Evaluation of European Native Bluebells for Sustainable Floriculture

Scariot, Valentina; Seglie, Ludovica; Gaino, Walter; Devecchi, M

doi:10.17660/actahortic.2012.937.33

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“…Many regions within the Mediterranean Basin such as archipelagos, islands, peninsulas and mountain ranges or combinations thereof are outlined as major hotspots of biodiversity and include numerous range-restricted endemic species [4]. Notwithstanding the overall appreciation, most of the huge Mediterranean plant diversity includes neglected and underutilised species [5], and only a small fraction of these resources is currently used in the agricultural sector and the ornamental-horticultural industry due to weak documentation of their potential and lack of coordinated actions [4,6]. Despite the fact that neglected and underutilised plants (NUPs) may prove to be a promising alternative for the future in various sectors or source of added value products [7], their incorporation into agricultural systems is still very limited.…”

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“…[9,15], there are many species with attractive features that are not currently under cultivation, being neglected and unexploited due to lack of coordinated research and development of production systems [16]. Domestication of wild-growing plants with interesting properties and plant rarity/endemism are important factors that are extremely appreciated by the ornamental-horticultural sector sourcing for unique new crops [6,17]. Previous studies on the commercial value of the Greek native endemic plants (single-country endemics) over the internet have illustrated a robust international market related with 145 traded taxa (species and subspecies) purchased by 76 nurseries in seven countries [3].…”

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“…Previous projects and research activities related with sustainable plant utilisation in the Mediterranean region such as the MEDUSA [1] or RUBIA projects [18] have focused almost exclusively to common plant species of the Mediterranean Region and have examined them basically from an ethnobotanical viewpoint. The same applies for relevant studies at local scales, e.g., [6,[19][20][21]. Such attempts have never focused on single-country endemic plants and their ornamental-horticultural value.…”

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Exploring the Potential of Neglected Local Endemic Plants of Three Mediterranean Regions in the Ornamental Sector: Value Chain Feasibility and Readiness Timescale for Their Sustainable Exploitation

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The neglected and underutilized plants (NUPs) have never been mainstreamed by researchers, politicians and stakeholders for sustainable exploitation in the ornamental-horticultural sector. This study focused on 399 local endemic plants of three Mediterranean regions (Crete, Mediterranean coast-Rif of Morocco, Tunisia), with the aim to develop a new scheme for their multifaceted ornamental-horticultural evaluation facilitating their sustainable exploitation. The methodological scheme was developed within three multidisciplinary co-creative workshops by experts and was adjusted by end-users. The developed scheme uses point and weighted scoring of several attributes relevant to biological and ornamental-horticultural characteristics and concerns three ranking levels: (i) ornamental-horticultural potential (general or subsector-specific; 20 attributes), (ii) sustainable exploitation feasibility (12 attributes) and (iii) readiness timescale (after gap and SWOT analyses) in creating value chains in short-, medium- or long-term. The analysis of the data illustrated two example-cases of already achieved sustainable exploitation with established value chains; outlined the prospects for sustainable exploitation of 18 and 23 local endemic NUPs in short-term and medium-term, respectively; and identified 86 taxa with reachable possibilities in the long-term. The proposed multifaceted evaluation scheme can be applied for the valorisation of NUPs in other areas and may help to define priorities and to identify opportunities and gaps for their sustainable exploitation.

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“…Coreopsis lanceolata and Campanula spp. are perennial plants, largely cultivated in borders or gardens and usually planted in mass or groups, known as bedding plants (Lee 2012;Scariot et al 2012).…”

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Colletotrichum spp. causing anthracnose on ornamental plants in northern Italy

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Species of Colletotrichum are considered among the most important plant pathogens, saprobes and endophytes on a wide range of ornamentals, fruits and vegetables. Several Colletotrichum species have been reported in nurseries and public or private gardens in northern Italy. In this study, the occurrence, diversity and pathogenicity of Colletotrichum spp. associated with several ornamental hosts was explored. Survey were carried out during the 2013–2019 period in Piedmont, Italy. A total of 22 Colletotrichum isolates were collected from symptomatic leaves and stems of two Campanula spp., Ceanothus thyrsiflorus, Coreopsis lanceolata, Cyclamen persicum, Hydrangea paniculata, Liquidambar styraciflua, Mahonia aquifolium and Rhyncospermum jasminoides. A multi-locus phylogeny was established based on the basis of three genomic loci (gapdh, act and tub2). The pathogenicity of selected, representative isolates was tested. Colletotrichum isolates were identified as members of four important species complexes: Acutatum, Gloeosporioides, Dematium and Destructivum. Colletotrichum fioriniae, C. nymphaeae and C. fuscum were found in association with leaf lesions of Mahonia aquifolium, Campanula rapunculoides and Coreopsis lanceolata, respectively. Colletotrichum lineola, C. grossum and C. cigarro were isolated from Campanula trachelium, Rhyncospermum jasminoides and Liquidambar styraciflua, respectively. Colletotrichum fructicola was found to be responsible of anthracnose of Ceanothus thyrsiflorus, Hydrangea paniculata, Cyclamen persicum and Liquidambar styraciflua. All the tested isolates were pathogenic and reproduced identical symptoms to those observed in private gardens and nurseries. The present study improves our understanding of Colletotrichum spp. associated with different ornamental hosts and provides useful information for an effective disease management programme.

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“…Среди многообразия травянистых растений, благодаря высокой декоративности и значительному содержанию различных групп биологически активных веществ, интерес представляют виды семейства колокольчиковых (Campanulaceae Juss.) (Растительные ресурсы…, 1991;Халипова, 2005;Scariot et al, 2012). Для семейства характерны многоцветковые соцветия, структура которых сложная и весьма вариабельная, что затрудняет их типификацию.…”

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Pattems and models of flowering of some Gampanulaceae Juss. species

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The present work is devoted to the phenology of individual flowering and the construction of structure-dynamic models of this process on its basis. The results of the study of the flowering phenology of Campanula bononiensis, C. sarmatica and Platycodon grandiflorus are presented. The data obtained characterize both the phenological (time and duration of flowering, lifespan of individual flowers) and structural features (degree of branching of the inflorescence, length of floral axes, number of flowers, order of their blooming) that describe the flowering of a monocarpic shoot. Inflorescences of the species are elongated and multiflorous, of the compound type inherent for Campanulaceae, and characterized by a high variability of all structural features. Observation data were processed by standard statistical methods and used to construct stochastic computer models of flowering shoots, while omissions in data were restored by using the maximum likelihood method. Flowering patterns of the species, due to differences in phenological and structural features, have been revealed. It has been shown that flowering curves depend on the synchrony in the flowers blooming on the main (first-order) axis and lateral (second-order) axes. C. bononiensis has one asymmetrical peak with a broadening on the left, achieved with the simultaneous blooming of flowers in the upper and lower parts of the main axis and on lateral axes in the middle part of the inflorescence, where the first-order flowers have already finished blooming (they provided the broadening). Flowering curves for C. sarmatica and P grandiflorus are bimodal, with the first peak being due to the flowers blooming on the main axis and the second one on lateral axes. The constructed models reproduce the patterns of individual flowering well, with natural variability, and can be used to simulate the flowering of a group of individuals (population), for example, in landscape design. In combination with visualization tools, they can be used for augmenting plant phenotyping datasets with rendered images of synthetic plants for the purpose of training neural networks in this field.

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Evaluation of European Native Bluebells for Sustainable Floriculture

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Exploring the Potential of Neglected Local Endemic Plants of Three Mediterranean Regions in the Ornamental Sector: Value Chain Feasibility and Readiness Timescale for Their Sustainable Exploitation

Exploring the Potential of Neglected Local Endemic Plants of Three Mediterranean Regions in the Ornamental Sector: Value Chain Feasibility and Readiness Timescale for Their Sustainable Exploitation

Colletotrichum spp. causing anthracnose on ornamental plants in northern Italy

Pattems and models of flowering of some Gampanulaceae Juss. species

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