List price   € 198     This title is available both in print and ActaHort CD-rom format Conveners   K.E. Hummer, M.J. Díez, J. Postman  Editor   K.E. Hummer  Publication date   31 December 2011  ISBN   978-90-66055-54-4  ISSN   0567-7572  Number of articles   126  Volumes   2  Place   Lisbon, Portugal  Online articles: INNOVATION IN CONSERVATION, HOW INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TOOLS IMPROVE THE EX SITU MANAGEMENT OF PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES (T.J.L. van Hintum) CONSERVING WILD PLANTS FOR FOOD AND MEDICINE - THE WORK OF BOTANIC GARDENS (S. Oldfield) DEVELOPMENT OF PROTOCOLS FOR SHORT-, MEDIUM- AND LONG-TERM CONSERVATION OF THYME (E.A. Ozudogru, E. Kaya , E. Kirdok) CONSERVING AUSTRALIA'S UNIQUE RAINFOREST FRUITS AND WILD RELATIVES (K. Hamilton, C. Offord, P. Cuneo, S.E. Ashmore, M. Deseo) FIELD COLLECTION AND CONSERVATION OF NON-CULTIVATED EDIBLE SPECIES IN THE GERMPLASM BANK OF ZARAGOZA (SPAIN) (C. Mallor , M. Carravedo, C. Montaner) CONSERVATION, CHARACTERIZATION, DOCUMENTATION AND UTILIZATION OF HORTICULTURAL GENETIC RESOURCES CARRIED OUT BY THE ITALIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL (P. Engel , C. Fideghelli) MANAGEMENT OF TEMPERATE FRUIT GENETIC RESOURCES IN INDIA (S. Gupta) THE POMETUM APPLE KEY - AN INTERNET TOOL FOR GENEBANK DATA INCLUDING CULTIVAR IDENTIFICATION (T.B. Toldam-Andersen, M. Korsgaard, J. Nordling) IN SITU AND ON-FARM CONSERVATION OF CENTRAL EUROPEAN FRUIT GENETIC RESOURCES (F. Paprstein, J. Kloutvor , J. Sedlak, V. Holubec) CHARACTERIZATION OF SPANISH GENETIC RESOURCES OF ARACHIS HYPOGAEA L. (J. Cebolla-Cornejo, P. Fernández-de-Córdova , F. Nuez) CRYOPRESERVATION AND IN VITRO CULTURE - STATE OF THE ART AS CONSERVATION STRATEGY FOR GENEBANKS (E.R.J. Keller, A. Senula, C. Zanke, M. Grübe , A. Kaczmarczyk) ALTERNATIVE STORAGE FOR GERMPLASM OF NATIVE HAWAIIAN 'OHELO BERRIES (B.M. Reed, F. Zee, E.E. Uchendu , S. Wada ) CRYOPRESERVATION OF PEACH SHOOT TIPS BY ENCAPSULATION DEHYDRATION (C. Damiano, A. Sgueglia, M. Arias, A. Frattarelli, E. Condello , E. Caboni) STORAGE STABILITY USING CRYOPRESERVATION: A CASE STUDY IN PAPAYA (S.E. Ashmore, R.A. Drew, A. Kaity) CRYOPRESERVATION OF PELARGONIUM SPECIES: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ENCAPSULATION-DEHYDRATION AND DROPLET-VITRIFICATION PROTOCOLS (A. Grapin , A. Gallard, M. Chevalier) CRYOPRESERVATION OF STRAWBERRY GENETIC RESOURCES IN GERMANY (M. Höfer, B.M. Reed) DORMANT BUD CRYOPRESERVATION: SECONDARY BUDS CAN AFFECT THE ESTIMATION OF POST-THAW SURVIVAL (C. Vogiatzi, B.W.W. Grout, T.B. Toldam-Andersen , D. Wulfsohn) IN VITRO CULTURE INITIATION AND CRYOPRESERVATION OF ENDEMIC TAXA DIANTHUS GIGANTEUS SSP. BANATICUS (L. Jarda , V. Cristea, A. Halmagyi, M. Plada) PERFORMANCE OF COCONUT EMBRYO CULTURE ACCESSIONS INTRODUCED AT THE INTERNATIONAL COCONUT GENEBANK FOR LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN (ICG-LAC) (A.S. Lédo, S.R.R. Ramos , L.E.C. Diniz, J.L.K. Konan , M.L. George) IN VITRO COLD-STORAGE DURATION OF CHERRY SHOOTS IS AFFECTED BY CARBON SOURCE AND NITROGEN CONCENTRATION (I. Kovalchuk, A. Nasibulina, B.M. Reed) DEVELOPMENT OF IN VITRO PROPAGATION AND CONSERVATION PROTOCOLS OF THE NATIVE BRAZILIAN MANGABA TREE (A.S. Lédo, A.J. Sá, J.F. Silva Junior, A.V.C. Silva , L.E.C. Diniz, C.A.S. Lédo) ANTHER-STIGMA SEPARATION IN DESMODIUM SPECIES (PAPILIONOIDEAE-FABACEAE) FROM NORTHWESTERN ARGENTINA (A.V. Etcheverry, M.M. Alemán, T. Figueroa Fleming, C.A. Gómez , D. López Spahr) SEED STORAGE CHARACTERISTICS AND CRYOPRESERVATION OF GENETIC RESOURCES OF TROPICAL UNDERUTILIZED FRUITS IN INDIA (S.K. Malik, R. Chaudhury, R.K. Kalia, E. Dulloo) PEAR DIVERSITY IN NORTHWESTERN SPAIN DETERMINED BY MICROSATELLITES (A.R.F. dos Santos, A.M. Ramos-Cabrer, M.B. Díaz-Hernández , S. Pereira-Lorenzo) GENETIC DIVERSITY REVEALED BY FLUORESCENT-AFLP MARKERS FOR APRICOT GERMPLASMS IN SHANDONG, CHINA (Z.H. Yuan, Y.L. Yin, L.J. Feng, X.Q. Zhao, J.Z. Wang, G.N. An, C.Y. Zhang) GENETIC FINGERPRINTING OF THE IRISH APPLE COLLECTION USING SINGLE SEQUENCE REPEATS IN MULTIPLEX SYSTEMS - VALIDATION OF PROTOCOL (S. Mac An tSaoir, F. Fernández-Fernández , C. Fleming, R. Hunter , B. Moreland) USE OF MICROSATELLITE MARKERS TO DEVELOP NEW EASTERN BLACK WALNUT CULTIVARS IN MISSOURI, USA (M.V. Coggeshall) CONSTRUCTION OF TWO MAPPING POPULATIONS AND BREEDING OF SUPERIOR STRAINS OF LITCHI (J.X. Fu, S.S. Huang, Y.L. Hu, H.Y. Zhao, X.N. Yang, L.J. Pan, G.B. Hu, C.M. Liu) CHARACTERISATION OF FALL-BLOOMING CAMELLIAS AS REVEALED BY SEQUENCE TAGGED MICROSATELLITE SITE MARKERS AND MORPHOLOGICAL TRAITS (M. Caser , V. Scariot) CHARACTERIZATION OF SOME LOCAL SWEET CHERRY CULTIVARS IN IRAN USING SSR MARKERS (V. Abdossi , A. Khalighi, M.R. Fatahi Moghadam , A.R. Talaie, N. Bozari ) ASSESSMENT OF OLIVE VARIABILITY IN LATIUM (CENTRAL ITALY) THROUGH SNPS, SSRS AND MORPHOLOGICAL TRAITS (M.C. Colao, F. Colli, C. Cammilli, P. Gutierrez-Pesce, V. Cristofori, E. Rugini , R. Muleo, L. Baldoni, N. Cultrera , R. Mariotti) APPROACHES TO DETERMINE THE ORIGIN OF EUROPEAN PLUM (PRUNUS DOMESTICA) BASED ON DNA NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCES (H. Xuan , D. Spann, P. Schlottmann , M. Neumüller ) ANALYSIS OF GENETIC DIVERSITY OF LOCAL OLIVE VARIETIES IN TURKEY BY AFLP MARKERS (M. Seker , M.A. Gundogdu, M.S. Ipek) MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETIC AND EVOLUTIONARY STUDIES OF THE GENUS VERTICORDIA (MYRTACEAE) BY PCR-RFLP (X. Ma, J. Considine , G. Yan, S. Feng) BOTANICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND MOLECULAR MARKER CLASSIFICATION OF RED KWAO KRUA (BUTEA SUPERBA ROXB.) (Y. Manakasem , K. Muangtip, S. Sakuanrungsirikul) HIGH LEVELS OF RAPD AND SSR MARKER DIVERSITY IN LANDRACES OF WATERMELON (CITRULLUS LANATUS) IN SOUTHERN AFRICA (C. Mujaju, G. Werlemark, L. Garkava-Gustavsson, H. Nybom) MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION AND GENETIC DIVERSITY OF CITRUS AURANTIUM L. GERMPLASM FROM CENTRAL ITALY (C. Mattioni, M.A. Martin, M. Cherubini, E. Maccaglia, I. DallaRagione, F. Villani) APPLICATION OF AN EXTENDED SET OF MICROSATELLITE DNA MARKERS FOR THE ANALYSIS OF PRESUMED SYNONYM CULTIVARS OF APPLE (S. Baric, J. Wagner, A. Storti , J. Dalla Via) GENETIC STRUCTURE OF MEDITERRANEAN APRICOTS BY SSR FINGERPRINTING (H. Bourguiba, L. Krichen , N. Trifi-Farah , B. Khadari, A. Mamouni , S. Trabelsi, C. D'Onofrio , J. Egea-Caballero , D. Ruiz, B.M. Asma , B. Gouble, J.M. Audergon) CULTIVAR IDENTIFICATION AND GENETIC DIVERSITY ANALYSIS OF CAULIFLOWER WITH MOLECULAR MARKERS ( Yan Wang, Xiaoyan Li, Jian Xu, Yuanyuan Xu, Liwang Liu) GENETIC RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN SELECTED ITALIAN AND SPANISH TRADITIONAL TOMATO CULTIVARS AS REVEALED BY (GATA)4 MARKERS (S. García-Martínez, G. Corrado, J.J. Ruiz, R. Rao) IDENTIFICATION OF MICROSATELLITE LOCI IN OPUNTIA SPP. AND THEIR CHARACTERIZATION IN CULTIVARS AND SPECIES (P. Erre, G. Nieddu , I. Chessa) MOLECULAR IDENTIFICATION AND GENETIC VARIATION OF 13 HERBACEOUS PEONY CULTIVARS USING SRAP MARKERS ( Xianfeng Guo, Xiaohan Wang, Xiaoyan Yu, Xianzhi Sun, Tao Zhou) GENETIC DIVERSITY IN PEPPER (CAPSICUM SPP.) BY RAPD MARKER (E.R. Rêgo , M.M. Rego, L.P. Farias-Filho) DNA BARCODING: UNSUCCESSFUL FOR SPECIES IDENTIFICATION IN FRAGARIA L. (W. Njuguna, N.V. Bassil) THE MORPHO-PHYSIOLOGIC ANALYSIS OF BIODIVERSITY OF MELON GERMPLASM CULTIVATED IN ROMANIA (S. Ambăruş, C. Brezeanu, P.M. Brezeanu , T.O. Cristea) GENETIC DIVERSITY OF GERMPLASM RESOURCES OF LITCHI AND LONGAN USING SSR ANALYSIS ( Fu Jia-xin, Wang Ying, Zhou Jia, Zhao Hai-yan, Huang Sui-sheng, Hu You-li, Hu Gui-bing, Liu Cheng-ming) ASSESSMENT OF GENETIC VARIABILITY WITHIN AND AMONG PORTUGUESE APPLE CULTIVARS REVEALED BY SSRS (I. Foroni, C. Baptista, L. Monteiro, D. Mendonça, M.S. Lopes, P. Monjardino, D.J.H. Lopes , A. da Câmara Machado) TOWARDS A STRATEGY FOR THE CONSERVATION AND USE OF UNDERUTILIZED CROPS IN THE PACIFIC (M. Taylor, H. Jaenicke, P. Mathur, V.S. Tuia) CURRENT EFFORTS IN BAMBARA GROUNDNUT BREEDING IN GHANA (H.K. Adu-Dapaah, S.N.T.T. Addy, J.N. Berchie , J.Y. Asibuo) PROMOTION OF INDIGENOUS VEGETABLES IN ASIA: CONSERVATION AND USE OF SELECTED CROPS IN INDONESIA, THE PHILIPPINES, AND TAIWAN (A.W. Ebert) MORE EFFICIENT CONSERVATION AND USE OF VEGETABLE GENETIC RESOURCES IN EUROPE: ECPGR ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERSPECTIVES (M.C. Daunay, C. Allender , D. Astley, N. Bas, W. van Dooijeweert , R. van Treuren, F. Branca, M.J. Díez, E. Geoffriau, E.R.J. Keller, T. Kotlińska, K. Smékalová, J. Engels , L. Maggioni) GENETIC VARIABILITY STUDIES IN BARHAL (ARTOCARPUS LAKOOCHA ROXB.) IN CENTRAL UTTAR PRADESH (D.H. Dwivedi, V. Mishra , N. Singh, S.K. Dwivedi) USE AND CONSERVATION OF UNDERUTILIZED CROPS IN MOZAMBIQUE (J.M. Tembe) GENETIC VARIABILITY STUDIES IN WATER CHESTNUT (TRAPA NATANS VAR. BISPINOSA ROXB.) UNDER CENTRAL UTTAR PRADESH CONDITIONS (D.H. Dwivedi, M. Babu, R. Lata , R. Shringar ) WINTER COLD RESISTANCE OF JATROPHA CURCAS L. ONE YEAR AFTER TRANSPLANTING IN OPEN FIELD IN SOUTHERN ITALY (A. Corleto, E. Cazzato) URUGUAYAN NATIVE FRUITS PROVIDE ANTIOXIDANT PHYTONUTRIENTS AND POTENTIAL HEALTH BENEFITS (A. Feippe, F. Ibáñez, P. Calistro , R. Zoppolo, B. Vignale ) CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF ROSELLE (HIBISCUS SABDARIFFA L.) CALYCES AS INFLUENCED BY NITROGEN AND CULTIVAR (M.A. Shaheen , F.S. El-Nakhlawy) NORTH AMERICAN CONTINENT - A NEW SOURCE OF WILD LACTUCA SPP. GERMPLASM VARIABILITY FOR FUTURE LETTUCE BREEDING (A. Lebeda, I. Dolezalová, M. Kitner, A. Novotná, P. Smachová, M.P. Widrlechner) A SEEDED GARLIC (ALLIUM SATIVA L.) (B.C. Saha, A. Dipak Sharad, R. Barman) HETEROSIS AND COMBINING ABILITY FOR EARLINESS, YIELD, AND FRUIT QUALITY OF SOME EGYPTIAN MELON INBRED LINES VIA LINE × TESTER ANALYSIS (A.A. Glala, A.M. Abd-Alla, S.E.I. El-Dessouky, H.A. 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AND CITRULLUS LANATUS: CONSERVATION, EVALUATION AND BREEDING (F.A. Rocha , A.M. Barata, F. Quedas , F. Lopes, A. Marreiros, J. Leitão) SCREENING A DIVERSE COLLECTION OF HEIRLOOM TOMATO CULTIVARS FOR QUALITY AND FUNCTIONAL ATTRIBUTES (A. Alonso, J.A. Salazar, A. Arroyo, A. Grau, S. García-Martínez, M. Serrano , J.J. Ruiz) AGRO-MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF 16 TRADITIONAL PEPPER (CAPSICUM ANNUUM L.) CULTIVARS FROM CASTILLA-LA MANCHA (CENTRAL SPAIN) (M.M. Moreno, C. Moreno, J. Villena , I. Mancebo) PEA LANDRACES AND CULTIVARS RESPONSE TO ACCLIMATION AT HIGH TEMPERATURES AND ITS CORRELATION TO MORPHOLOGICAL AND AGRONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS (I. Mourão, M.C. Freitas, L.M. Brito, A. Queiroz, R.B. Ferreira) IRON (FE) DEFICIENCY TOLERANCE IN TOMATO RECOMBINANT INBRED LINES OBTAINED FROM TOLERANT AND SENSITIVE GENOTYPES (M. Bayram, S. Sensoy, H.Y. Dasgan) DISCRIMINATORY MORPHOLOGIC AND AGRONOMIC CHARACTERS THAT IDENTIFY SPANISH TOMATO LANDRACES (J. Gragera-Facundo, J.M. Gutiérrez-Perera, C.G. 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Royo) MINOR TRADITIONAL GRAPEVINE CULTIVARS EXCLUSIVELY LOCATED IN WINE ZONES IN THE WEST OF CASTILLA Y LEÓN (SPAIN) (J.A. Rubio, C. Arranz, J.M. Ortiz, J.P. Martín, J. Yuste) LINGONBERRY GERMPLASM CHARACTERIZATION FOR BERRY CHARACTERS, ANTHOCYANIN CONTENT AND ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY (S.C. Debnath , G.A. Bishop, M. Sion) COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE GENETIC DIVERSITY MAINTAINED IN APPLE GERMPLASM BANKS FROM NORTHEASTERN SPAIN (J. Urrestarazu, M.J. Laquidáin, C. Miranda, L.G. Santesteban , J.B. Royo) DO WE PRESERVE UNIQUE APPLE GERMPLASM? (L. Garkava-Gustavsson, K. Antonius, D. McDonagh, T. Gallagher, H. Nybom) GENETIC RESOURCES OF PUMMELO (CITRUS GRANDIS OSBECK) IN WEST BENGAL, INDIA (S.K. Mitra, C.S. Maity, B. Ghosh, P.K. Pathak) IDENTIFICATION OF A NEW WHITE-BERRIED GRAPEVINE CULTIVAR AS A RESULT FROM BUD SPORT OF THE PORTUGUESE BLUE BLACK CULTIVAR 'ALFROCHEIRO PRETO' (G.C. Zanol, J. Cunha, J.S. Brazão, P.S. Fevereiro, J.E. Eiras-Dias) GENETIC DIVERSITY OF RED SKINNED CHINESE SAND PEAR CULTIVARS REVEALED BY AFLP MARKERS ( Dong Zhang , Yuanwen Teng, Lu Bo) MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF PRUNUS ACCESSIONS OF TRADITIONAL CULTIVARS PROSPECTED IN WESTERN ANDALUSIA, SPAIN (P. Rallo, C. López, M.P. Suárez, A.M. Morales-Sillero, L. Casanova , R. Jiménez, A. Sánchez , J.R. Guzmán) MICROSATELLITE MARKERS (SRR) AS A TOOL TO ASSIST IN IDENTIFICATION OF EUROPEAN PLUM (PRUNUS DOMESTICA) (H. Xuan, Y. Ding, D. Spann, O. Möller, M. Büchele, M. Neumüller) SSR MARKERS ANALYSIS OF THE SARDINIAN GRAPE GERMPLASM (G. Nieddu, P. Erre, M. Barbato , I. Chessa) CHLOROPLAST DNA DIVERSITY IN PORTUGUESE GRAPE CULTIVARS (I.D. Castro , O. Pinto-Carnide, J.M. Ortiz , J.P. Martín) ASPECTS OF GROWTH BEHAVIOUR AND EVALUATION OF DMY OF MEDICAGO ARBOREA UNDER DIFFERENT MANAGEMENT UTILIZATIONS FOR PASTURE IMPROVEMENT IN MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT (A. Corleto, E. Cazzato) PEAR CULTIVARS IN HUNGARIAN GENEBANKS (G.M. Kocsisne, T. Szabo, J. Ivancsics , J. Varga, Z. Szabo , J. Nyeki, M. Soltesz) GENETIC DIVERGENCE OF SOUR CHERRY (PRUNUS CERASUS L.) 'MONTMORENCY' CLONES (M. Fotirić Akšić, D. Nikolić, V. Rakonjac , M. Milutinović ) A SURVEY ON PRUNUS SPECIES FROM SUBGENUS CERASUS NATURALLY GROWING IN IRAN (Z. Zamani, A. Shahi-Gharahlar, R. Fatahi , A. Khadivi-Khub) MORPHOLOGICAL TRAITS OF FOUR IRANIAN CERASUS (A. Shahi-Gharahlar, Z. Zamani, R. Fatahi , A. Khadivi-Khub , N. Bouzari ) GENETIC DIVERSITY IN ANCIENT FRUIT TREE GERMPLASM FROM SOUTHERN ITALY (D. Giovannini, F. Punelli, A. Leone, A. Liverani, M. Ranieri , W. Faedi) MANUAL CROSS-POLLINATION, FRUIT SET AND DEVELOPMENT IN PEAR (A. De Rossi Rufato, P.R. Dias de Oliveira , P. Ristchel, C. Simone Madruga Lima , M. Aldrighi Goncalves) BERRY TRIALS IN THE AZORES (J. Mota, K. Hummer, R. Williams) INVESTIGATIONS OF AGRONOMIC TRAITS IN ITALIAN SWEET CHERRY CULTIVARS (V. Cristofori, D. Montagnini, C. Cammilli, E. Rugini , R. Muleo , S. Gasbarra, I. Barbagiovanni , M.T. Costanza, C. Bignami ) EFFECT OF STORAGE TEMPERATURE AND GIBBERELLIC ACID ON GERMINATION OF SUGAR APPLE (ANNONA SQUAMOSAL L.) SEEDS (E. Vidal-Lezama, M.J. Ayala-Villegas, A. Curiel-Rodríguez, L.M. Marroquín-Andrade , J. Martínez-Solís) INTRA-VARIETAL DIFFERENCE OF 'CAROLEA' OLIVE ASSESSED BY MOLECULAR MARKERS (I. Muzzalupo, A. Chiappetta, G. Stabile, C. Bucci, E. Perri) DETERMINATION OF GENOTYPICAL DIFFERENCES OF MELONS TO SALT TOLERANCE (S. Kusvuran, H.Y. Dasgan, K. Abak, G. Aydoner) EVERBEARING JACKFRUIT (ARTOCARPUS HETEROPHYLLUS LAM.) (B.C. Saha, A.D. Sharad , R. Barman) SYNONYMY IN GRAPE (VITIS VINIFERA L.) CULTIVARS OF NORTHERN PORTUGAL AND NORTHWESTERN SPAIN (J.P. Martín, C. Arranz, I.D. Castro, J. Yuste, J.A. Rubio, O. Pinto-Carnide, J.M. Ortiz) GENETIC DIVERSITY IN LITCHI AND LONGAN GERMPLASM AS DETERMINED BY SRAP MARKERS ( Zhou Jia, Fu Jia-xin, Wu Zhen-xian, Huang Sui-sheng, Zhang Yong-fu, Wang Ying, Hu You-li, Hu Gui-bing, Liu Cheng-ming) OLIVE DIVERSIFICATION PROCESS IN SOUTHWESTERN MEDITERRANEAN TRADITIONAL AGRO-ECOSYSTEMS (H. Haouane, B. Khadari) QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE TRAITS OF PROGENIES FROM CONTROL CROSSES BETWEEN IRANIAN SEEDED AND SEEDLESS GRAPEVINE (A. Ebadi, M. Hadadi nejad, M.R. Naghavi, J. Erfani, R. Nikkah) MANAGEMENT OF APRICOT GENETIC RESOURCES IN ROMANIA (V. Bălan, V. Tudor) COMPARISON OF FLOWER AND POLLEN CHARACTERISTICS OF DIPLOID AND TETRAPLOID CHINESE JUJUBE (ZIZIPHUS JUJUBE MILL.) (P. Liu, M.J. Liu) JUGLANS REGIA IN UZBEKISTAN POTENTIAL RESOURCE OF BIODIVERSITY: TREES AND FRUITS DESCRIPTION (S. Mapelli , I. Brambilla, A. Khanazarov, E. Aleksandrovsky , G. Vildanova, A. Bertani , G. Mukhamedov) CHESTNUT GENETIC LANDSCAPE SHAPE IN SPAIN (M.A. Martín, J.B. Alvarez, L.M. Martín, J.R. 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