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Management, morphological and genetic diversity of domesticated agaves in Michoacán, México.
Journal of ethnobiology and ethnomedicine - 16 Jan 2020
Álvarez-Ríos Gonzalo D, Pacheco-Torres Fernando, Figueredo-Urbina Carmen Julia, Casas Alejandro
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BACKGROUND: Pulque is a fermented beverage prepared with sap of Agave species in Mexico. Management of agaves for this purpose has motivated domestication of some species and high phenotypic variation that commonly causes uncertainty about the taxonomic identity of varieties traditionally managed by people. This study assumed that varieties of crop species continually arise from mutations, sexual reproduction and...
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