Varietal Purity News Today

Pampanga's local government, the Department of Tourism for Central Luzon, and local researchers are trying to safeguard the centuries-old practice of Pamagduman by nominating it to be a UNESCO-inscribed Intangible Cultural Heritage

Faba beans (Vicia faba L.) constitute a partially outcrossing species requiring an isolation distance to maintain genetic purity when more than one variety is grown in field conditions. This information is crucial for seed growers and faba bean breeders. A study was conducted at the University of Sydney’s Plant Breeding Institute, Narrabri, over two years to examine the extent of natural outcrossing using a creamy white flower characteristic as a morphological marker, which is controlled by a ...