Evaluation, characterisation and regeneration of Brassica oleracea germplasm collections in the EU GENRES CT99 109-112 project 'Brass/ca, including B. carinata'

摘要

In the GENRES CT99 109-112 project "Brassica Collections for Broadening Agricultural Use, including Characterising and Utilising genetic variation in Brassica carinata for its exploitation as an oilseed crop" the B. oleracea subgroup was formed to conduct the tasks as defined in the Technical Annex the project, One major task was the evaluation of collections for important agricultural properties. As the number of B. oleracea accessions in the European collections was far too large (approx. 10 000) to be evaluated, a core collection was established representing the available diversity. The properties to be evaluated were decided by the partners before the start of the project. Another purpose of the project was to make material of European collections more accessible Therefore part of the material of partner's collections were characterised and regenerated in the project. Priority was given to material included in the core collection.