https://doi.org/10.4081/ija.2021.1724

On farm survival of Apulian legume and cereal landraces in relation to land cover/land use changes. A case study

Vol. 16 No. 1 (2021)
Submitted: 13 August 2020
Accepted: 20 December 2020
Published: 25 January 2021
Genetic resources, geographical information system, land use, land cover, on farm conservation.
Abstract Views: 892
PDF: 499
HTML: 26
Publisher's note
All claims expressed in this article are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of their affiliated organizations, or those of the publisher, the editors and the reviewers. Any product that may be evaluated in this article or claim that may be made by its manufacturer is not guaranteed or endorsed by the publisher.

Authors

Highlights
- Analysis of present distribution of Apulian legume and cereal landraces.
- Short description of the landscape of collection sites.
- Comparison of present and past diffusion of landrace cultivation.
- Changes in land cover/land use that occurred over the last three decades.

 

Apulia (southeast of Italy) has always been an agricultural region in the Italian landscape. Nowadays, the countryside is a mix of natural environments and artificial landscapes. From 2014 to 2016, the region has been the object of a project aimed to collect information about geographic position and surface devoted to legume and/or cereal landrace cultivation. The collection missions carried out allowed the acquisition of 352 samples belonging to eight legumes and six cereal species. Chickpeas predominated among legumes, while durum and common wheat landraces prevailed among cereals. The cultivation of these landraces was mainly located in the marginal areas of central and southern Apulia region. The geographical information system technology, used in order to geo-reference the collection sites, allowed investigating the changes in land cover/land use (LCLU) occurred over the last three decades at each collecting site. In addition to the evidences collected at field level, the comparison of old ortho-photos and recent satellite images, available on Copernicus Land Monitoring Service of European Environment Agency, shown that very limited changes of LCLU have occurred. Near the collection sites, the agrarian landscape is remained highly fragmented as it was three decades ago. The cultivation side by side of irregular patches with legumes, cereals, olive trees, and grapevine characterise the agricultural landscape. Based on these evidences it can be infer that the absence of significant changes in LCLU has play a positive role in the safeguard of on farm conservation of Apulian landraces.

Dimensions

Altmetric

PlumX Metrics

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Citations

Crossref
Scopus
Google Scholar
Europe PMC
Apulia Region, 2015. Piano paesaggistico territoriale regionale, P.P.T.R. http://paesaggio.regione.puglia.it/PPTR_2015 Accessed: November 2019.
Apulian Regional Law n. 11, 2013. ‘Tutela delle risorse genetiche autoctone di interesse agrario, forestale e zootecnico’. BURP n. 166 published 17/12/2013, pp. 41605-41610.
Barcaccia G, Molinari L, Porfiri O, Veronesi F, 2002. Molecular characterisation of emmer (Triticum dicoccon Schrank) Italian landraces. Genet. Res. Crop Evol. 49:417-28. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1020650804532
Bellucci E, Bitocchi E, Rau D, Nanni L, Ferradini N, Giardini A, Rodriguez M, Attene G, Papa R, 2013. Population structure of barley landrace populations and gene-flow with modern varieties. PLoS One 8:e83891. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0083891
Blasi C, Capotorti G, Copiz R, Guida D, Mollo B, Smiraglia D, Zavattero L, 2014. Classification and mapping of the ecoregions of Italy. Plant Biosyst. 148:1255-345. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/11263504.2014.985756
Brush SB, Meng E, 1998. Farmers’ valuation and conservation of crop genetic resources. Genet. Res. Crop Evol. 45:139-50. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008650819946
Ceccarelli S, 2012 Landraces: importance and use in breeding and environmentally friendly agronomic systems. In: N. Maxted, M.E. Dulloo, B.V. Ford-Lloyd, L.Frese, J.M. Iriondo, M.A.A. Pinheiro de Carvalho (Eds.), Agrobiodiversity conservation: securing the diversity of crop wild relatives and landraces. CAB International, Wallingford, pp 103-117. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1079/9781845938512.0103
Chabert A, Amosse A, Sarthou JP, 2019. Assessing landscape composition using visual assessment: accuracy of rapid description compared to digital mapping. Landscape Res. 44:6-18. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/01426397.2017.1392493
De Cesare C, 1859. Delle condizioni economiche e morali delle classi agricole nelle tre provincie di Puglia. Guerrero & C, Napoli, Italy.
De Cillis E, 1927. I grani d’Italia. Tip. Camera dei Deputati, Roma, Italy.
De Vita P, Riefolo C, Codianni P, Cattivelli L, Fares C, 2006. Agronomic and qualitative traits of T. turgidum ssp. dicoccum genotypes cultivated in Italy. Euphytica 150:195-205. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10681-006-9107-6
European Union Council, 2004. Council Regulation (EC) No 870/2004 of 24 April 2004 establishing a Community programme on the conservation, characterisation, collection and utilisation of genetic resources in agriculture and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1467/94 (Text with EEA relevance). OJ L 162, 30.4.2004, pp. 18–28. Available from: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2004:162:0018:0028:en:PDF
FAO, 2009. International treaty on plant genetic resources for food and agriculture. Available from: http://www.fao.org/3/a-i0510e.pdf
FAO, 2017. Landscapes for life - approaches to landscape management for sustainable food and agriculture. Available from: http://www.fao.org/3/ca2694en/CA2694EN.pdf
Fiore MC, Mercati F, Spina A, Blangiforti S, Venora G, Dell’Acqua M, Lupini A, Preiti G, Monti M, Sunseri F, 2019. High-throughput genotype, morphology, and quality traits evaluation for the assessment of genetic diversity of wheat landraces from Sicily. Plants 8. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/plants8050116
Frison EA, Cherfas J, Hodgkin T, 2011. Agricultural biodiversity is essential for a sustainable improvement in food and nutrition security. Sustainability 3:238-53. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/su3010238
Garcia-Vega D, Newbold T, 2020. Assessing the effects of land use on biodiversity in the world’s dry lands and Mediterranean environments. Biodivers. Conserv. 29:393-408. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-019-01888-4
Haines-Young R, 2009. Land use and biodiversity relationships. Land Use Policy 26:S178-86. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2009.08.009
Hammer K, Laghetti G, Perrino P, 1989. Collection of plants genetic resources in south Italy 1988. Kulturpflanze 37:401-14. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01984620
Imbrenda V, D’Emilio M, Lanfredi M, Macchiato M, Ragosta M, Simoniello T, 2014. Indicators for the estimation of vulnerability to land degradation derived from soil compaction and vegetation cover. Eur. J. Soil Sci. 65:907-23. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.12184
Ladisa G, Todorovic M, Liuzzi GT, 2010. Assessment of desertification in semi-arid Mediterranean environments: The case study of Apulia Region (Southern Italy). In: Land degradation and desertification: assessment, mitigation and remediation. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, pp. 493-516. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-8657-0_37
Ladisa G, Todorovic M, Liuzzi GT, 2012. A GIS-based approach for desertification risk assessment in Apulia region, SE Italy. Phys. Chem. Earth Parts a/B/C 49:103-13. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pce.2011.05.007
Laghetti G, Piergiovanni AR, Galasso I, Hammer K, Perrino P, 2000. Single-flowered (Vicia articulata Hornem.). A relic crop in Italy. Genet. Res. Crop Evol. 47:461-5. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008711022396
Lioi L, Nuzzi A, Campion B, Piergiovanni AR, 2012. Assessment of genetic variation in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) from Nebrodi Mountains (Sicily, Italy). Genet. Res. Crop Evol. 59:455-64. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10722-011-9696-3
Mangini G, Margiotta B, Marcotuli I, Signorile MA, Gadaleta A, Blanco A, 2017. Genetic diversity and phenetic analysis in wheat (Triticum turgidum subsp. durum and Triticum aestivum subsp. aestivum) landraces based on SNP markers. Genet. Res. Crop Evol. 64:1269-80. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10722-016-0435-7
Margiotta B, Laghetti G, Piergiovanni AR, 2018. Leguminose, cereali e foraggere: un catalogo della biodiversità pugliese. Cacucci Editore, Bari, Italy, pp. 1-276.
Maxted N, Guarino L, Myer L, Chiwona EA, 2002. Towards a methodology for on-farm conservation of plant genetic resources. Genet. Res. Crop Evol. 49:31-46. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1013896401710
Mavromatis AG, Arvanitoyannis IS, Korkovelos AE, Giakountis A, Chatzitheodorou VA, Goulas CK, 2010. Genetic diversity among common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) Greek landraces and commercial cultivars: Nutritional components, RAPD and morphological markers. Spanish J. Agric. Res. 8:986-94. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5424/sjar/2010084-1245
Mercati F, Leone M, Lupini A, Sorgonà A, Bacchi M, Abenavoli MR, Sunseri F, 2013. Genetic diversity and population structure of a common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) collection from Calabria (Italy). Genet. Res. Crop Evol. 60:839-52. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10722-012-9879-6
MiPAAF, 2013. Ministero delle Politiche Agricole, Alimentari e Forestali: Linee guida per la conservazione e la caratterizzazione della biodiversità vegetale, animale e microbica di interesse per l’agricoltura. Piano Nazionale sulla Biodiversità di Interesse Agricolo, Rome, Inea, pp. 1-375.
Nagoya Protocol, 2011. Access to genetic resources and the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from their utilisation. Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Montreal, Canada. Available from: https://www.cbd.int/abs/doc/protocol/nagoya-protocol-en.pdf
Negri V, 2005. Agro-biodiversity conservation in Europe: ethical issues. J. Agric. Environ. Ethics 18:3-25. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10806-004-3084-3
Negri V, Tosti N, Falcinelli M, 2000. Characterisation of thirteen cowpea landraces from Umbria (Italy). Strategy for their conservation and promotion. Genet. Res. Crop Evol. 47:141-6. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008714108583
Pasam RK, Sharma R, Walther A, Özkan H, Graner A, Kilian B, 2014. Genetic diversity and population structure in a legacy collection of spring barley landraces adapted to a wide range of climates. PLoS One:e116164. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0116164
Perrino P, Hammer K, 1983. Collection of landraces of cultivated plants in south Italy 1982. Kulturpflanze 31:219-26. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02019892
Perrino P, Hammer K, Hanelt P, 1984. Collection of landraces of cultivated plants in south Italy 1983. Kulturpflanze 32:207-16. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02002078
Perrino P, Hammer K, Lehmann CO, 1982. Collection of landraces of cultivated plants in south Italy. Kulturpflanze 30:181-90. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02019949
Piergiovanni AR, Laghetti G, Margiotta B, 2017. Leguminose, cereali, foraggere di Puglia. Fonti storiche. Bitetto: Tipolito Vitetum; p. 1-154.
Piergiovanni AR, Procino G, Cifarelli S, Lioi L, 2019. Monti Dauni district (Apulia region, southern Italy): an environment promoting on farm conservation of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) landraces. Genet. Res. Crop Evol. 66:1459-68. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10722-019-00810-9
Piergiovanni AR, Sparvoli F, Zaccardelli M, 2012. 'Fagiolo a Formella' an Italian lima bean ecotype. Biochemical and nutritional characterisation of dry and processed seeds. J. Sci. Food Agric. 92:2387-93. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.5645
Pistorius R, 1997. In situ or ex situ? Conservation strategies in the 1980s and early 1990s. In: Plant and politics. A history of the plant genetic resources movement. IPGRI, Rome, Italy, pp. 100-116
Porfiri O, Torricelli R, Silveri DD, Papa R, Barcaccia G, Negri V, 2001. The Triticeae genetic resources of central Italy: collection, evaluation and conservation. Hereditas 135:187-92. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1601-5223.2001.00187.x
Regulation EU, 2013. No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005.
Rivera V, 1928. Oro di Puglia. Stabilimenti Grafici Vallecchi, Firenze, Italy, pp. 173-179.
Rosati G, 1803. Il metodo millenario per l’aumento del grano e delle altre civaie nella semina. Foggia, pp. 3-7.
Sánchez E, Sifres A, Casanăs F, Nuez F, 2007. Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) landraces in Catalonia, a Mesoamerican germplasm hotspot to be preserved. J. Hort. Sci. Biotechnol. 82:529-34. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/14620316.2007.11512269
Statuto D, Cillis G, Picuno P, 2019. GIS-based analysis of temporal evolution of rural landscape: a case study in Southern Italy. Nat. Resour. Res. 28:61-75. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11053-018-9402-7
Turner BL, Meyer WB, Skole DL, 1994. Global land-use/land-cover change: towards an integrated study. AMBIO 23:91-5.
Vetelainen M, Negri V, Maxted N, 2009. A European strategic approach to conserving crop landraces. In: M. Vetelainen, V. Negri, N. Maxted (Eds.), European landraces: on-farm conservation, management and use. Biovers. Techn. Bull. 15:305-25.

How to Cite

Piergiovanni, A. R., & Margiotta, B. (2021). On farm survival of Apulian legume and cereal landraces in relation to land cover/land use changes. A case study. Italian Journal of Agronomy, 16(1). https://doi.org/10.4081/ija.2021.1724

PAGEPress has chosen to apply the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0) to all manuscripts to be published.