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Ethnobotanical and genetic assessments of Central American avocado landraces reveal novel sources of biodiversity and ancient migration patterns

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Avocados are a multibillion‐dollar global commodity, but their growing export market pressures local farmers to abandon local fruit tree diversity in favor of commercial cultivar production. Interviews with rural avocado farmers and households from the Southern Mexican Highlands, Pacific Coastal Honduras, and Western Nicaragua, as well as the genetic ...
Kevin Wann, Heather B. Thakar, Courtney A. Hofman, Hector Neff, Logan Kistler   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

From settler gardens to digital naturalists: human aesthetic preferences and land use changes facilitate the biogeographical expansion of a wild plant–virus interaction

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Anthropogenic facilitation of wild plants based on aesthetic preferences for particular traits can change the biogeography and ecology of natural communities. We use a mixed‐methods socioecological approach to characterize the ways in which humans interact with a common, widely distributed plant and a generalist viral symbiont that induces an ...
Elizabeth M. Lombardi, Jasmine S. Peters, Juan Pablo Jordán, Alison G. Power   +3 more
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The concepts of "domestication" and "artificial selection" and their significance in the work of Charles Darwin. [PDF]

Hist Cienc Saude Manguinhos
Reyes MRAT, Juárez-Barrera F, Bueno-Hernández A.   +2 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Grape (Vitis L.) biodiversity: Historical uses, current status, and future potential

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Grapes (Vitis L. ‐ Vitaceae) are among the most important fruit crops globally, consumed in the form of wine, fresh fruit, raisins, and in many products. Complex and fascinating biocultural processes underpin the crop, with a remarkable assemblage of species comprising grapevines and with heterogeneous viticultural practices and rapidly advancing new ...
Colin K. Khoury, Anne Y. Fennell, Zoë Migicovsky, Allison J. Miller, Jun Wen   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Integrated Comparative Genomics and Population Genomics Reveal the Genomic and Epigenomic Basis of Barley (<i>Hordeum vulgare</i>) Evolution and Domestication. [PDF]

Plants (Basel)
Yue W, Cai K, Liu L, Li Y, Cai S, Wang J.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Conservation gap analysis for wild grapevines (Vitis L.) of the Americas

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Wild grapevines (Vitis L.) native to the Americas are ecologically and culturally important plants that are also critical to the global cultivated grape industry as sources of traits for crop innovation, but many of these species are poorly documented and insufficiently conserved.
Daniel Carver, Colin K. Khoury, Anne Frances, Nan McCarry, Luis Diaz‐Garcia, Erin R. Galarneau, Sarah Gora, Megan Haidet, Claire Heinitz, Wesley Knapp, Abby Meyer, Allison Miller, Ray Mims, Surya Sapkota, Carol Spurrier, Jun Wen   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Population Genomics of Almond (Prunus dulcis) Reveals Region-Specific Selection and a Complex History of Domestication. [PDF]

Mol Ecol
Lougmani C, Mesnil A, Fahmy R, Decroocq V, Bui QT, Liu S, Chen X, Chague A, Venon A, Chagné D, Eduardo I, Alix K, Cornille A.   +12 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Fonio (Digitaria exilis and Digitaria iburua) in Nigeria: Regional cultivation patterns, landrace diversity, and farmer knowledge for conserving a climate‐resilient indigenous cereal

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Fonio (Digitaria exilis and Digitaria iburua) cereals are valued for their drought resilience, adaptability to poor soils, and cultural importance. In Nigeria, where both species are cultivated, fonio has declined due to labor‐intensive processing, lower yields, and changing livelihood choices. By documenting 21 landraces (15 D. exilis and 6 D. iburua),
Ishaq Muawiyya, Abubakar Bello, George P. Burton, Philippa Ryan, Maria S. Vorontsova   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Genomic and evolutionary analysis reveals dynamic variations of MKK3 gene, a key regulator for seed dormancy in barley. [PDF]

Plant Genome
Tressel LG, Caspersen AM, Walling JG, Gao D.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Genomic architecture and breeding trade‐offs of coconut drought tolerance

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The coconut palm is an extremely popular and economically important crop, with around 65 million tonnes produced in 2023. Although Africa's coconut sector is growing rapidly, it—and the livelihoods that depend on it—is threatened by climate change, particularly increased drought.
Theodore S. Brook, Tom Versluys, Bi Tra Serges Doubi, Sam Acors, Jahcub Trew, Kyle Macleod, Louis Bell‐Roberts, Katarina Piponi, Jean Louis Konan, Konan Engueran Djaha, Hala N'klo, Benjamin J. Roberts, Catherine M. Collins, Matteo Fumagalli, Julien Godwin, Vincent Savolainen   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source