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Perspectives and behaviors surrounding planting practices in North America inform genetic conservation realities for American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius)

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
American ginseng is a shade‐obligate, North American medicinal plant that is widely traded and used internationally. To meet global demand, ginseng is cultivated in forest farms in the Appalachian region of the USA and field‐based artificial shade farms in two regions: Ontario, Canada and Wisconsin, USA. We conducted social research leveraging in‐depth
Rachel E. Palkovitz, Mary K. Shenk, Eric P. Burkhart   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Indigenous knowledge of traditional medicinal plants in Gondar City Administration, Amhara National Regional State, northwest Ethiopia. [PDF]

Trop Med Health
Ayenew T, Melkamu Y, Masresha G, Tadesse D, Misganaw W, Asrie B, Enyew A.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

A national crop wild relative checklist for Zimbabwe reveals edible crop wild relative diversity of regional and global importance

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Crop wild relatives (CWR) in Zimbabwe are reservoirs of beneficial agronomic traits, yet they remain under‐documented and poorly conserved. This study developed Zimbabwe's first national CWR checklist based on a conceptual framework combining floristic, ecological and ethnobotanical data, revealing over 2700 taxa, with nearly 1000 edible species ...
Kudakwashe Mutasa, Onismus Chipfunde, Christopher Chapano, Patience Chatukuta   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bridging knowledges through fire: a systematic review of indigenous fire management practices in Brazil. [PDF]

J Ethnobiol Ethnomed
Dantas CV, Neto EMC, de Azevedo Koch EB, de Oliveira Roque F.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

From traditional practice to unsustainable exploitation: Fruit overharvesting on the endangered relict palm Jubaea chilensis

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Overharvesting of wild edible plants poses a growing threat to plant populations worldwide, particularly for slow‐growing species with limited regeneration. We quantified fruit extraction from the third‐largest known population of Jubaea chilensis—an endangered palm endemic to Chile—modeled the critical harvest threshold, and assessed consumer ...
Sebastián Cordero, Francisca Gálvez, Marisol Arriagada‐Honores, Andrés Jesús Garrido, Daniela Paredes‐Muñoz, Bastián Fuentes‐Valdés, Fernanda Torres‐Cifuentes, Francisco E. Fontúrbel   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Herping the African Continent: Alien Amphibians and Reptiles in Sub-Saharan Africa. [PDF]

Biology (Basel)
Kopij G.
europepmc   +1 more source

Ethnobotanical assessment of wild edible plants and indigenous knowledge in Tegedie District, Ethiopia. [PDF]

J Ethnobiol Ethnomed
Goshe A, Masresha G, Asnakew M, Awoke A.
europepmc   +1 more source

Screening and Comparative Efficacy of Indigenous Entomopathogenic Fungi from Forest Ecosystems Against <i>Culex pipiens</i> Biotype <i>molestus</i> Larvae: Identification of High-Virulence Isolates for Biocontrol Applications. [PDF]

Insects
Mantzoukas S, Zarmakoupi C, Lagogiannis I, Eliopoulos PA.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Indigenous infants in remote Australia retain an ancestral gut microbiome despite encroaching Westernization. [PDF]

Nat Commun
Harrison LC, Allnutt TR, Hanieh S, Roth-Schulze AJ, Ngui KM, Stone NL, Bandala-Sanchez E, Backshell L, Gurruwiwi G, Gondarra V, Couper JJ, Craig ME, Davis EA, Huynh T, Soldatos G, Wentworth JM, Vuillermin P, Penno MAS, Biggs BA, ENDIA Study Group Consortium.   +19 more
europepmc   +1 more source