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Molecular characterization of apricot germplasm from an old stone collection.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2011
Martín Carolina, Herrero María, Hormaza José I
Abstract excerpt
Increasing germplasm erosion requires the recovery and conservation of traditional cultivars before they disappear. Here we present a particular case in Spain where a thorough prospection of local fruit tree species was performed in the 1950s with detailed data of the origin of each genotype but, unfortunately, the accessions are no longer conserved in ex situ germplasm collections. However, for most of those...
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