The endangered future of organoleptically prestigious European landraces: Ganxet bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) as an example of a crop originating in the Americas

Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-52

  Sánchez, Esther ^a   Sifres, Alicia ^b   Casañas, Francesc ^a   Nuez, Fernando ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

AFLP; Europe; Evolution; Germplasm; Landrace; Molecular markers; Organoleptic quality; Phaseolus vulgaris; RAPD

Indexed keywords

CULTIVAR; EVOLUTION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; GERMPLASM; INTROGRESSION; LEGUME; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SURVIVAL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

PHASEOLUS VULGARIS;

EID: 38149016844     PISSN: 09259864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10722-007-9213-x     Document Type: Article

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