What is it about?
Sea buckthorn is an ancient medicinal plant with multiple current uses in pharmacology, cosmetics, bioactive food additives, and landscape management. The species has also an interesting biogeography with proven migration from mountains in Central Asia to Atlantic shores of North Western Europe during the late Miocene, a geologic epoch of considerable orogenic and climatic changes in Western Eurasia. The review summarizes current state of knowledge on systematics, evolution, genetic diversity, breeding, and conservation of this species.
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Why is it important?
Recent developments in our ability to generate large databases of genetic data allow new perspectives on using genetic resources of natural plant populations. For example, these resources can be used in breeding of improved varieties of minor crops with strong commercial potential. Knowledge on spatial distribution and structure of genetic diversity in these populations is an important stage of this process. The review systematically analyses the current state of this knowledge and suggests new promising directions of research on genetics and breeding of sea buckthorn.
Perspectives
This review summarizes my knowledge of sea buckthorn, which I have been acquiring for decades. It is one of the main results of a life-long process of my studies of this plant. It includes experience of field trips across Eurasia, lab work in several European countries, and multiple fruitful collaborations with colleagues across the continent, from Chia and India to Germany and Sweden.
Dr Igor V Bartish
Institute of Botany
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This page is a summary of: Genetic Diversity, Evolution, and Biogeography of Seabuckthorn, January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-11276-8_2.
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