PREFACE

The FAO-CIHEAM (Interregional Cooperative Research Network on Nuts) was established in Yalova (Turkey) in 1990.

The main objectives are the promotion of exchange of information among the different Mediterranean partners, establishment of joint research programmes, exchange of germplasm, establishment of close links between researchers and fostering a spirit of cooperation.

An important activity of the Network is the compilation of germplasm inventories and research catalogues which are supported by FAO (REU and AGPS) and CIHEAM-IAMZ.

The liaison officer of the different subnetworks was requested to prepare a compilation and edition of the germplasm inventory of each species kept in the main research institutions and also a survey on the ongoing research in the main producing countries.

This survey on chestnut is structured in different sections: the resource (statistics, sanitary problems, storage and processing, chestnut or marron), genetic resources, research projects, researchers and selected bibliography.

The information published was provided by scientists involved in chestnut research worldwide.

Network and observations	Coordination Centre	Coordinator
Nut tree crops Almond Stone Pine	Institut de Recerca i tecnologia Agrialimentàries IRTA Centre de Mas Bové Departament d'Arboricultura Mediterrània Apartat 415. E 43280 Reus (Spain) Tel.: +34 977 343252 Fax.: +34 977 344055 E-mail: [email protected]	F.J. Vargas
Subnetworks	Liaison Centres	Liaison Officers
Hazelnut	Ankara University. Faculty of Agriculture Department of Horticulture 06110 - Ankara (Turkey) Tel.: +90 312 317550 Fax.: +90 312 3179119 E-mail: [email protected]	A.I. Köksal
Walnut Pecan	Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique INRA Station de recherches Fruitières Centre de Recherches de Bordeaux BP. 81 - 33883 Villenave d'Ornon (France) Tel.: +33 56 843082 Fax.: +33 56 843083 E-mail: [email protected]	J. Chat
Pistachio	KSU. Faculty of Agriculture Deparment of Horticulture. Kahraman Maras (Turkey) Tel.: +90 344 2237666 Fax.: +90 344 2230048 Email: [email protected]	N. Kaska
Chestnut	Università degli Studi di Torino Dipartimento di Colture Arboree. Cattedra di Arboricoltura Via Leonardo Da Vinci 44 - 10095 Grugliasco (TO) (Italy) Tel.: +39 011 6708653 Fax.: +39 011 6708658 E-mail: [email protected]	G. Bounous
Genetic Resources + NUCIS	Institut de Recerca i tecnologia Agroalimentàries IRTA Centre de Mas Bové Departament d'Arboricultura Mediterrània Apartat 415. E 43280 Reus (Spain) Tel.: +34 977 343252 Fax.: +34 977 344055 E-mail: [email protected]	I. Battle
Economics	Servicio de Investigación Agraria SIA Diputación General de Aragón Apartado 727. 50080 - Zaragoza (Spain) Tel.: +34 976 576361 Fax.: +34 976 575501 E-mail: [email protected]	L.M. Albisu