Proceedings of the XLVI Italian Society of Agricultural Genetics - SIGA Annual Congress

Giardini Naxos, Italy - 18/21 September, 2002

ISBN 88-900622-3-1

Poster Abstract - 3.12

CHARACTERIZATION OF GRASS PEA LANDRACES USING AGRONOMICALLY USEFUL TRAITS

POLIGNANO G.B.*, UGGENTI P.*, OLITA G.*, BISIGNANO V.*, ALBA E.**

*) Istituto del Germoplasma, C.N.R., Via Amendola 165/a 70126 Bari, Italy

**) Dipartimento di Biologia Difesa e Biotecnologie Agro Forestali, Università della Basilicata, Potenza

L. sativus, characterization, germplasm, pattern analysis

385 individual plants belonging 77 grass pea (L.sativus) landraces of different origin were characterized. They were examined for 19 morphological, agronomic and grain quality traits as part of the evaluation program conducted by the Bari Germplasm Institute. During the 200-2001 the landraces were grown in unreplicated row plots at the experimental field “Pantanello”, Metaponto (MT). A pattern analysis (combined use of classification and ordination methods) of the data provided a good description of the landraces in relation also to the origin. Since agronomically useful traits were used the analysis provided relevant information for both potential users and the germplasm curators. Potential users have a description of the landraces from which to choose relevant breeding material and curators can assess how well the landraces represent the diversity in the origins considered.