Abstract

In southern Italy, landraces of leafy kales are grown in home gardens, sometimes in close proximity to populations of wild relatives. Inter-crossing between wild and cultivated populations might affect allele frequency patterns of the respective populations. This has implications for genetic resource conservation and overall variability of the Brassica genepool currently in use. AFLP studies on wild Brassica and leafy kale landraces collected in Calabria and Sicily show evidence that inter-crossing between leafy kale and Brassica rupestris is a common phenomenon.

Keywords

crop wild relatives; gene flow; AFLPs; agroecosystems; genetic resources

Published in

Acta Horticulturae
2013, Volume: 1005, pages: 165-172
eISBN: 978-90-66056-46-6

Conference

6th International Symposium on Brassicas / 18th Crucifer Genetics Workshop, NOV 12-16, 2012, Catania, ITALY

SLU Authors

• von Bothmer, Roland

  • Department of Plant Breeding, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

UKÄ Subject classification

Genetics and Breeding


Publication identifier

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2013.1005.16

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/117954