Improvement of the citrus sector by the setting up of the common conservation strategies for the free exchange of healthy citrus genetic resources
2001
D'Onghia, A.M. (Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes, Bari (Italy). Institut Agronomique Méditerranéen)Menini, U. | Martelli, G.P. (Eds.)
This volume is composed of two parts: the first reports on the proceedings of the 1st and 2nd technical joint meetings of the Mediterranean Network on Certification of Citrus (MNCC), under the aegis of CIHEAM/IAMB, and of the Mediterranean Citrus Network (MECINET), under the aegis of FAO, aimed at proposing a joint program for a sustainable enhancement of healthy citrus genetic in the Mediterranean. 8t includes an exhaustive presentation of: - the network activities the citrus cooperation programmes; - the contents of the short-course on Advanced Techniques for the Collection, Sanitary Assessment, Sanitation and Conservation of Citrus Germplasm. The threats of citrus diversity erosion in the Mediterranean, mainly due to the lack of sanitary measures, care and maintenance, although not alarming yet, represent the major challente to face in order to improve citrus in this region. The MNCC and MECINET joint proposal is aimed to promote the establishment of national programs in the Mediterranean for citrus germplasm identification, characterization, physiological assessment in terms of water use efficiency, sanitation, conservation and free exchange. Th_s would preserve the Mediterranean from the dissemination of diseases through citrus germplasm exchange and would favour citrus improvement and management maintaining the existing citrus genepool.
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