Articles
RESEARCH AND RECOVERY OF ANCIENT ORNAMENTAL PLANTS IN ITALY TO PROMOTE FLORICULTURAL PRODUCTION
Article number
598_11
Pages
79 – 84
Language
English
Abstract
While it is already a long time that the necessity of preserving the genetic patrimony in its integrity has been understood as far as cereals and fodder crops are concerned, very little has been done for this purpose in the sector of ornamental flower crops.
The reduction of genetic variability in roses and camellias represents, at present, a very serious problem, since it is impossible to reconstruct the incalculable genetic diversity of nature once it is lost.
This paper concerns the identification and characterization of ancient garden roses present in a very important garden located in Cavriglia (Arezzo) and of Camellia japonica L. collected in several gardens of Lake Maggiore.
The purpose of this paper is to safeguard and to preserve a very unique genetic patrimony which can be used in the breeding work to obtain new varieties able to respond to negative climatic conditions, to the scarcity of nutrients and to the spread of new diseases.
The reduction of genetic variability in roses and camellias represents, at present, a very serious problem, since it is impossible to reconstruct the incalculable genetic diversity of nature once it is lost.
This paper concerns the identification and characterization of ancient garden roses present in a very important garden located in Cavriglia (Arezzo) and of Camellia japonica L. collected in several gardens of Lake Maggiore.
The purpose of this paper is to safeguard and to preserve a very unique genetic patrimony which can be used in the breeding work to obtain new varieties able to respond to negative climatic conditions, to the scarcity of nutrients and to the spread of new diseases.
Authors
E. Accati, D. Remotti
Keywords
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