What is it about?
Sea buckthorn is a promising medicinal and eco-engineering plant. Despite it has been used in traditional tibetan medicinal practice for centuries, its applications in contemporary medicine and pharmacology have started just a few decades ago. There is still much to learn about genetics and evolutionary history of this plant. The review introduces readers into the state of art of population genetics, phylogeopgraphy, and biogeography of sea buckthorn.
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Why is it important?
Development of new and more efficient applications of traditional medicinal plants requires profound knowledge of genetics and ecology of the natural populations maintaining genetic resources of the plants.
Perspectives
The review had been written several years ago. Since then the field advanced considerably. Nevertheless, it still can provide some useful information for those interested in populational genetics of medicinal plants in general, and evolutionary history of sea buckthorn in particular.
Dr Igor V Bartish
Institute of Botany
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This page is a summary of: An Ancient Medicinal Plant at the Crossroads of Modern Horticulture and Genetics: Genetic Resources and Biotechnology of Sea Buckthorn (Hippophae L., Elaeagnaceae), January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-27096-8_14.
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