The Agricultural Institute of Slovenia (KIS) provided a new publication which contains a complex description of buckwheat genetic resources from different gene banks and geographical areas of origin identified within the Horizon 2020 project ECOBREED.
Different plant descriptors were used to evaluate the collection of genetic resources of common (Fagopyrum esculentum) and Tartary buckwheat (Fagopyrum tataricum). Using predefined descriptors (IPGRI, UPOV) for Fagopyrum spp. and photographic material, a total of 239 genetic resources of buckwheat were characterized and described for the first time.
The book is aimed at a wide range of interested readers, from farmers and students to breeders and researchers, who can familiarise themselves with the collected heritage of buckwheat preserved in European gene banks for future generations. The publication is dedicated to all those who have been or are working in the field of plant genetic resources to preserve them for posterity and thus ensure the preservation of natural and cultural heritage both in Slovenia and worldwide.
The document is avaliable on the following link https://www.kis.si/f/docs/Druge_publikacije/1_Catalogue_buckwheat_CIP.pdf