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PRESENTED PAPERS 87 Conclusion Although the Maltese Islands have a high level of biodiversity, the limited land area lowers the potential for large-scale cultivation of medicinal and aromatic plants. Therefore the main aim, as regards medicinal and aromatic plants, is to sustain and conserve the genetic stock by in situ and ex situ methods. This includes afforestation projects involving, for example, Coronilla emerus and Spartium junceum. Also efforts are made in order to promote alternative crops (MAPs) that might be the starting material for processing industries. References Anonymous. 2002. Pitkalija Market. Statistics for the year 2001. Department of Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Ta' Qali, Malta. Attard, E. 2001. Ecballium elaterium (L.) A. Richard in Malta: the in vitro growth and quality of the Maltese squirting cucumber, a source of the potential anti-cancer tetracyclic triterpenoid, Cucurbitacin E. PhD Thesis, University of Malta, Malta. Cassar, E. 1998. Studies on the micropropagation of the local squill: Drimia maritima (L.) stearn. M.Sc. Thesis, University of Malta, Malta. Haslam, S.M., P.D. Sell and P.A. Wolseley. 1977. A Flora of the Maltese Islands. Malta University Press, Malta. Lanfranco, G. 1975. Duwa u Semm il-Hxejjex Maltin [The medicinal applications of Maltese herbs]. Edizzjoni Klabb Kotba Maltin, Malta. Lanfranco, E. 1989. The Flora. Pp. 5-70 in Red Data Book for the Maltese Islands (P.J. Schembri and J. Sultana, eds). Department of Information, Malta. Lanfranco, G. 1993. Hxejjex medicinali u ohrajn fil-Gzejjer Maltin [Medicinal and other plants of the Maltese islands]. Media Centre Publications, Malta. PQS (Plant Quarantine Station). 2002. Statistics for the year 2001. Department of Plant Health, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Ta' Qali, Malta.
88 WORKING GROUP ON MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS: FIRST MEETING Medicinal and aromatic plants in the Nordic Countries Katarina Wedelsbäck Bladh Nordic Gene Bank (NGB), Alnarp, Sweden MAPs at the Nordic Gene Bank Within the Nordic countries the production and the collection of herbs and medicinal plants is quite low. During recent years the interest has increased. In 1985, a working group for spices and medicinal plants was established at the Nordic Gene Bank. Among other working group activities, the group collected information in the area of medicinal and aromatic plants (MAPs). Only a few accessions of material where collected and conserved at the Nordic Gene Bank. Unfortunately, the group was closed down in 1993 due to lack of resources. Before it was closed down, the working group produced a study on Nordic medicinal plants, covering information such as content of chemical substances in the plants, distribution, uses and recommendations for conservation. When the working group was closed down the material and the responsibility were carried over to the working group for vegetables. Table 1 lists the MAP species conserved at the Nordic Gene Bank. Table 1. MAP material stored at the Nordic Gene Bank (ACC = accepted; TEM = temporary) Species Denmark Finland Iceland Norway Sweden ACC TEM ACC TEM ACC TEM ACC TEM ACC TEM Anthriscus cereifolium Chervil 2 1 Carum carvi Caraway 1 3+3 Angelica archangelica subsp. archangelica Angelica 1 1 Levisticum officinale Garden lovage 1 Solanum nigrum Garden nightshade 1 Petroselinum crispum var. crispum Parsley 11 7 2 Anethum graveolens Dill 4 3 5 Humulus lupulus Hops 19 10 31 32 The SPIMED project However, during the late 1990s interest in this material increased and in 2000 the working group for vegetables initiated a project called SPIMED (SPIce and MEDicinal plants). It will run for five years (2001-2005) and is supported by the Nordic Gene Bank. The full title of the project is "Spice and medicinal plants in the Nordic and Baltic countries. Strategies for conservation of genetic resources in minor crops". Its aim is to develop strategies for conserving cultivated spice and medicinal plants in situ or ex situ in the Nordic and Baltic countries. The three Baltic countries (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania) are participating in the project as well as Norway, Denmark, Finland and Sweden; in 2003, the project will expand to include Iceland. Planned activities in the project are: 1. To establish a priority list of species to be included in the project; list existing in situ populations of these species; 2. Consider if these populations are safe in terms of plant genetic resources conservation; 3. Collect threatened species/populations for ex situ conservation; 4. Develop descriptors for characterization of the species on the priority list; 5. Characterize the collected material according to these descriptors; 6. Develop systems for documentation of in situ conservation; 7. Map genetic variation in the species; 8. Develop strategies for conservation, in situ or ex situ.
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