1994
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.4.1.34
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Early Development of Gerbera as a Floricultural Crop

Abstract: The development of gerbera (Gerbera jamesonii H. Bolus ex. Hooker) as a floricultural crop is traced from its collection as a botanical novelty in South Africa to its establishment as a commercial crop in the 1930s. The origin of the cultivated germplasm, G. jamesonii and G. viridifolia (DC) Schultz- Bipontinus, is discussed, as well as breeding work that occurred in Europe and the United States. The contributions of the t… Show more

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“…& Gray (Section Gaura), is an important herbaceous ornamental crop (Anderson and Peters 2001). During crop domestication, wild species are often selected for heat/ drought tolerance, disease/pest resistance, flower colors, and plant habits (Tay 2006) or may be introgressed with related species in the I°and II°gene pools (Harlan 1975) to obtain these traits (Akhond et al 2000;Anderson and Ascher 2003;Barbano and Topoleski 1984;Tourjee et al 1994).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…& Gray (Section Gaura), is an important herbaceous ornamental crop (Anderson and Peters 2001). During crop domestication, wild species are often selected for heat/ drought tolerance, disease/pest resistance, flower colors, and plant habits (Tay 2006) or may be introgressed with related species in the I°and II°gene pools (Harlan 1975) to obtain these traits (Akhond et al 2000;Anderson and Ascher 2003;Barbano and Topoleski 1984;Tourjee et al 1994).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The present-day commercial gerbera cultivars, which are designated as Gerbera hybrida, are believed to have been derived from the artificially hybridized progenies of the two species with African origin, G. jamesonii and G. viridifolia (Fig. 1-1) by Richard Irwin Lynch, curator of the Cambridge Botanic Garden during 1879 to 1919 (Hansen 1985(Hansen , 1999Johnson 2010;Tourjee et al 1994). G. jamesonii is a perennial herbaceous plant with large stemless runcinated-pinnatifid leaves growing in a rosette from the crown.…”
Section: Origin Of Gerbera Hybridamentioning
confidence: 99%
“…However, the specimen of G. viridifolia used for the first hybridization experiments perished and the hybridizations later on were mainly performed by backcrossing with G. jamesonii or crossings among the hybrid offspring (Hansen 1999;Tourjee et al 1994;Upson 2006). Although G. viridifolia was involved in the commercial gerbera more or less, G. jamesonii is therefore considered as the primary contributor (Hansen 1999).…”
Section: Breeding Of Commercial Gerberamentioning
confidence: 99%
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