Native fruit tree genetic resources in Japan

• Iketani Hiroyuki

  NARO Institute of Fruit Tree Science

Abstract

The diversity of climate, from subarctic to subtropical, and the complex geological history of Japan have produced a rich biodiversity. The flora includes several hundred species of native woody plants with edible fleshy fruits or nuts. People have eaten them from prehistoric times until about a half century ago. In Hokkaidō and the Ryūkyū Islands nut species had an important role in the diet, but fleshy fruits were also eaten until recently. Only Castanea crenata and a few minor species became domesticated as edible fruit trees in pre-modern times. Recently, Vitis coignetiae, Lonicera caerulea, Akebia quinata, Akebia trifoliata, Stauntonia hexaphylla, and Actinidia arguta have entered small-scale cultivation. The conservation of the germplasm of many of these native species, both in situ and ex situ, is precarious.

Journal

• Breeding Science

  Breeding Science 66 (1), 82-89, 2016

  Japanese Society of Breeding

Keywords

• native species
• fruit tree
• nut
• biodiversity
• cultivated plants
• ethnobotany

Details

• CRID: 1390282679698428928
• NII Article ID: 130005141820
• NII Book ID: AA11317194
• DOI: 10.1270/jsbbs.66.82
• ISSN: 13473735
• ISSN: 13447610
• NDL BIB ID: 027188272
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I027188272
• Web Site: https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jsbbs/66/1/66_82/_pdf
• Text Lang: en
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