MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISATION OF CUCURBITA MAXIMA DUCHESNE (CUCURBITACEAE) LANDRACES FROM THE PO VALLEY (NORTHERN ITALY)

Morphological characterisation of Cucurbita maxima Duchesne (Cucurbitaceae) landraces from the Po Valley (Northern Italy)

Identifying crop genetic resources represent an important aspect of agricultural biodiversity conservation.However, conservation of landraces is challenging because they often cannot be properly identified, or have already suffered from genetic erosion, or have disappeared.Identification of landraces can be obtained using molecular markers or discr

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