Population genetics and ethnobotany of cultivated Diospyros riojae Gómez Pompa (Ebenaceae), an endangered fruit crop from Mexico

The traditional cultivation of an endangered species, Diospyros riojae, in North-Central Mexico, and the sale of its fruit, is described for the first time. This is complemented by the first examination of genetic structure in New World Ebenaceae. Genetic comparisons are made among 27 accessions of...

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Published in:Genetic resources and crop evolution 2013-10, Vol.60 (7), p.2171-2182
Main Authors: Provance, Mitchell C, García-Ruiz, Ignacio, Thommes, Casper, Ross-Ibarra, Jeffrey
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agriculture
Aridity
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Climate
Cultivars
Cultivation
Diospyros
Diospyros digyna
Diospyros riojae
Divergence
Ebenaceae
Endangered & extinct species
Endangered species
ethnobotany
Fruits
Genetic analysis
Genetic diversity
Genetic structure
genetic techniques and protocols
genetic variation
Genetics
Humid areas
Life Sciences
Morphology
Notes on Neglected and Underutilized Crops
Plant Genetics and Genomics
Plant Physiology
Plant Sciences
Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography
Population genetics
Populations
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Summary:The traditional cultivation of an endangered species, Diospyros riojae, in North-Central Mexico, and the sale of its fruit, is described for the first time. This is complemented by the first examination of genetic structure in New World Ebenaceae. Genetic comparisons are made among 27 accessions of D. riojae from across its known range of cultivation, and individuals of Diospyros conzattii, Diospyros digyna, Diospyros californica, Diospyros rosei, Diospyros rekoi and an unknown species of Diospyros from Oaxaca, Mexico. Morphological comparisons are made between D. conzattii, D. riojae, and the unknown species of Diospyros from Oaxaca. D. riojae is cultivated in two markedly different climates: arid and semi-arid localities west of the Sierra Gorda, especially near Tecozautla, Hidalgo, and humid areas of the Huasteca Region, east of the Sierra Gorda. Much lower levels of genetic diversity were detected in western populations, where populations are larger, and management intensity is the greatest. Neither the results of our genetic analysis, nor our morphological analysis of recent collections of D. riojae, D. conzattii, and an unknown species from Oaxaca, are consistent with the most recent revision of Neotropical Diospyros. Taxon-level divergence, rather than cultivar-level divergence, is suggested for D. riojae and D. conzattii.
ISSN:0925-9864
1573-5109
DOI:10.1007/s10722-013-0015-z