Genetic Resources and Domestication of Macadamia

Hardner, Craig; Peace, Cameron; Lowe, Andrew J.; Neal, Jodi; Pisanu, Phillip; Powell, M. A.; Schmidt, Allison L.; Spain, Chris; Williams, Kristen J.

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“…Most of these crops were domesticated in ancient times near their centers of origin (53), whereas a few, such as macadamia, have been domesticated only recently (51). The Western European conquest of the New World in the fifteenth century disseminated many tree crops across the tropics.…”

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Fungal and Oomycete Diseases of Tropical Tree Fruit Crops

Drenth

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2016

Annu. Rev. Phytopathol.

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The tropics produce a range of fruit from tree crops that cannot be grown in colder climates. Bananas, mangos, several nuts, spices, coffee, and cacao are widely traded and much sought after around the world. However, the sustainable production of these tropical tree fruit crops faces significant challenges. Among these, losses due to pests and diseases play a large part in reducing yields, quality, and profitability. Using bananas and cacao as key examples, we outline some of the reasons fungal and oomycete diseases cause such significant losses to tropical tree crops. Cultivation of monocultures derived from limited genetic diversity, environmental conditions conducive for disease development, high levels of disease incidence and severity, a lack of disease resistance in planting materials, shortages of labor, and inadequate infrastructure and investment pose significant challenges, especially for smallholder producers. The expansion of travel and trade has given rise to emerging infectious plant diseases that add further insecurity and pressure. We conclude that holistic actions are needed on multiple fronts to address the growing problem of disease in tropical fruit tree crops.

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Fungal and Oomycete Diseases of Tropical Tree Fruit Crops

Drenth

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2016

Annu. Rev. Phytopathol.

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“…Sources of data: carrot (Saenz Lain, 1981; The Plant list 2013), groundnut (Seijo et al, 2007, The Plant List 2013; maize (Matsuoka et al 2002;The Plant list 2013); potato (Hijmans and Spooner, 2001;Spooner et al, 2007); rice (Khush 1997; The Plant List 2013 ); gmelina (Orwa et al 2009; The Plant List 2013 ), macadamia (Hardner et al, 2009;The Plant List 2013); mango (Mukherjee, 1953;The Plant List, 2013); rubber (Schultes 1984, The Plant List 2013; oil palm (Ataga andvon der Vossen, 2007, The Plant List 2013 ); bezoar ( FAO, 2007;IUCN, 2015); jungle fowl ( FAO, 2007;IUCN, 2015) ; mouflon ( FAO, 2007;IUCN, 2015) ; wild cattle ( FAO, 2007;IUCN, 2015) ; wild pig ( FAO, 2007;IUCN, 2015) ; African catfish (Na-Nakorn and Brummett 2009; Froese and Pauly, 2015); American catfish (Dunham and Smitherman 1984;Froese and Pauly, 2015); Carp (Balon, 2004;Froese and Pauly, 2015); Tilapia (Eknath and Hulata, 2009;Froese and Pauly, 2015); Trout (Solar, 2009;Froese and Pauly, 2015).…”

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Contributions of “resource relocation” to the development of agriculture

Uchola¹

2017

Agrosearch

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“…Today, the presence of kiwi plantations in Europe, Latin America and North America could be traced to its developments in artificial environments in New Zealand. Similarly, the development of the macadamia into a commercial crop began with a transfer from its native range in Australia to humancontrolled environments in Hawai'i [29]. All cultivated plants, like the rubber and kiwi vine, were growing in natural habitats in restricted areas or regions prior to their transfer into agricultural ecosystems.…”

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“…More recently, the transfer of bush mango to human-controlled environment have reduced its maturation age from well over a decade to about 5 years [42,43]. Likewise, nursery-grown seedlings of macadamia plant that were transferred to fields commence flowering and fruiting about 15years earlier when compared to some of its wild counterparts [29]. Furthermore, advances in selection techniques have gradually altered the flower-fruiting pattern of macadamia trees from its known irregular pattern to a fairly consistent one.…”

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“…Some of such investigation place emphasis on certain aspects of domestication especially on the bio-geographical/ genetic origin of plants [15][16][17][18] , their evolutionary history [19]- [23] or the development of distinct domestication syndrome [7,8,12,14,24]. Others deal mainly with the genetic improvement of cultivated plant through the process of selection and hybridization [25][26][27][28][29]. A number of relatively recent studies attend to the use of beneficial genes from crop wild relatives in breeding programmes involving cultivated plants [11,13,30].…”

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Agriculture: From a Development Perspective to Plant Resource Domestication

Uchola¹

2015

AJAF

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Plant Resource Domestication (PRD) is generally accepted as a continuum of different phases of human-plant interactions but its value in the development of agriculture remains to be explored. The origin of PRD can be traced to an initial transfer of valuable native plants from their natural habitats to agricultural ecosystems. The later phase of the domestication process involves the genetic improvement of cultivated plants. Plants subjected to the different aspects of domestication manifest a modification to their form and an enhancement of their function. As cultivated plants manifest profound changes in morphology and physiology so also they progress into becoming crops that are highly productive. The higher productivity that defines the latter stages of PRD is often achieved through series of selection and plant breeding programmes. These stages or Plant Development Levels provide clues into the development pattern intrinsic to agriculture and inform the proposal concerning the nature of agriculture as well as its development.

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Genetic Resources and Domestication of Macadamia

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Fungal and Oomycete Diseases of Tropical Tree Fruit Crops

Fungal and Oomycete Diseases of Tropical Tree Fruit Crops

Contributions of “resource relocation” to the development of agriculture

Agriculture: From a Development Perspective to Plant Resource Domestication

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