Evaluation of Garlic Landraces from Foggia Province (Puglia Region; Italy).

ABSTRACT: Interest in local landraces has unfortunately decreased over, the last decades, in which they have been continuously subjected to a high genetic erosion in favour of new modern varieties. Within the Puglia region (S-E Italy), Foggia province was found to be the richest in vegetable landraces. In the present study, six garlic landraces collected from this area have been assessed for their chemical composition (minerals, organic acids, free sugars, volatile, and phenolic compounds) along with their main morpho-biometrical traits. A commercial genotype was also considered as a reference standard. The landraces show a large variability, but in general high morphological standards, high levels of cations and phenols, and low levels of volatile-(S)-compounds in comparison with the commercial gen

SUBMITTER: Bonasia A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7404550 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature