Some notes on the collection of land-races of cultivated plants indigenous to the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany

Dambroth, Manfred; Hondelmann, Walter

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“…Encouraged by first results of collecting activities in the Western Carpathians and adjacent Moravia (Kühn et al 1976) some plant genetic resources assessments had been done in Germany as well (Hammer et al 1977;Dambroth and Hondelmann 1981). Despite generally advanced genetic erosion in cultivated plants, but especially field crops, even in this highly industrialized country with a high average living standard of its inhabitants and advanced plant breeding and agricultural production, a large amount of accessions of relic crops and landraces could be obtained for maintenance in the Gatersleben and Braunschweig ex situ genebanks.…”

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Chaerophyllum byzantinum Boiss. and Trachystemon orientalis (L.) G. Don—recently introduced from Turkish wild flora as new crop species among other interesting findings from immigrant gardens in western Germany

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Pistrick

2010

Genet Resour Crop Evol

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In western Germany, typical gardens of immigrant families were visited and periodically checked regarding their plant composition and cultivation techniques. A preliminary inventory of the cultivated plants of the Langenberg region south of Bonn is given. Chaerophyllum byzantinum Boiss. and Trachystemon orientalis (L.) G. Don as new crops, recently introduced from the wild flora of Turkey, and their utilization are shortly described. Most gardening immigrants originate from farmers' families and introduce local knowledge from their native countries. Personal preferences to familiar or local varieties made them transfer the respective seeds or plants and in some cases even wild plants to their new settling areas. Vicinity to German or immigrant gardeners from other nationalities allowed for exchange of seed and experience. This way, German gardens became centers of increasing diversity for horticultural crops within the past few decades.

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confidence: 99%