Buckwheat is a pseudo-cereal and a traditional crop that can be grown successfully and sustainably even on poorer soils. In the past, buckwheat saved many people in Slovenia from hunger and gave bread to many small farms, as evidenced by the records of natural historian and polymath Janez Vajkard Valvasor from the 17th century. This publication 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.
Ajda je psevdožito in tradicionalna poljščina, ki jo lahko uspešno in sonaravno pridelujemo tudi na revnejših tleh. Ajda je v preteklosti številne ljudi na Slovenskem rešila lakote in dajala kruh številnim majhnim kmetijam, o čemer pričajo zapisi naravoslovca in polihistorja Janeza Vajkarda Valvasorja iz 17. stoletja. Publikacija vsebuje kompleksen opis genskih virov ajde iz različnih genskih bank in geografskih izvorov, ki so bili identificirani v okviru evropskega Horizon 2020 projekta ECOBREED. Za ovrednotenje zbirke genskih virov navadne (Fagopyrum esculentum) in tatarske ajde (Fagopyrum tataricum) smo uporabili različne deskriptorje za rastline. S predpisanimi deskriptorji (IPGRI, UPOV) za vrste Fagopyrum sp. in slikovnim gradivom smo prvič okarakterizirali ter opisali 239 genskih virov ajde. Knjiga je namenjena širokemu krogu zainteresiranih bralcev, od kmetov in študentov, do žlahtniteljev ter raziskovalcev, ki se lahko na ta način seznanijo z zbrano dednino ajde, shranjeno za bodoče rodove v Evropskih genskih bankah. Publikacijo posvečamo vsem, ki so ali še delujejo na področju rastlinskih genskih virov, jih ohranjajo za zanamce in s tem skrbijo za ohranjanje naravne ter kulturne dediščine tako v Sloveniji kot po svetu.