Article
A new database of chestnut DNA fingerprints for genetic diversity assessment, precise varietal identification, and traceability.
Database : the journal of biological databases and curation - 18 Jan 2025
Fruggiero Ivan, Maisto Alessandro, Passaro Sara, Gentile Domenico, Nunziata Angelina, D'Agostino Nunzio
Abstract excerpt
The European chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill., Fagaceae) is ecologically and economically important, particularly in countries like Italy, Greece, Spain, and Turkey, where it supports rural economies and ecosystems. Accurate varietal recognition is crucial for managing chestnut groves but is hindered by the limitations of traditional methods, which require costly expertise and struggle to identify young, dormant,...
Topics
- Fagaceae
- Genetic Variation
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
- DNA Fingerprinting
- Databases, Genetic
- DNA, Plant