Articles
PLANT BREEDING IN BULBOUS ORNAMENTALS: ADDING WIT TO CHANCE
Article number
886_47
Pages
329 – 342
Language
English
Abstract
The field of ornamental crops consists of a great number of different species and cultivars.
In the primary production chain the number of players involved is also large, e.g., that of breeders and growers of all representatives of the extensive crop spectrum, including bulbous ornamentals.
For breeding companies to survive, they need to constantly produce new market entries.
With the exception of the major bulbous crops, tulip and lily, the main strategy to broaden the assortment of bulbous ornamentals up till now has largely relied on the selection of attractive mutants in the field (chance), on mutation induction, e.g., irradiation (untargeted), or on collecting attractive new species from natural habitats rather than on actual breeding.
In the primary production chain the number of players involved is also large, e.g., that of breeders and growers of all representatives of the extensive crop spectrum, including bulbous ornamentals.
For breeding companies to survive, they need to constantly produce new market entries.
With the exception of the major bulbous crops, tulip and lily, the main strategy to broaden the assortment of bulbous ornamentals up till now has largely relied on the selection of attractive mutants in the field (chance), on mutation induction, e.g., irradiation (untargeted), or on collecting attractive new species from natural habitats rather than on actual breeding.
Authors
F. Krens, J.M. van Tuyl
Keywords
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