Monitoraggio e salvaguardia del germoplasma agrario autoctono delle aree del Parco Nazionale del Pollino

The collaboration agreement between A.L.S.I.A and the Pollino national park (DCS 518 of 12.23.2008) provides, among other aims, the joint implementation of the mapping of typical products of the Pollino area. With this chief purpose and with the collaboration of the University of Basilicata and the Plant Genetics Institute of CNR of Bari, in 2009 a research project started for monitoring, collecting and conservation of autochthonous crop genetic resources (CGR) cultivated in the municipalities of Pollino National Park (Basilicata area). The mapping of CGR and estimation of their degree of erosion and extinction are in progress; these data will be useful also to prioritize interventions of safeguarding activities. In this first paper the strategies and methods chosen for the purposes of the project and the first results concerning mainly the fruit trees CGR are reported.