Non-model plants ie, the species which have one or all of the characters such as long life
cycle, difficulty to grow in the laboratory or poor fecundity, have been schemed out of …

Background Unravelling domestication processes is crucial for understanding how species
respond to anthropogenic pressures, forecasting crop responses to future global changes …

Olive, the emblematic Mediterranean fruit crop, owns a great varietal diversity, which is
maintained in ex situ field collections, such as the World Olive Germplasm Bank of Córdoba …

The Mediterranean basin is especially sensitive to the adverse outcomes of climate change
and especially to variations in rainfall patterns and the incidence of extremely high …

Abstract Information on the distribution of genetic variation is essential to preserve olive
germplasm from erosion and to recover alleles lost through selective breeding. In addition …

Germplasm collections are basic tools for conservation, characterization, and efficient use of
olive genetic resources. The identification of the olive cultivars maintained in the collections …

Induced mutations have been used effectively for plant improvement. Physical and chemical
mutagens induce a high frequency of genome variation. Recently, developed screening …

Genetic linkage maps are valuable tools for genetic, genomic, and crop breeding studies.
Several genetic linkage maps were constructed for the olive (Olea europaea L.) genome …

Olive (Olea europaea L.) is a major fruit crop in the Mediterranean Basin. Ex-situ olive
management is essential to ensure optimal use of genetic resources in breeding programs …

Olive (Olea europaea L.) is a very important edible oil crop and has been cultivated for about
4,000 years in the Mediterranean area. Due to its nutritional and economic importance …