Summary
The Mediterranean is an important center of diversity for several families of cultivated plants: Leguminosae, Labiatae, Compositae, Umbelliferae, Cruciferae, Chenopodiaceae, etc.
The diversity of 53 families present in the Mediterranean and that of the most important ones is discussed in relation also to other gene centers.
Some crops, like wheat, maize, etc., have been highly domesticated and are suffering genetic erosion while some others, like chickpea, grass pea, etc., are still waiting for further domestication. The diversity of few crops important for the Mediterranean agriculture is discussed and, whenever possible, compared with other gene centers.
Zusammenfassung
Das Mittelmeergebiet ist ein wichtiges Mannigfaltigkeitszentrum für die Kulturpflanzen einer Reihe von Pflanzenfamilien, u. a. Leguminosen, Gramineen, Labiaten, Compositen, Umbelliferen, Cruciferen, Chenopodiaceen.
Die Mannigfaltigkeit der Kulturpflanzen von 53 Familien, die im Mittelmeergebiet vorkommen, wird erörtert; dabei wird auch auf andere Genzentren Bezug genommen.
Einige hoch domestizierte Kulturarten, beispielsweise Weizen, Mais u. a., sind stark von dem Wirken der Generosion betroffen. Einige andere Kulturarten dagegen sehen noch einer weiteren Domestikation entgegen, beispielsweise Kichererbsen, Saat-Platterbsen u. a. Die Mannigfaltigkeit ausgewählter, für die mediterrane Landwirtschaft bedeutsamer Kulturpflanzen wird erörtert und mit der anderer Genzentren verglichen.
Краткое содержание
Средиземноморье является важным географическим центром разнообразия для многих культурных видов целого ряда семейств растений, таких как: бобовые, губоцветные, сложноцветные, зонтичные, крестоцветные, маревые.
Освещается разноовразие культурных растений 53 семейств, встречающихся в Средиземноморье, при этом приводятся ссылки и на другие генные центры.
Некоторые одомашенные виды культур, как например: пшеница, кукуруза и др. находятся под сильным влиянием эрозии генов. Другие же культурные виды: бараний горох, чина посевная п др. — ещё недостаточно одомашнены. Освещаетея разнообразие выбранных, самых важных ддя ерсдизсмнморского еельекого хозяйства культурных растеннй и сравнвастся их разнобразие е другими генными центрами.
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Perrino, P. The diversity inVavilov's Mediterranean Gene Center. Die Kulturpflanze 36, 85–105 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01986954
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