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Current Status of Biodiversity Assessment and Conservation of Wild Olive (Olea europaea L. subsp. europaea var. sylvestris).
Plants (Basel). 2022 Feb 10; 11(4)P

Abstract

Oleaster (Olea europaea L. subsp. europaea var. sylvestris) is the ancestor of cultivated olive (Olea europaea L. subsp. europaea var. europaea) and it is spread through the whole Mediterranean Basin, showing an overlapping distribution with cultivated olive trees. Climate change and new emerging diseases are expected to severely affect the cultivations of olive in the future. Oleaster presents a higher genetic variability compared to the cultivated olive and some wild trees were found adapted to particularly harsh conditions; therefore, the role of oleaster in the future of olive cultivation may be crucial. Despite the great potential, only recently the need to deeply characterize and adequately preserve the wild olive resources drew the attention of researchers. In this review, we summarized the most important morphological and genetic studies performed on oleaster trees collected in different countries of the Mediterranean Basin. Moreover, we reviewed the strategies introduced so far to preserve and manage the oleaster germplasm collections, giving a future perspective on their role in facing the future agricultural challenges posed by climatic changes and new emerging diseases.

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Fanelli V
Department of Soil, Plant and Food Sciences, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70125 Bari, Italy.
Mascio I
Department of Soil, Plant and Food Sciences, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70125 Bari, Italy.
Falek W
Ecole Nationale Superieure de Biotechnologie, Constantine 251000, Algeria.
Miazzi MM
Department of Soil, Plant and Food Sciences, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70125 Bari, Italy.
Montemurro C
Department of Soil, Plant and Food Sciences, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70125 Bari, Italy. Spin Off Sinagri s.r.l., University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70125 Bari, Italy. Support Unit Bari, Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection, National Research Council of Italy (CNR), 70125 Bari, Italy.

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Journal Article
Review

Language

eng

PubMed ID

35214813

Citation

Fanelli, Valentina, et al. "Current Status of Biodiversity Assessment and Conservation of Wild Olive (Olea Europaea L. Subsp. Europaea Var. Sylvestris)." Plants (Basel, Switzerland), vol. 11, no. 4, 2022.
Fanelli V, Mascio I, Falek W, et al. Current Status of Biodiversity Assessment and Conservation of Wild Olive (Olea europaea L. subsp. europaea var. sylvestris). Plants (Basel). 2022;11(4).
Fanelli, V., Mascio, I., Falek, W., Miazzi, M. M., & Montemurro, C. (2022). Current Status of Biodiversity Assessment and Conservation of Wild Olive (Olea europaea L. subsp. europaea var. sylvestris). Plants (Basel, Switzerland), 11(4). https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11040480
Fanelli V, et al. Current Status of Biodiversity Assessment and Conservation of Wild Olive (Olea Europaea L. Subsp. Europaea Var. Sylvestris). Plants (Basel). 2022 Feb 10;11(4) PubMed PMID: 35214813.
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TY - JOUR T1 - Current Status of Biodiversity Assessment and Conservation of Wild Olive (Olea europaea L. subsp. europaea var. sylvestris). AU - Fanelli,Valentina, AU - Mascio,Isabella, AU - Falek,Wahiba, AU - Miazzi,Monica Marilena, AU - Montemurro,Cinzia, Y1 - 2022/02/10/ PY - 2022/01/28/received PY - 2022/02/08/revised PY - 2022/02/09/accepted PY - 2022/2/26/entrez PY - 2022/2/27/pubmed PY - 2022/2/27/medline KW - biodiversity KW - conservation KW - genebanks KW - genetic analysis KW - molecular markers KW - morphological evaluation KW - oleaster JF - Plants (Basel, Switzerland) JO - Plants (Basel) VL - 11 IS - 4 N2 - Oleaster (Olea europaea L. subsp. europaea var. sylvestris) is the ancestor of cultivated olive (Olea europaea L. subsp. europaea var. europaea) and it is spread through the whole Mediterranean Basin, showing an overlapping distribution with cultivated olive trees. Climate change and new emerging diseases are expected to severely affect the cultivations of olive in the future. Oleaster presents a higher genetic variability compared to the cultivated olive and some wild trees were found adapted to particularly harsh conditions; therefore, the role of oleaster in the future of olive cultivation may be crucial. Despite the great potential, only recently the need to deeply characterize and adequately preserve the wild olive resources drew the attention of researchers. In this review, we summarized the most important morphological and genetic studies performed on oleaster trees collected in different countries of the Mediterranean Basin. Moreover, we reviewed the strategies introduced so far to preserve and manage the oleaster germplasm collections, giving a future perspective on their role in facing the future agricultural challenges posed by climatic changes and new emerging diseases. SN - 2223-7747 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/35214813/Current_Status_of_Biodiversity_Assessment_and_Conservation_of_Wild_Olive__Olea_europaea_L__subsp__europaea_var__sylvestris__ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -