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SUMMARY:Landolt’s collection 2.0 – Valorization and Digitization of du
 ckweed germplasm resources
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DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Laura Morello (CNR-IBBA)\nDuckweeds are powerful mod
 el plants thanks to their reduced anatomic structure and promising novel c
 rops due to rapid production of valuable biomass. However\, transforming t
 his small family into an agricultural crop requires understanding its unex
 pected complexity and exploring its significant genotypic and phenotypic d
 iversity.\nBeyond his extensive research\, Elias Landolt (1926–2013) lef
 t an invaluable legacy: hundreds of living clonal accessions from worldwid
 e and a comprehensive herbarium with over 2\,000 specimens\, recently tran
 sferred to the Italian Central Herbarium. This material serves as a fundam
 ental resource for taxonomy\, phylogenomics\, basic and applied research.\
 nTo unlock the potential within these germplasm collections\, a collaborat
 ive effort is ongoing to genetically characterize available accessions\, c
 larify taxonomy\, and identify cryptic species\, soon integrating living c
 lones with herbarium specimens. This work establishes a robust framework f
 or genomic studies and phenotypic screening\, aiding the selection of key 
 target traits for sustainable technological applications.\nTo fully exploi
 t these resources\, physical collections must be paired with standardized 
 digital metadata\, ensuring long-term preservation and alignment with FAIR
  (Findable\, Accessible\, Interoperable\, Reusable) principles. Metadata\,
  integrated with sequence data\, genome size values\, images\, references\
 , are being digitized and hosted in the Biomemory repository\, the network
  of germplasm collections of the National Research Council (CNR). Ultimate
 ly\, these data are directly accessible via GBIF and integrated in the nas
 cent Distributed System of Scientific Collections (DiSSCo) a European Rese
 arch Infrastructure\, also aimed at providing services through its communi
 ty.\nWe believe this work represents the due tribute to E. Landolt\, in th
 e centenary of his birth.\n\nhttps://indico.unina.it/event/117/contributio
 ns/2887/
LOCATION:Department of Agricultural Sciences of the University of Napoli F
 ederico II\, Portici\, Italy Sala Cinese
URL:https://indico.unina.it/event/117/contributions/2887/
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