Havana, and two local tobacco varieties obtained from a local supplier, cv.
The varieties obtained from classical breeding presented significantly higher xylan (21.6 to 23.3%) than the industrial bagasse (19.5%).
Interestingly, date varieties obtained from different countries showed similar PC1 values and hence comparable ripening-related biochemical profiles.
Organic farmers, faced with a shortage of varieties meeting their needs in terms of agronomic and quality traits, have begun cultivating varieties obtained from genebanks or from elders.
The first one represented by wild populations and the second one represented by cultivated varieties obtained from wild individuals through a domestication process [ 3].
Seeds of Njavara variety were obtained from Kerala Agricultural University, Kerala, Vasumathi, Yamini and Jyothi varieties were obtained from Directorate of Rice Research, Hyderabad; Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal and National Seed Corporation, Warangal respectively.
The pineapple leaves (Josephine variety) were obtained from Malaysia Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MARDI) Sessang Station, Saratok, Sarawak, Malaysia.
Oat, Avena sativa v. Belinda a Swedish spring variety was obtained from the SW-collection (Svalöf Weibull AB, Landskrona, Sweden).
Six adult Asian arowana individuals (two green, two red and two golden variety) were obtained from a fish farm in Singapore.
Biological replicates of the same variety were obtained from the Olive Cultivar Collection held by the 'Centro di Ricerca per l'Olivicoltura e l'Industria Olearia' in Collececco (Spoleto, Perugia, Italy).
