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Patterns of nuclear and chloroplast genetic diversity and structure of manioc along major Brazilian Amazonian rivers.
Annals of botany - 14 Mar 2018
Alves-Pereira Alessandro, Clement Charles R, Picanço-Rodrigues Doriane, Veasey Elizabeth A, Dequigiovanni Gabriel, Ramos Santiago L F, Pinheiro José B, Zucchi Maria I
Abstract excerpt
Background and Aims: Amazonia is a major world centre of plant domestication, but little is known about how the crops were dispersed across the region. Manioc (Manihot esculenta) was domesticated in the south-western Amazon basin, and is the most important staple food crop that originated in Amazonia. Current contrasting distributions may reflect distinct histories of dispersal of bitter and sweet manioc...
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