Journal Of Applied Horticulture ISSN: 0972-1045



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Yoshihiko Shiga, Sakio Tsutsui and Tetsuo Mikami

Hokkaido Agricultural Laboratory for Business Development, Eniwa, 061-1405, Japan.

Key words: Allium sativum L., garlic, genetic diversity, germplasm, morphological characteristics

Journal of Applied Horticulture, 2015, volume 17, issue 3, pages 210-212.

Abstract: Garlic (Allium sativum L.) is an ancient and clonally propagated crop that has been under rather continuous selection since antiquity. In Japan, each garlic-growing region had its own local cultivars (clones) at one time. This is still the case in some regions, but with expanding transport networks and the requirements for high yield of commercial quality, only a few clones dominate the garlic production in the country. Here we describe the morphological characteristics of Japanese garlic clones. The review also focusses on the possible ancestry of Japanese garlics inferred from molecular genetic analysis.

Morphological characteristics and ancestry of Japanese garlic clones – An overview



Journal of Applied Horticulture