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Revista Chilena de Entomología, 2021 The study area pertains to the Chocó Biogeography, one of the most biodiverse areas in the world, where around 40,000 ha of rainforest has been cleared for oil palm plantations.
Alexandra Narváez-Vásquez +4 more
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Origin and Dispersal of Domesticated Peach Palm [PDF]
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2017 Peach palm (Bactris gasipaes Kunth) is a Neotropical palm domesticated by Native Americans. Its domestication resulted in a set of landraces (var. gasipaes), some with very starchy fruit used for fermentation, others with an equilibrium of starch and oil used as snacks. Which of the three wild types (var.
Charles R. Clement +8 more
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Cogent Food & Agriculture, 2022 Tortilla is a staple food for several countries and a gluten-free alternative and can be enriched using other non-traditional flours to improve their nutritional value.
Graciela Artavia +3 more
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Peach palm core collection in Brazilian Amazonia [PDF]
Crop Breeding and Applied Biotechnology, 2015 The Peach palm Active Germplasm Bank has abundant genetic diversity in its holdings. Because it is a live collection, maintenance, characterization and evaluation are expensive, restricting its use. One way to promote more efficient use is to create a Core Collection, a set of accessions with at least 70% of the genetic diversity of the full collection
Cristo-Araújo, Michelly de +3 more
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Food Chemistry Advances, 2023 Peach palm tree products, including palm hearts, are in high demand worldwide, often consumed either in natura or with minimal processing, and possess significant economic value in various markets.
Kelem Silva Fonseca +7 more
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ALL USEFUL PLANTS HAVE NOT ONLY IDENTITIES, BUT STORIES: THE MYTHICAL ORIGINS OF THE PEACH PALM (BACTRIS GASIPAES KUNTH) ACCORDING TO THE PERUVIAN ASHÁNINKA; pp. 173–195 [PDF]
Trames, 2014 In this paper we present a myth about the origins of the peach palm (Bactris gasipaes Kunth), recorded during a research project dedicated to landscape domestication and the management of palms by the Asháninka people of Amazonian Peru.
Joanna Sosnowska, Monika Kujawska
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Peach palm (Bactris gasipaes) in tropical Latin America: implications for biodiversity conservation, natural resource management and human nutrition [PDF]
, 2012 Peach palm (Bactris gasipaes) is a multi-purpose palm tree native to tropical Latin America, which is predominantly cultivated by smallholders in agroforestry systems. The fruits are rich in starch and contribute importantly to food security and the cash
Dufour, D. +4 more
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Peach palm growth and heart-of-palm yield responses to liming [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de Ciência do Solo, 2004 The effects of liming rates on growth and heart-of-palm yield of peach palm plants (Bactris gasipaes Kunth) were studied in a two-year field experiment conducted in Pariquera-Açu, State of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Soils in this region are allic (sub group Ultic Haplorthox), with base saturation ranging from 15 to 26 % of the cation exchange capacity (CEC). A
Bovi, M. L. A. +2 more
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Soil quality indicators in a rhodic kandiudult under different uses in northern Parana, Brazil. [PDF]
, 2019 Sustainable use of soil, maintaining or improving its quality, is one of the goals of diversification in farmlands. From this point of view, bioindicators associated with C, N and P cycling can be used in assessments of land-use effects on soil quality ...
ANDRADE FILHO, G. +10 more
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