New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research abstracts

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Germplasm release¹
‘GO192’ purple chicory (Cichorium intybus L.)

W. Rumball

A. G. Foote

AgResearch Grasslands
Private Bag 11008
Palmerston North, New Zealand
bill.rumball@agresearch.co.nz

Keywords anthocyanins; Cichorium intybus L.; ‘GO192’; purple chicory

‘GO192’ purple chicory (Cichorium intybus L.) was bred to provide genetic material with potentially extractable high levels of the anti-oxidant anthocyanin, that is regarded as having benefits for a wide range of health conditions.

¹Each germplasm is the product of a completed or significant breeding programme, but the breeders are not seeking Plant Variety Rights. Germplasms are available free as “concept cultivars”, intended as research materials or for further localised breeding projects. Requests for seed should be made to the corresponding author. Germplasm releases are not fully refereed.

A08031; Online publication date 11 August 2008; Received 29 May 2008; accepted 9 June 2008

New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research, 2008, Vol. 51: 271–272
0028–8233/08/5103–0271 © The Royal Society of New Zealand 2008

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