Year: 2011
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: The European project 068 AGRI GEN RES 870/2004 has as an aim the definition of the European almond core collection.The methodology for creation of any core collection has to define how best to select entries using complex and incomplete accession data, as well as how and when to revise these decisions over time.The acquisition of data has been based on specific varietal descriptors, including morphological, physiological, phytopathological, genetic and chemical traits, following the descriptors defined by IBPGR/Bioversity, UPOV and the ECP/GR Prunus Working Group.Newly defined traits, not included in these descriptors, have also been considered because they are very important in defining the range of variability of the species.These traits include chilling and heat requirements for blooming, the molecular markers for genotype identification and the different chemical components of the kernel, as possible parameters for defining almond quality.As a result, a strategy to define the almond core collection was identified by highlighting the main steps to achieve in the next future.
Source: Acta Horticulturae
Institutions: Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria de Aragón, Istituto Sperimentale per la Frutticoltura, National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, University of Turin, National Agricultural Research Foundation, Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, University of Ljubljana
Language: English
Topic: Genetics and Plant Breeding
Subfield: Plant Science
Domain: Life Sciences
SDG: Zero hunger
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W360255203