Frontiers in Plant Science (Feb 2020)
Re.Ger.O.P.: An Integrated Project for the Recovery of Ancient and Rare Olive Germplasm
- Monica Marilena Miazzi,
- Valentina di Rienzo,
- Isabella Mascio,
- Isabella Mascio,
- Cinzia Montemurro,
- Cinzia Montemurro,
- Sara Sion,
- Wilma Sabetta,
- Wilma Sabetta,
- Gaetano Alessandro Vivaldi,
- Salvatore Camposeo,
- Francesco Caponio,
- Giacomo Squeo,
- Graziana Difonzo,
- Guiliana Loconsole,
- Guiliana Loconsole,
- Giovanna Bottalico,
- Giovanna Bottalico,
- Pasquale Venerito,
- Vito Montilon,
- Antonella Saponari,
- Giuseppe Altamura,
- Giovanni Mita,
- Alessandro Petrontino,
- Vincenzo Fucilli,
- Vincenzo Fucilli,
- Francesco Bozzo,
- Francesco Bozzo
Affiliations
- Monica Marilena Miazzi
- Department of Soil, Plant and Food Sciences, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
- Valentina di Rienzo
- SINAGRI S.r.l.—Spin Off of the University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
- Isabella Mascio
- Department of Soil, Plant and Food Sciences, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
- Isabella Mascio
- SINAGRI S.r.l.—Spin Off of the University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
- Cinzia Montemurro
- Department of Soil, Plant and Food Sciences, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
- Cinzia Montemurro
- SINAGRI S.r.l.—Spin Off of the University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
- Sara Sion
- Department of Soil, Plant and Food Sciences, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
- Wilma Sabetta
- SINAGRI S.r.l.—Spin Off of the University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
- Wilma Sabetta
- Unit of Bari CNR Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources, Bari, Italy
- Gaetano Alessandro Vivaldi
- Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
- Salvatore Camposeo
- Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
- Francesco Caponio
- Department of Soil, Plant and Food Sciences, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
- Giacomo Squeo
- Department of Soil, Plant and Food Sciences, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
- Graziana Difonzo
- Department of Soil, Plant and Food Sciences, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
- Guiliana Loconsole
- Department of Soil, Plant and Food Sciences, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
- Guiliana Loconsole
- SINAGRI S.r.l.—Spin Off of the University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
- Giovanna Bottalico
- Department of Soil, Plant and Food Sciences, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
- Giovanna Bottalico
- SINAGRI S.r.l.—Spin Off of the University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
- Pasquale Venerito
- CRSFA-Centro Ricerca, Sperimentazione e Formazione in Agricoltura, “Basile Caramia” Locorotondo, Bari, Italy
- Vito Montilon
- Department of Soil, Plant and Food Sciences, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
- Antonella Saponari
- CRSFA-Centro Ricerca, Sperimentazione e Formazione in Agricoltura, “Basile Caramia” Locorotondo, Bari, Italy
- Giuseppe Altamura
- CRSFA-Centro Ricerca, Sperimentazione e Formazione in Agricoltura, “Basile Caramia” Locorotondo, Bari, Italy
- Giovanni Mita
- Unit of Lecce, CNR Institute of Sciences of Food Production, Lecce, Italy
- Alessandro Petrontino
- SINAGRI S.r.l.—Spin Off of the University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
- Vincenzo Fucilli
- SINAGRI S.r.l.—Spin Off of the University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
- Vincenzo Fucilli
- Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
- Francesco Bozzo
- SINAGRI S.r.l.—Spin Off of the University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
- Francesco Bozzo
- Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2020.00073
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 11
Abstract
The olive tree is one of the most important economic, cultural, and environmental resources for Italy, in particular for the Apulian region, where it shows a wide diversity. The increasing attention to the continuous loss of plant genetic diversity due to social, economic and climatic changes, has favored a renewed interest in strategies aimed at the recovery and conservation of these genetic resources. In the frame of a project for the valorization of the olive Apulian biodiversity (Re.Ger.O.P. project), 177 minor genotypes were recovered in different territories of the region. They were submitted to morphological, molecular, technological and phytosanitary status analysis in comparison with reference cultivars, then they were propagated and transferred in an ex situ field. All the available information was stored in an internal regional database including photographic documentation and geographic position. The work allowed obtaining information about the genetic diversity of Apulian germplasm, to clarify cases of homonymy and synonymy, to check the sanitary status, and to identify candidate genotypes useful both to set up breeding programs and to enrich the panel of olive cultivars available to farmers for commercial exploitation.
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