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Article: Gene pool variation and phylogenetic relationships of an indigenous northeast Italian grapevine collection revealed by nuclear and chloroplast SSRs.(Simple sequence repeats)
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- October 1, 2008
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Introduction
In Italy, as in other Mediterranean countries, grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) used to be characterized by the diffuse presence of indigenous cultivars originated through centuries of natural and human selection (Martin et al. 2003; Snoussi et al. 2004; Imazio et al. 2006; De Mattia et al. 2007; Santana et al. 2007). Local varieties thus evolved morphological structures and physiological mechanisms enabling them to cope with the local bioclimatic and edaphic conditions, and so have assumed the significance of invaluable genetic resources (This et al. 2006) whose conservation and valorization, because of their determinant role in characterizing the ...