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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
The World Saffron and Crocus collection: Strategies for establishment, management, characterisation and utilisation
Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, Volume 58, No. 1, Year 2011
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Description
Since 2007, the European Commission AGRI GEN RES 018 "CROCUSBANK" action has permitted the creation of the alleged World Saffron and Crocus Collection (WSCC), a unique collection which contains a representation of the genetic variability present in saffron crop and wild relatives at global scale. At present the germplasm collection, housed at the Bank of Plant Germplasm of Cuenca (BGV-CU, Spain), consists of 572 preserved accessions representing 47 different Crocus species (including saffron Crocus) and is expected to increase up to more than 600 accessions by the end of CROCUSBANK action (May 2011). The preserved biodiversity of saffron (Crocussativus L.) covers a wide range of the genetic variability of the crop and currently consists of 220 accessions from 15 countries: 169 of these come from European cultivation countries, 18 from commercial areas in non EU countries, 26 from regions of minimal or relict production and/or from abandoned fields and 7 from commercial nurseries. The non-saffron Crocus collection currently comprises 352 accessions: 179 collected from the wild in 12 countries of natural distribution, 24 from donations of public and private institutions, 91 from commercial nurseries and 58 acquired from BGV-CU collection management. Here we provide a record of collections, activities concerns and current strategies for documentation, conservation, characterisation, and management of the collection as important tools for researchers with interest in these valuable genetic resources. © 2010 The Author(s).
Authors & Co-Authors
Fernández, José Antonio
Spain, Ciudad Real
Universidad de Castilla-la Mancha
Santana, Omar
Spain, Cuenca
Centro de Investigación Agraria de Albaladejito
Guardiola, José
Spain, Valencia
Universitat Politècnica de València
Molina, Rosa Victoria
Spain, Valencia
Universitat Politècnica de València
Heslop-Harrison, J. S.
United Kingdom, Leicester
University of Leicester
Borbély, György
Hungary, Debrecen
Debreceni Egyetem
Branca, Ferdinando
Italy, Catania
Università Degli Studi Di Catania
Argento, Sergio
Italy, Catania
Università Degli Studi Di Catania
Maloupa, Eleni
Greece, Athens
Hellenic Agricultural Organization-dimitraada
Talou, Thierry
France, Toulouse
Chimie Agro-industrielle - Cai
Thiercelin, Jean Marie
France
Tradimpex jm Thiercelin Sas (tjmt)
Gasimov, Khalil
Azerbaijan, Baku
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences
Vurdu, Hasan
Turkey, Kastamonu
Kastamonu University
Roldán, Marta
Spain, Ciudad Real
Universidad de Castilla-la Mancha
Santaella, Marcela
Spain, Ciudad Real
Universidad de Castilla-la Mancha
Sanchís, Enrique
Spain, Valencia
Universitat Politècnica de València
García-Luis, Amparo
Spain, Valencia
Universitat Politècnica de València
Suranyi, Gyula
Hungary, Debrecen
Debreceni Egyetem
Molnár, V. Attila
Hungary, Debrecen
Debreceni Egyetem
Sramko, Gabor
Hungary, Debrecen
Debreceni Egyetem
Gulyas, Gergely
Hungary, Debrecen
Debreceni Egyetem
Balazs, Luckacs
Hungary, Debrecen
Debreceni Egyetem
Horvat, Orsolya
Hungary, Debrecen
Debreceni Egyetem
Rodríguez, María Fernanda
Spain, Cuenca
Centro de Investigación Agraria de Albaladejito
Sánchez-Vioque, Raúl
Spain, Cuenca
Centro de Investigación Agraria de Albaladejito
Escolano, Miguel Ángel
Spain, Cuenca
Centro de Investigación Agraria de Albaladejito
Reina, José Vicente
Spain, Cuenca
Centro de Investigación Agraria de Albaladejito
Krigas, Nikos
Greece, Athens
Hellenic Agricultural Organization-dimitraada
Greece, Thessaloniki
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Pastor, Teresa
Spain, Cuenca
Centro de Investigación Agraria de Albaladejito
Renau-Morata, Begoña
Spain, Valencia
Universitat Politècnica de València
Raynaud, Christine Delgado
France, Toulouse
Chimie Agro-industrielle - Cai
Ibadli, Oruc
Azerbaijan, Baku
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences
Polissiou, Moschos
Greece, Athens
Agricultural University of Athens
Tsimidou, Maria Z.
Greece, Thessaloniki
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Tsaftaris, Athanasios
Greece, Thessaloniki
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Sharafeldin, M. A.
Egypt, Giza
National Research Centre
Medina, Joaquin
Spain, Pozuelo de Alarcon
Csic-upm-inia-cbgp - Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas
Constantinidis, Theophanis
Greece, Athens
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Karamplianis, Theophanis
Greece, Athens
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
De-Los-Mozos-Pascual, Marcelino
Spain, Cuenca
Centro de Investigación Agraria de Albaladejito
Statistics
Citations: 46
Authors: 40
Affiliations: 16
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1007/s10722-010-9601-5
ISSN:
09259864
Research Areas
Genetics And Genomics