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Frontiers in Genetics, 2022 Domestication is a dynamic and ongoing process of transforming wild species into cultivated species by selecting desirable agricultural plant features to meet human needs such as taste, yield, storage, and cultivation practices. Human plant domestication
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The Domestication of the Amazon Tree Grape (Pourouma cecropiifolia) Under an Ecological Lens
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2018 Domestication studies traditionally focus on the differences in morphological characteristics between wild and domesticated populations that are under direct selection, the components of the domestication syndrome.
Hermísia C. Pedrosa +2 more
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Frontiers in Plant Science, 2020 Pulque is one of the oldest fermented beverages, with its origins dating back to pre-Hispanic Mexico. Recently, public consumption has increased. However, the majority of Agave plantations for pulque production have disappeared or been abandoned in ...
Laura Trejo +4 more
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Disentangling Domestication from Food Production Systems in the Neotropics
Quaternary, 2021 The Neolithic Revolution narrative associates early-mid Holocene domestications with the development of agriculture that fueled the rise of late Holocene civilizations.
Charles R. Clement +19 more
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When half is more than the whole: Wheat domestication syndrome reconsidered
Evolutionary Applications, 2022 Two opposing models currently dominate Near Eastern plant domestication research. The core area‐one event model depicts a knowledge‐based, conscious, geographically centered, rapid single‐event domestication, while the protracted‐autonomous model ...
Zvi Peleg, Shahal Abbo, Avi Gopher
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Plant microbiota modified by plant domestication
, 2020 Human life became largely dependent on agricultural products after distinct crop-domestication events occurred around 10,000 years ago in different geographical sites.
Martínez-Romero J. +4 more
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Chapter 3 Conceptualizing re-domestication
, 2023 Chapter 3: This chapter takes an in-depth look at the notion of re-domestication and fills a theoretical gap by proposing a sound and empirically supported conceptualization.
Röser, Jutta, Peil, Corinna
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Nantong Daxue xuebao. Ziran kexue ban, 2021 The domestication of plants not only has a profound impact on world agricultural production, but also significantly promotes the progress of human society′s material and spiritual civilization.
MA Xiaofei +3 more
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Evolution of root plasticity responses to variation in soil nutrient distribution and concentration
Evolutionary Applications, 2012 Root plasticity, a trait that can respond to selective pressure, may help plants forage for nutrients in heterogeneous soils. Agricultural breeding programs have artificially selected for increased yield under comparatively homogeneous soil conditions ...
Judah D. Grossman, Kevin J. Rice
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Frontiers in Plant Science, 2020 Plants may defend against herbivory and disease through various means. Plant defensive strategies against herbivores include resistance and tolerance, which may have metabolic costs that affect plant growth and reproduction.
Ana A. Fontes-Puebla, Julio S. Bernal
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