[EN] The aims of this study were to describe selected performance characteristics of Czech local breeds and to compare these breeds with a commercial hybrid. Seven original Czech breeds were included in the study: the giant ...
CARDONA FERREIRA, ADRIANA(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2014-07-31)
[EN] Eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) is the most important Solanum crop native to the Old World, and it ranks as one of the most important vegetable crops in the world. Despite the economic and nutritional importance of ...
[EN] Taste and aroma related compounds have been analyzed in a collection of four traditional varieties and two tomato
hybrids, representing a wide variability in fruit shape and color, grown in different environments: ...
[EN] BACKGROUND: Tomatoes are an important source of antioxidants (carotenoids, vitamin C, etc.) owing to their high level of consumption. There is great interest in developing cultivars with increased levels of lycopene, ...
[EN] Conservation of pineapple (Ananas comosus L. Merr.) genetic resources - including cryopreservation in liquid N-2 at -196 degrees C - is essential for future breeding programmes to develop new varieties with improved ...
Cortés Olmos, Carles; Leiva Brondo, Miguel; Adalid Martínez, Ana Maria; Cebolla Cornejo, Jaime; Nuez Viñals, Fernando(International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS), 2011-12-31)
Despite the increasing importance of the internal quality in breeding programmes and marketing of tomato, little information is available regarding organoleptic and functional profiles of traditional cultivars of renowned ...
[EN] Cultivated rocket (Eruca vesicaria) is a leafy vegetable highly appreciated for its healthpromoting virtues and consumed both raw and cooked as ready-to-use vegetable. Despite Eruca being cultivated worldwide, only a ...
Plazas Ávila, María de la O; Andújar Pérez, Isabel; Vilanova Navarro, Santiago; Gramazio, Pietro; Herraiz García, Francisco Javier; Prohens Tomás, Jaime(University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, 2014)
[EN] The vegetable crop gboma eggplant (Solanum macrocarpon) and its wild ancestor S. dasyphyllum are
native to Africa. Although it is an important crop in certain areas, there are few studies on gboma eggplant diversity
and ...
Leiva-Brondo, Miguel; Valcárcel-Germes, Mercedes; Martí-Renau, Raul; Rosello Ripolles, Salvador; Cebolla Cornejo, Jaime(Universidade de Sao Paulo. Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz", 2016)
[EN] The development of varieties with a high content of antioxidant compounds, such as carotenoids, has become a major focus in the marketing of tomato. Several mutants have been used in the development of high pigment ...
[EN] The structure of Spanish landraces of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L) has been analyzed. This diversity has been evaluated using agro-morphological characteristics (43 descriptors), quality parameters (solid soluble ...
[EN] The variability present in 63 accessions of 14 Spanish tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) landraces has been studied using morpho-agronomical descriptors and molecular markers. For this purpose, a set of 32 polymorphic ...
[EN] Since 2007, the European Commission AGRI GEN RES 018 "CROCUSBANK" action has permitted the creation of the alleged World Saffron and Crocus Collection (WSCC), a unique collection which contains a representation of the ...
Cortés Olmos, Carles; Valcárcel Germes, José Vicente; Rosello, Josep; Díez Niclós, Mª José Teresa de Jesús; Cebolla Cornejo, Jaime(Universidade de Sao Paulo. Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz", 2015)