Establishing of a Cape gooseberry working collection collected in the colombian southwest zone

Physalis peruviana L. is a promissory fruit specie for the Andean Colombian zone, however, it has not been a priority genetic resource for conservation. In this study a working collection of 222 accessions collected in the states of Nariño, Valle del Cauca, Cauca, Caldas, Quindío and Cundinamarca of Colombia was established and registered in a computational data base. It represent the variability present of native and spontaneous varieties. Seeds of the collected materials are available in cold room in the Experimental Centre of The National University of Colombia campus Palmira. This collection contributes to the conservation and genetic diversity studies in this specie, besides for implementing selection and breeding programs..

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Main Authors: Bonilla Betancourt, Martha Liliana, Espinosa Piedrahíta, Katherine, Posso Terranova, Andrés Mauricio, Vásquez Amariles, Herney Darío, Muñoz Flórez, Jaime Eduardo
Format: Digital revista
Language:spa
Published: Universidad Nacional de Colombia - Sede Palmira 2008
Online Access:https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/acta_agronomica/article/view/1348
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