ISHS Acta Horticulturae 714: XXII International Eucarpia Symposium, Section Ornamentals, Breeding for Beauty
GENETIC RESOURCES AND BREEDING ORNAMENTALS IN BRAZIL |
| Author: | A.F.C. Tombolato |
| Keywords: | native plants, tropicals, domestication, pre-breeding |
| Abstract:
Brazilian flora is known all over the world for its riches, but the main flower and ornamental plants prevailing in the inner market are still the traditional exotic species, e.g. roses, chrysanthemums and saintpaulias. Floriculture business produces very few for export, besides some government efforts for exportation, the inner market buys almost all Brazilian flower production. The new international wave for the use of tropicals has influenced the country consumption, and then the costumer slowly opens his eyes for the natives too. Many new research projects have been established aiming to improve the quality of the tropical ornamentals and to rescue the native germplasm and transform it in a commercial product. Actually this is a long way and it is also a difficult goal to reach because the wild species, in many cases, deserve of domestication, pre-breeding and breeding. In this presentation some results are shown, as the cultivars of Hippeastrum and anthuriums selected by the Instituto Agronômico – IAC, and also the list of ornamental natives from the Center-West prepared by the Project Plants for the Future from the Ministry of Environment. | |
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