Traditional use of tarragon / pèrschtròmm (Artemisia dracunculus L., Asteraceae) in the linguistic island of Sappada/Plodn (European Alps, northern Italy)

Manfrinato, Chiara; Canella, Marco; Ardenghi, Nicola Giuseppe Maria; Guzzon, Filippo

doi:10.32859/era.18.5.1-9

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“…In some cases, a species is cultivated only within a given community, as it happens for Artemisia genipi Weber ex Stechm. cultivated in Maira valley (Piedmont, province of Cuneo, Laghetti et al 2012) and A. dracunculus L. in Sappada/Plodn (Friuli Venezia-Giulia, Manfrinato et al 2019). In addition, some other crops are considered neglected in the study area while they are widely cultivated in other countries.…”

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“…Over the last few years, several traditional plant genetic resources from northern Italian regions, previously unknown to scienti c literature, were described through ethnobotanical eld surveys (see e.g. Ardenghi et al 2017;Ardenghi et al 2018;Manfrinato et al 2019;Rossi et al 2020), pointing towards the assumption that several neglected crops and landraces, still unknown to the scienti c community, might still exist in this area. Currently, only few inventories of landraces are available for individual administrative regions and provinces of northern Italy (see e.g., Rossi et al 2019 andGiupponi et al 2020 for Lombardy region; Guzzon et al 2019 for Pavia province), while little is known about other provinces, and the overall picture for the whole area is unclear.…”

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Plant agrobiodiversity conservation and use in intensive farming systems: N-Italy as a case study.

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Ardenghi²,

Müller³

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Northern Italy is an area particularly suitable for the cultivation of different crops. It used to be characterized by a high agrobiodiversity. However, it is estimated that over the last decades, this area experienced a genetic erosion of more than 95%, resulting in the loss of many traditional plant genetic resources (PGR). Nevertheless, recent surveys found an unexpectedly high agrobiodiversity which remains. The presented study aims to provide a complete overview of plant agrobiodiversity (in terms of crop landraces, old cultivars and neglected crops) in northern Italy using a mixed approach of literature research and ethnobotanical field surveys. This paper is a fundamental step towards putting in place successful on farm and ex situ conservation measures in the study area. 811 entities were found, of which 27 were identified as neglected crops, 377 as landraces (plus 124 doubtful landraces) and 99 as old cultivars (plus 184 doubtful old cultivars). 248 entities were here recorded for the first time through field surveys. It clearly emerges that by using an ethnobotanical approach, several PGR can still be found in the study area especially in small farms and home gardens. We describe hotspots of crop diversity and areas in which there is still a lack of knowledge of local agrobiodiversity. Only 43% of the PGR recorded are conserved long-term in seed banks, underlying the fact that great efforts are needed to ensure the ex situ conservation of PGR in northern Italy. Careful interventions are needed to enhance the on-farm conservation status of the crop diversity reported here by enhancing its demand and its accessibility.

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Section: Neglected and Underutilized Species (Nus)mentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Plant agrobiodiversity conservation and use in intensive farming systems: N-Italy as a case study.

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Ardenghi²,

Müller³

et al. 2021

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“…Artemisia dracunculus L. (AD), native to Siberia and Mongolia, has been introduced in Europe probably since around the XV-XVI centuries, and became a popular spice in culinary tradition for the aromatic taste of its leaves [ 28 , 29 ]. AD has long been used also in traditional medicine as an anti-inflammatory and anti-pyretic, in the treatment of gastrointestinal diseases, and as an anaesthetic, hypnotic and anti-epileptic agent [ 30 , 31 ].…”

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“…AD has long been used also in traditional medicine as an anti-inflammatory and anti-pyretic, in the treatment of gastrointestinal diseases, and as an anaesthetic, hypnotic and anti-epileptic agent [ 30 , 31 ]. In northern Italy, a still current use of this plant has been reported as a flavouring for making a traditional cheese, called saurnschotte [ 28 ].…”

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Characterization of Ingredients Incorporated in the Traditional Mixed-Salad of the Capuchin Monks

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Alberto

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Recipes on the composition of the “salad of the monks” (Capuchin monks) have been reported in Italy since the 17th century. Different wild edible plants were highly regarded as an important ingredient of this mixed salad. Among these, some species played a key role for both their taste and nutritional properties: Plantago coronopus L. (PC), Rumex acetosa L., Cichorium intybus L., and Artemisia dracunculus L. In the present study, the micromorphological and phytochemical features as well as the antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties of extracts of these fresh and blanched leaves, were investigated. The extracts obtained by blanched leaves, according to the traditionally used cooking method, showed the highest content of bioactive compounds (total phenols 1202.31–10,751.88 mg GAE/100 g DW; flavonoids 2921.38–61,141.83 mg QE/100 g DW; flavanols 17.47–685.52 mg CE/100 g DW; proanthocyanidins 2.83–16.33 mg CyE/100 g DW; total chlorophyll 0.84–1.09 mg/g FW; carbohydrates 0.14–1.92 g/100 g FW) and possess the most marked antioxidant (IC50 0.30–425.20 µg/mL) and anti-inflammatory activity (IC50 240.20–970.02 µg/mL). Considering this, our results indicate that increased consumption of the investigated plants, in particular of PC, raw or cooked briefly, could provide a healthy food source in the modern diet by the recovery and enhancement of ancient ingredients.

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An updated checklist of plant agrobiodiversity of northern Italy

Canella¹,

Ardenghi

Müller

et al. 2022

Genet Resour Crop Evol

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Northern Italy is an area particularly suitable for the cultivation of different crops. It used to be characterized by a high agrobiodiversity. However, it is estimated that over the last decades, this area experienced a genetic erosion of more than 90%, resulting in the loss of many traditional plant genetic resources (PGR). Nevertheless, recent surveys found an unexpectedly high agrobiodiversity which remains. The presented study aims to provide a complete overview of plant agrobiodiversity (in terms of crop landraces, old cultivars and neglected crops) in northern Italy using a mixed approach of literature research and ethnobotanical field surveys. In addition, this paper aims to investigate on farm and ex situ conservation activities performed in the study area. 810 entities were found, of which 26 were identified as neglected crops, 377 as landraces (plus 124 doubtful landraces) and 99 as old cultivars (plus 184 doubtful old cultivars). 248 entities were here recorded for the first time through field surveys. It clearly emerges that by using an ethnobotanical approach, several PGR can still be found in the study area especially in small farms and home gardens. We describe hotspots of crop diversity and areas in which there is still a lack of knowledge of local agrobiodiversity. Only 43% of the PGR recorded are conserved long-term in seed banks, underlying the fact that great efforts are needed to ensure the ex situ conservation of PGR in northern Italy. Careful interventions are needed to enhance the on-farm conservation status of the crop diversity reported here by enhancing its demand and its accessibility.

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Traditional use of tarragon / pèrschtròmm (Artemisia dracunculus L., Asteraceae) in the linguistic island of Sappada/Plodn (European Alps, northern Italy)

Cited by 3 publications

References 10 publications

Plant agrobiodiversity conservation and use in intensive farming systems: N-Italy as a case study.

Plant agrobiodiversity conservation and use in intensive farming systems: N-Italy as a case study.

Characterization of Ingredients Incorporated in the Traditional Mixed-Salad of the Capuchin Monks

An updated checklist of plant agrobiodiversity of northern Italy

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