Article
A review on history, domestication and germplasm collections of quince (Cydonia oblonga Mill.) in the world
2019-06-01
Abstract excerpt
The areas between Dagestan to Talysh, in the Trans-Caucasia and north of Iran are the central regions of quince (Cydonia oblonga Mill.) origin. Historic documents present evidences of quince domestication in the Mesopotamia, between 5000 and 4000 BC that have been pursued to about 500 BC in the ancient Persian and Greek empires. By the end of nineteenth century, domesticated populations of this plant had been spre...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 16385550-7401-55c0-be2d-e0216b688f08
- DOI
- 10.1007/s10722-019-00769-7
