CULTURAL CULTIVAR

What is a cultural cultivar    Cultivated before scientic breeding Accomdation to local conditions At least 50 years old

How was cultural cultivar born    Local native plant  growing in forest Nature People  living in same place  collecting food from forest, berries, leaves and roots

Culturral cultivars breeding program  People make a choice   they know why by unintentional

Cultural cultivars breeding program  Nature  climate, period of growth, day length    pests disease growth place, locality,

Cultural cultivars are        rich in genes hardy reliable tolerate dryness tolerate low nutrient value variable in habit our history

Cultural cultivars in our countries  Are unique   fruit trees berries     vegetables potatoes cereals ornamental plants

Where can You find       old farms and gardens botanic gardens convent or monastery collectors old schools very people have been

Collect and save cultivars      visit your grandmother look after plants or seeds ask how old the plants are where she get them how she grow and use the plants

Plants in a bank?

   seeds in gene bank quick-freezing living gene bank

Plants outside the bank      breeding will be going on like last five hundred years you get food you do a cultural action grow in original place cross pollination with native plants

Move a plant        seeds young plants, seedlings digg up when plant in dormancy cuttings grafting devide roots

Why cultural cultivars are important?

    food supply, guality uniformity of used varieties is a risk desease resistence, what if… we need plants