Articles
PRESENT DEVELOPMENT AND CHARACTERIZATION OF HORTICULTURAL LANDRACES FOR HUMAN NUTRITION USE FROM THE COMUNIDAD DE MADRID
Article number
623_10
Pages
113 – 118
Language
English
Abstract
The on-farm conservation of landraces is necessary to avoid genetic erosion and preserve materials which will guarantee food security in the future.
Besides ex situ conservation in germplasm banks, in situ conservation by local farmers is also advisable.
Many landraces have an added value for historic and traditional reasons or for their organoleptic properties.
To promote the production and use of landraces, together with commercial measures, it is necessary to increase research on technologies for optimising the production quality, and for formally identifying these products to avoid fraud.
Besides ex situ conservation in germplasm banks, in situ conservation by local farmers is also advisable.
Many landraces have an added value for historic and traditional reasons or for their organoleptic properties.
To promote the production and use of landraces, together with commercial measures, it is necessary to increase research on technologies for optimising the production quality, and for formally identifying these products to avoid fraud.
Publication
Authors
P.V. Mauri, Y. Higuero, R. Salces, J. Ibañez, J. Borrego, G. Vergara, F.J. Sánchez
Keywords
Sweet-pepper, garlic, promotion of traditional foodstuff, morphological characterization, molecular markers
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