Krzakowa & Drapikowska 2000;Keller 2000;Krzakowa et al 2008;Drapikowska & Krzakowa 2009). Electrophoretic separation of enzymes and RAPD-PCR for DNA analysis were used in those studies.…”

“…The present study is focused on the interpopulation variation in peroxidase loci, which is very informative not only for common reed populations (Krzakowa et al 2008), but also for grasses of different genera, such as Lolium (Krzakowa & Mikulski 1997), Calamagrostis (Krzakowa et al 2005;Krzakowa & Dunajski 2007), Stipa (Krzakowa et al 2006) and Apera (Krzakowa & Adamczewski 2007).…”