Sammanfattning

The domestication process of Brassica oleracea L. has not been fully clarified, either regarding its initial location or the progenitor species involved. Two alternative hypotheses proposed so far point to either a northwest European or a Mediterranean location. Previous studies to clarify the domestication process focused on linguistic aspects and on the earliest occurrences in ancient literature of words referring to B. oleracea. Those studies are here extended to offer a comprehensive account of literary occurrences of the brassica vegetables in ancient Greek and Latin texts, between the VI century B.C.E. and the IV century C.E. This study offers a contribution to ancient ethnobotanical knowledge in the Mediterranean, including agricultural practices and culinary and medicinal uses. It also defines the time when increasing diversity of crop varieties is documented and it adds weight to the hypothesis of a Mediterranean location of the domestication of B. oleracea.

Nyckelord

Brassica oleracea; Domestication; Culinary uses; Medicinal uses; Genetic diversity

Publicerad i

Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution
2018, Volym: 65, nummer: 1, sidor: 137-159
Utgivare: SPRINGER

SLU författare

• Maggioni, Lorenzo

  • Institutionen för växtförädling, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    
  • Biodiversity International

• von Bothmer, Roland

  • Institutionen för växtförädling, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

Globala målen

SDG2 Avskaffa hunger, uppnå tryggad livsmedelsförsörjning och förbättrad nutrition samt främja ett hållbart jordbruk


UKÄ forskningsämne

Jordbruksvetenskap


Publikationens identifierare

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10722-017-0516-2

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https://res.slu.se/id/publ/93438