In:
Plant Biotechnology Reports, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, Vol. 15, No. 3 ( 2021-06), p. 289-298
Abstract:
Cornelian cherry ( Cornus mas ) appears in a list of fruit and nut species growing in Europe considered neglected and underused economically. Although C. mas has a long-standing traditional medicinal use, only in recent years interest in products and food made from Cornelian cherries, said to have health-promoting effects, increased. This in turn raises the demand for improved planting material. In the Pielach Valley Region, Lower Austria, hundreds of centenary specimens of Cornus mas , but even a few millennial plants can still be encountered. The occurrence of these plants requested an active intervention to genetically characterize and preserve this valuable biodiversity, particularly in the light of changing environmental conditions. Efforts for the establishment of an in vitro collection of this valuable germplasm of centenary cornelian cherries yielded 193 mericlones initiated from single node explants from 41 selected plants. The selected donor plants were grouped by estimated age ranging from 10 years, 〉 50 years, 〉 100 years, 〉 200 years, 〉 400 years and 1000 years. The final goal of our efforts is to preserve these genetic resources, also checked for genetic and phytosanitary quality, for future generations and to use the superior clones for further breeding programs.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1863-5466
,
1863-5474
DOI:
10.1007/s11816-021-00678-1
Language:
English
Publisher:
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Publication Date:
2021
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2364226-9
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