Professional paper

COLLECTING LOCAL POPULATIONS OF GRAIN LEGUME SPECIES IN CROATIA

Saša Orlandini ; Agronomski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zavod za oplemenjivanje bilja, genetiku i metodiku istraživanja, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Ivan Kolak ; Agronomski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zavod za oplemenjivanje bilja, genetiku i metodiku istraživanja, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Zlatko Šatović ; Agronomski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zavod za oplemenjivanje bilja, genetiku i metodiku istraživanja, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Hrvoje Rukavina ; Agronomski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zavod za oplemenjivanje bilja, genetiku i metodiku istraživanja, Zagreb, Hrvatska

Abstract

A mission with the aim of collecting local populations of grain legume species was organized in 1994 in the surroundings of the city of Split, Croatia. 75 samples of seven grain legume species (faba bean, peas, vetch, beans, chickpea, lentil, Lathyrus) and their passport data were collected and given to the Croatian Bank of plant Genes for further analysis and conservation. Local populations of grain legumes still can be found in agricultural production of the region. Genetic erosion is caused by socio-economic changes. Rural populations are abandoning agriculture or considering to grow other, more profitable crops. Local populations of grain legumes are in danger of genetic erosion and there is a need for further collecting in this region. Collected plant material could be, after their characterization and evaluation, very useful in future breeding programes.

Keywords

plant genetic resources; collecting mission; local populations; grain legumes; Croatian Bank of Plant Genes

Hrčak ID:

168670

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/168670

Publication date:

15.7.1996.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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