2007 - Italy (Rome); 2008 - Spain (Pamplona); 2009 - France (Saint-Pol de Léon); 2011 - Italy (Viterbo)

Globe artichoke - Cultivated and wild cardoon

Origin and domestication - Taxonomy and nomenclature -The plant and the flower - Biology and ecology - Geographic distribution - Production and international trade - Uses

Cultivated and wild species- Description- Gastronomy- Other uses

Action 063 (CYNARES) receives financial support from the European Commission, Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development, under Council Regulation (EC) No 870/2004

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CAR-VARVI 2009-2012 CYNASEME (approved but not yet started. It will be funded by Italian Campania Region) Annual DUS test for globe artichoke and cardoon

Three varieties are in progress of release in Italy with the following names: Donatello, Raffaello, and Michelangelo. They come from selections within traditional Italian populations.