Italian chicory and sugarloaf (Chicorium intybus var. foliosum) – development of populations and evaluation of breeding methods useful for organic horticulture

In Cooperation with Kultursaat e.V. and funded by BMELV-BÖLN.
To optimize breeding

• the inbreeding depression of selfed seed and seed derived from a population were compared,
• segregating populations were developed,
• different storage regimes over Winter were compared and
• methods to reduce the life cycle werde developed.

The project report is available.