[EN] Polyploidy and hybridisation are the basis of the evolution of Centaurea (Compositae). At the El Saler dune field (eastern Spain), the diploid Centaurea aspera ssp. stenophylla and the tetraploid C. seridis ssp. ...
Pascual España, Bernardo; López Galarza, Salvador Vicente; Alagarda Pardo, José; San Bautista Primo, Alberto; Maroto Borrego, José Vicente; Castell Zeising, Vicente(International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS), 2000-05-01)
Three chufa cultivars, were selected and characterized, based on quantitative traits that showed high heritability: leafy shoots per plant; length, length/width rate and unit weigth of tuber; tubers per plant; inflorescences ...
The environmental and cultural diversity
of Southwest Europe favored the diversification of
crops arriving from America, giving rise to many new
landraces. Gastronomy played an important role in
their evolution. These ...