Networking on Conservation and Use of Medicinal, Aromatic and Culinary Plants Genetic Resources in Portugal

Barata, Ana Maria; Rocha, Filomena; Lopes, Violeta; Morgado, J.R Muñoz; Maia, José Guilherme S.; Bettencourt, E.; Dias, S.; Delgado, Federico Gomez; Costa, Max; Farinha, N.; Póvoa, Orlanda; Salgueiro, Lígia; Figueiredo, AC

doi:10.17660/actahortic.2011.925.2

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“…In the early 1970s, a new momentum started in Portugal in order to collect and conserve the national plant genetic resources, through actions carried out by genetic resources program for the Mediterranean region (Bettencourt, 1999; Ministério da Agricultura e do Mar, 2015).In 1977, still under the genetic resources programme for the Mediterranean region, supported by FAO and Bioversity International, the Banco Mediterrânico de Milho, in Braga,was created, with the responsibility of maize collecting and conservation, that subsequently gave birth to the Banco Português de Germoplasma Vegetal (BPGV), the National Genebank (Barata et al, 2011b;Bettencourt, 1999;Farias and Marcelino, 1993;Farias, 1999; Ministério da Agricultura e do Mar, 2015). From 1977 to 2014, numerous germplasm collecting missions for cereals, fibers, forage species, grain legumes, medicinal and aromatic plants, vegetables and crop wild relatives of major crops were carried out in Portugal (Barata et al, 2009;Barata, et al, 2011a;Barata et al, 2011b;Barata et al, 2014;Bettencourt and Gusmão, 1981;Bettencourt and Gusmão, 1982;Bettencourt, 1999;Farias, 1989;Farias et al, 1992;Farias and Marcelino, 1993;Farias, 1999;Farias, 2002;Lopes et al, 2015;Marcelino, 1994;Marcelino, 2002;Mota et al, 1981;Mota et al, 1982a;Mota et al, 1982b;Mota et al, 2005;Rocha, 2000;Rocha, 2005;Rocha et al, 2008;Rocha et al, 2010a;Rocha et al, 2010b;Rocha et al, 2010c;Rocha et al, 2011;Rocha et al, 2013;Rocha et al, 2014;…”

Section: Period From 1977 To 2014mentioning

confidence: 99%

The legacy of collecting missions to the valorisation of agro-biodiversity

Rocha¹,

Gaspar²,

Barata³

2017

AgricultForest

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The history of the civilizations is deeply linked to the history of agriculture, and this has direct links to germplasm collecting and management. Plant collecting activities date back to the beginning of agriculture, with the first steps of plant domestication. Since the most remote times, mankind has depended on plant species collecting to address its basic needs. For the same reasons, or for cultural and economic reasons, for millennia, people collected and carried seeds, cuttings, seedlings and plants from the places they visited or settled in, and whenever they inhabited new places, they carried the species they knew and which cultivation they mastered. The germplasm collecting is an historic activity used in the conservation of genetic resources, especially species for food and agriculture and represents an activity of primary importance within the genetic resources conservation strategies. Germplasm collecting missions have the following main goals: to prevent genetic erosion; to expand or complete the genetic base available in the existent collections; and to meet specific needs (breeding programmes, research or development). Between 1977 and 2014, Banco Português de Germoplasma Vegetal (BPGV), carried out 126 collecting missions in Portugal, which resulted in 12,540 accessions of several species. The history of collecting plant genetic resourcesin the world, its connection to plant dissemination among the continents, and the plant germplasm collecting missions carried out by the BPGV in the last 40 years is the study object of this communication, in order to demonstrate the contribution of collecting missions to the valorisation of agro-biodiversity.

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Section: Period From 1977 To 2014mentioning

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The legacy of collecting missions to the valorisation of agro-biodiversity

Rocha¹,

Gaspar²,

Barata³

2017

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“…have resulted in the increasing demand for MAP, placing pressure on natural resources, since most species used are still collected in the wild. Uncontrolled over-exploitation of wild plants, their habitat-loss and alteration are the main reasons why medicinal plants, their study, evaluation, utilization and conservation have become essential parts of the programmes of expanding market (Barata et al, 2011b). Collecting from the wild still plays a vital role in the trade of MAP in Europe, as prices from this material are much lower than the material of cultivated origin (Moré et al, 2013).…”

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Conservation and sustainable uses of medicinal and aromatic plants genetic resources on the worldwide for human welfare

Barata

Rocha

Lopes

et al. 2016

Industrial Crops and Products

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a b s t r a c tPlants have been used since ancient times to heal and cure diseases and to improve the health and the wellbeing of the populations. Medicinal and aromatic plants still form the basis of traditional or indigenous health systems of the populations in most of the developing countries, as reported by the World Health Organization (WHO).As a result of the expanding interest in medicinal and aromatic plants, new income generating opportunities are opening up for rural populations. With many of the MAPs gathered from the wild, the recollection and sale of MAPs is providing a complementary source of income for many poor rural households.Currently, we are facing an incomparably growing pressure on plant populations in the wild due to the increasing commercial recollection, largely unmonitored trade, and habitat loss. Profound knowledge of the features of the (international) trade in botanicals (size, structure, streams, commodities, traded quantities and their origin) is (1) essential for assessing the trade's impact on the plant populations concerned; and (2) required for conservation concepts and measures which have to meet future supply and the provisions of species conservation.

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“…For the future, efforts have to be made to preserve this genetic material in situ and ex situ. Such as realized in Portugal, it would be very fruitful to pull synergies and join efforts between researchers and to propose collaborative networks on ethnobotany and germplasm preservation, characterization and evaluation (Barata et al 2011). In the developed economies, as a contract, the market sectors for plant products seem to show new potentials, like in the case of different processing industries.…”

Section: Germplasm Preservationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…), whereas others are essentially known and used for their valuable aroma, such as jasmine (Jasminum spp.) (Barata et al 2011).…”

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“…These plants are also targets for several studies on pharmacognosy, phytochemistry, ethnobotany and biology. In addition to their medicinal value and to being traded as regular commodities, new trends of their use for sauces or jam production, or for flavouring olive oil, vinegar, wine, chocolate, wood, honey, paper or soap, reveal their enormous importance for local and countries' economies (Barata et al 2011). Nevertheless, the production of MAP, and derived products are not always stable.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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