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(2007). Resia: a deep-rooted Slavic community in the Northeastern Italian Alps and its garlic landrace. Proceeding of the XVII Eucarpia Genetic Resources Section Meeting - Plant Genetic resources of Geographical and “other” islands
No full textSauris (Zahre), a cultural and linguistic island in Carnia (Italy)
No full textIn the last decennia genetic erosion has been and is still very high for crop plants from montainous areaa, where they have been well protected formerly. Some linguistic and cultural islands in the Alps could eventually serve as refuges for landraces of crop plants. To test this hypothesis, Sauris (Zahre), a remote village in Carnia (Italy), was investigated. Founded by tyrolean immigrants at the end of the 13th century, it was for centuries well isolated from the surrounding areas, and maintained a specific culture including language (trilingual). This situation seemingly also protected traditional crop plants. More than 60 crop species could be found in the village. Field crops were strongly affected by genetic erosion and many of them were lost, like rye and buckwheat. Today house gardens provide a better environment for various garden crops. Also some traditional field crops could be found here, as linseed, hemp, poppies, and potatoes. In the last decennia several new crops have been introduced for which only Italian names are available.
This ethno-botanic approach allowed a better understanding of the cultural history and development of an island-like mountain area and helped to collect and protect useful plant genetic resources
Collecting of crop genetic resources in Italy, 2004
No full textIn September 2004, a collecting mission was carried out in Italy within the framework of an agreement between the Plant Genetics Institute (IGV), Bari, Italy, of the National research Council (CNR) and the Crop Science Institute of Kassel University (Germany). The mission collected 116 accessions belonging to 24 species, mainly cereals, pulses and vegetable landraces. The area receiving most attention were carnia, Venetian lagoon, Po delta and Salento. Rare landraces were found out, such as 'mugnoli' (a botanical form of Brassica oleracea L. var. italica Plenk), whose cultivation in the Salento area pre-dates that of broccoli. For each collecting site, information on past and present agricultural state is given, together with an assessment of the degree of crop genetic erosion. Italian agricultural biodiversity has been lost in great part, but some remote and isolated zones are still an important refuge for crop genetic resources. Material is being deposited in the IGV genebank
On the trail of the last autochtonous Italian einkorn (Triticum monococcum L.) and emmer (Triticum diccocon Schrank) populations: a mission impossible?
No full textIn 1970s it was thought that two species of ‘farro’, namely emmer (Triticum dicoccon Schrank) and einkorn (T. monococcum L.), were no longer present in Italy, but in 1981, some populations were discovered in a mountain area of the Appennino Sannita (central southern Italy). In 2006/2007 three monitoring missions were carried out to check the current situation of these ancient hulled wheats, specifically in the same areas where they were formerly collected. The same zones were also investigated by both paleo-ethnobotany and agrobiodiversity points of view. The results of this research have shown that nowadays einkorn is completely extinct while emmer is still cultivated in very few traditional farms, mainly as a fodder crop. A strong genetic erosion was detected also for emmer and several nowadays samples were contaminated by seeds of modern spelt (T. spelta L.) varieties. In the present study the causes of this genetic erosion and which safeguarding actions to be undertaken are discussed
Collection of crop genetic resources in Italy, 2004
Full text linkIn September 2004, a collecting mission was carried out in Italy within the framework of an agreement between the Plant Genetics Institute (IGV), Bari, Italy of the National Research Council (CNR) and the Crop Science Institute of Kassel University (Germany). The mission collected 116 accessions belonging to 24 species, mainly cereals, pulses and vegetable landraces. The area receiving most attention were Carnia, Venetian lagoon, Po delta and Salento. Rare landraces were found out, such as "mugnoli" (a botanical form of Brassica oleracea L. var. italica Plenk), whosecultivation in the Salento area pre-dates that of broccoli. For each collecting site, information of past and present agricultural state is given, together with an assessment of the degree of crop genetic erosion. Italian agricultural biodiversity has been lost in great part, but some remote and isolated zones are still an important refuge for crop genetic resources. Material is being deposited in the IGV genebank
Resia: a deep rooted Slavic community in the Northeastern Italian Alps and its garlic landrace
No full textEdible Halophytes and Halo-Tolerant Species in Apulia Region (Southeastern Italy): Biogeography, Traditional Food Use and Potential Sustainable Crops
Full text linkThe Mediterranean basin is rich in wild edible species which have been used for food and medicinal purposes by humans throughout the centuries. Many of these species can be found near coastal areas and usually grow under saline conditions, while others can adapt in various harsh conditions including high salinity. Many of these species have a long history of gathering from the wild as a source of food. The aim of this contribution is an overview on the most important halophyte species (Salicornia sp. pl., Arthrocaulon macrostachyum (Moric.) Piirainen & G. Kadereit, Soda inermis Fourr., Cakile maritima Scop., Crithmum maritimum L., Reichardia picroides (L.) Roth., Silene vulgaris (Moench) Garcke subsp. tenoreana (Colla) Soldano & F. Conti, Allium commutatum Guss., Beta vulgaris L. subsp. maritima (L.) Arcang., Capparis spinosa L.) that traditionally have been gathered by rural communities in southern Italy, with special interest on their ecology and distribution, traditional uses, medicinal properties, marketing and early attempts of cultivation. It is worth noting that these species have an attractive new cash crop for marsh marginal lands
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