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“Lándar,” “Lándra,” “Barlánd” (Bunias erucago L.): a Neglected Crop from the Po Plain (Northern Italy)

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Acknowledgements

The authors are indebted to the participants of the interviews: Mr. Carrara (San Genesio ed Uniti), Massimo Costa (Carbonara al Ticino), Maria Grazia Ferraris (Terdobbiate), Ettore Raffaldi (Bereguardo), Ferdinando Bassani (San Zenone al Po), and Maria Sacchi (San Genesio ed Uniti); we are also grateful to Ernesto Ballerini, Umberto Ballerini (Trivolzio), Livilla Maggi (Pavia), and Sara Mossini (Terdobbiate) for providing contacts with some of them. Eventually, we are thankful to Sarah Hanson (Brighton) for the linguistic check, Davide Minoja (Pavia) for taking pictures of the traditional dishes, Giulia Ardenghi (Stradella) for the digital image preparation, and Graziano Rossi (University of Pavia) for communicating a useful culinary source.

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  1. Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Pavia, Via S. Epifanio 14, 27100, Pavia, Italy

    N. M. G. Ardenghi, S. Bodino & F. Guzzon

  2. Via Po 1, Trivolzio, 27020, Pavia, Italy

    C. Ballerini

  3. Pavia Botanical Garden, University of Pavia, Via S. Epifanio 14, 27100, Pavia, Italy

    P. Cauzzi

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Ardenghi, N.M.G., Ballerini, C., Bodino, S. et al. “Lándar,” “Lándra,” “Barlánd” (Bunias erucago L.): a Neglected Crop from the Po Plain (Northern Italy). Econ Bot 71, 288–295 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12231-017-9386-y

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