Population

Origin

Status and uses

Short description

Estimation of undergone bottlenecks

Biancoperla

Veneto region, North-East of Italy

Traditional populations of the region, still cultivated and bred in the region of origin, destined to flour for human consumption (polenta, traditional dish)

Very tall and very late plants. White small grain.

Varieties still cultivated in their region of origin, no specific bottleneck.

Sponcio

Veneto region, North-East of Italy

Tall and very late plants. Small orange pointed grain.

Narguilé

Irak but cultivated in France for about 10 years

Started to be cultivated by some farmers in France in 2002 for grain (animal feeding) and silage.

Very tall and late plants. Yellow grain.

Cultivation started in France from 1000 kernels, strong bottleneck

Grand Roux Basque (GRB)

Spain Basque Region and was given to some people of French Basque Region (South West of France)

Quite early. Reddish corned grain

Difficult to estimate because the story seems quite old. There might has been a strong bottleneck when the variety arrived in France but it is quite old (really more than for the other varieties)

Italien

Italy

Quite late. Light yellow grain (with a lot of nuances from white to rose)

This variety arrived at AgroBio Périgord at the beginning of the 2000 with 20 ears. There was quite a strong bottleneck.