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New Breeding Collections of Miscanthus sinensis, M. sacchariflorus and Hybrids from Primorsky Krai, Far Eastern Russia

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Perennial Biomass Crops for a Resource-Constrained World

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A greater range of germplasm is required to increase the genetic base of Miscanthus and to adapt it to a range of climates and soil types, including on marginal land. We undertook a major collecting expedition in Primorsky Krai in the Russian Far East to collect Miscanthus growing in a diverse range habitats. Miscanthus was found to be locally abundant, and a total of 361 genotypes were collected. Ten populations were sampled at high intensity and the remaining genotypes were spot sampled from a further 39 populations to maximize geographic and environmental range. Taxa were identified using morphology in the field and with subsequent stereomicroscopy where required. A total of 287 M. sacchariflorus and 70 M. sinensis plants were sampled. Potential hybrids have been identified using morphology and are currently being investigated further using molecular analysis including DNA sequencing and ploidy determination.

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Acknowledgements

We thank Dr Maria Vorontsova at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK, for help with setting up the research collaboration between Ireland and Vladivostok Botanic Garden, Russia. Thanks also to Ruby Prickett for proving some collection locality data. This work was supported by European Framework Programme 7, grant number 289461 (GrassMargins).

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  1. Department of Botany, School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

    T. R. Hodkinson

  2. Botanical Garden-Institute FEB RAS, Vladivostok, Russia

    E. Petrunenko

  3. Teagasc, Crops, Environment and Land Use Programme, Oak Park Crops Research Centre, Carlow, Ireland

    M. Klaas & S. Barth

  4. Biotechnik und Pflanzenvermehrung GmbH, OT Klein Wanzleben, Magdeburger Landstr. 33, Wanzleben-Börde, 9164, Germany

    C. Münnich

  5. Institute of Cytology & Genetics SB RAS, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia

    S. V. Shekhovtsov & S. E. Peltek

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Hodkinson, T.R. et al. (2016). New Breeding Collections of Miscanthus sinensis, M. sacchariflorus and Hybrids from Primorsky Krai, Far Eastern Russia. In: Barth, S., Murphy-Bokern, D., Kalinina, O., Taylor, G., Jones, M. (eds) Perennial Biomass Crops for a Resource-Constrained World. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44530-4_10

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