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Traditional agroecosystems as conservatories and incubators of cultivated plant varietal diversity: the case of fig (Ficus carica L.) in Morocco.
BMC plant biology - 18 Feb 2010
Achtak Hafid, Ater Mohammed, Oukabli Ahmed, Santoni Sylvain, Kjellberg Finn, Khadari Bouchaib
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BACKGROUND: Traditional agroecosystems are known to host both large crop species diversity and high within crop genetic diversity. In a context of global change, this diversity may be needed to feed the world. Are these agroecosystems museums (i.e. large core collections) or cradles of diversity? We investigated this question for a clonally propagated plant, fig (Ficus carica), within its native range, in...
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