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VARIETE PATRIMONIALE [1 record]

Record 1 2022-05-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Vegetable Crop Production
DEF

A variety that has not been hybridized industrially.

CONT

It was in the 1970s that hybrid seeds began to proliferate in the commercial seed trade. Some heirloom varieties are much older; some are apparently pre-historic.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Production légumière
DEF

Variété qui n'a pas été hybridée de façon industrielle.

OBS

[...] pour qu'une variété soit reconnue comme patrimoniale, elle doit avoir été introduite sur le marché il y a plus de 50 ans, ou avant 1940 [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
  • Producción hortícola
CONT

Las variedades antiguas o tradicionales son el resultado del proceso de selección del agricultor que durante años ha seleccionado las variedades que mejor se adaptan a las características de su territorio.

CONT

... un porcentaje de consumidores que conoce y valora el sabor caracterí­stico del tomate ha optado y está dispuesto a pagar más por variedades de herencia (heirloom), usualmente producidas a nivel local y en temporada.

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