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[KM15] Genetic diversity - agriculture plants
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The share of five most dominant varieties for each species of agricultural plants prevails in the majority of them, with the exception of maize, common wheat and potato. The total number of varieties in production for the stated three groups of agricultural plants from 2008 has declined.

Charts

Figure KM15-1: The total number of varieties for each group of crops which have been registered, and approved for sale
Sources:

Phytosanitary Administration of the Republic of Slovenia, 2009.

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1990 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2008
Stubble cereals (common wheat) number of sorts np 108 108 129 126 116 135 135 136 136
Root crops – potato number of sorts np 50 50 62 58 61 60 60 60 58
Root crops – sugar beet number of sorts np 21 21 20 20 21 18 18 18 13
Maize number of sorts 460 111 111 133 156 157 184 184 189 234
Fodder crops - grass number of sorts np 66 66 75 78 75 76 76 69 66
Fodder crops - grass (decorative) number of sorts np 34 34 44 45 46 50 50 49 53
Fodder crops – legume crops number of sorts np 48 48 49 46 40 42 42 41 66
Fodder crops – other fodder crops (incl. grain legumes, vetch and green manure plants) number of sorts np 62 62 71 65 56 60 60 50 43
Industrial plants (excl. sugar beet) – oil plants number of sorts np 37 37 39 34 34 30 30 22 24
Industrial plants (excl. sugar beet) – fibre crops number of sorts np 8 8 8 9 10 10 10 9 9
Industrial plants (excl. sugar beet) – hops number of sorts np 12 12 13 13 13 14 14 14 14
Industrial plants (excl. sugar beet) - other number of sorts np 10 10 10 6 3 3 3 3 1
2009 2011
Stubble cereals (common wheat) number of sorts 59 48
Root crops – potato number of sorts 59 62
Root crops – sugar beet number of sorts 5 5
Maize number of sorts 250 150
Fodder crops - grass number of sorts 21 21
Fodder crops - grass (decorative) number of sorts 0 0
Fodder crops – legume crops number of sorts 12 12
Fodder crops – other fodder crops (incl. grain legumes, vetch and green manure plants) number of sorts 9 11
Industrial plants (excl. sugar beet) – oil plants number of sorts 7 7
Industrial plants (excl. sugar beet) – fibre crops number of sorts 0 0
Industrial plants (excl. sugar beet) – hops number of sorts 15 15
Industrial plants (excl. sugar beet) - other number of sorts 0 0
Figure KM15-2: The share of five most dominant varieties in common production for each crop
Sources:

Phytosanitary Administration of the Republic of Slovenia, 2011.

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1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2007 2008
Maize % 41 42 46 46 35 37 38 39 35 35
Potato % 58.4 54.5 50.6 50.8 52.9 54.1 55.5 55.9 45 35
Common wheat % 93 70.9 70.6 64.4 68 62.7 54.5 48.6 35 27
Barley % 87 87.6 90.9 85.2 85.4 71.1 75.7 75 69 60
Rye % 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Triticale % 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Oats % 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
2009 2011
Maize % 35 35
Potato % 35 40
Common wheat % 30 40
Barley % 60 65
Rye % 100 100
Triticale % 100 100
Oats % 100 100
Figure KM15-3: Comparison of the shares of five most important varieties in common production for each crop in selected EU-15 countries and Slovenia
Sources:

Phytosanitary Administration of the Republic of Slovenia, 2011; EuroSemStats, 2002.

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Slovenia Belgium United Kingdom Luxembourg Germany
Potato % 40 96.68 43.64 77.35 24.4
Common wheat % 40 33.68 64.66 50.09 31.45
Barley % 65 75.55 68.42 62.77 46.47

Goals

- maintaining as high as possible biological diversity and diversity of varieties in plant production, which is the basis for food production, and preserving landscape variety, the source of income for survival on farms and is part of natural and cultural heritage.

Last modified
25.10.2011
Author(s)

Vladimir Meglič, Zoran Čergan, Peter Dolničar, Janko Verbič, Andrej Zemljič, Agricultural Institute of Slovenia