A Study on the Soil-Plant Interactions of Some Cistus L. Species Distributed in West Anatolia

Authors

SÜLEYMAN BAŞLAR
YUNUS DOĞAN
HASAN HÜSEYİN MERT

DOI

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Abstract

This study was undertaken with the aim of examining the soil-plant interactions of Cistus creticus L. and Cistus salviifolius L. in West Anatolia. The soil analysis data showed that these plants grow in different kinds of soils with sandy-clayey-loam, clayey-loam and loamy texture. The soils in general are not saline but are moderately and slightly alkaline, being rich in nitrogen and having a low level of phosphorus and potassium. They are unaffected by the calcium carbonate content in soils. A negative relation was observed in C. creticus after regression analysis between plant calcium and soil phosphorus, plant calcium and soil salts, but a positive relation between plant calcium and soil calcium carbonate. In C. salviifolius, there was a positive relation between plant calcium and soil pH.

Keywords

Cistus creticus, Cistus salviifolius, Autecology.

First Page

149

Last Page

159

Recommended Citation

BAŞLAR, SÜLEYMAN; DOĞAN, YUNUS; and MERT, HASAN HÜSEYİN (2002) "A Study on the Soil-Plant Interactions of Some Cistus L. Species Distributed in West Anatolia," Turkish Journal of Botany: Vol. 26: No. 3, Article 4. Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/botany/vol26/iss3/4