[{
  "type": "article-journal",
  "title": "MORPHO-AGRONOMIC AND GENETIC DIVERSITY AMONG TWELVE SICILIAN AGRO-ECOTYPES OF LENTIL (LENS CULINARIS)",
  "author": [
    {
      "family": "Ruisi",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Longo",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Martinelli",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Miceli",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Frenda",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Saia",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Carimi",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Giambalvo",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "G.Amato",
      "given": ""
    }
  ],
  "issued": {
    "date-parts": [[2015]]
  },
  "container-title": "Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences",
  "ISSN": "1018-7081",
  "volume": "25",
  "issue": "3",
  "page": "716-728",
  "DOI": "NA",
  "abstract": "<p>Although Sicily is relatively small (about 25000 km2), it accounts for several agro-ecotypes of lentil (<em>Lens culinaris</em>Medik.), for many of which no data on morphological, agronomic, and organoleptic characteristics are available to date. Thus, experiments were performed to characterize 12 lentil agro-ecotypes from different areas of Sicily, including some small islands surrounding the main island, and to assess the extent of genetic diversity (by means of six inter-simple sequence repeat [ISSR] primers). A famous agro-ecotype from central Italy (CastellucciodiNorcia) and two commercial varieties from Canada (Eston and Laird) were also included in the study. The results showed a large degree of genetic diversity (based on ISSR markers) and variability in pheno-morphological and agronomic traits. In contrast, the intra-accession variability was on average rather low. The agronomic (productivity, nitrogen fixation capacity) and qualitative (lipid content, hydration coefficient) attributes of several Sicilian agro-ecotypes were more pronounced than those of the controls. This fact certainly represents a prerequisite for their future economic valorization. Moreover, the observed variability may be of interest from the point of view of breeding.</p>",
  "publisher": "Pakistan Agricultural Scientists Forum",
  "URL": "https://thejaps.org.pk/AbstractView.aspx?mid=2015-JAPS-99"
}]