Intraspecific trait variation in plants: a renewed focus on its role in ecological processes

AC Westerband, JL Funk, KE Barton - Annals of botany, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background Investigating the causes and consequences of intraspecific trait variation (ITV)
in plants is not novel, as it has long been recognized that such variation shapes biotic and …

Beans (Phaseolus ssp.) as a Model for Understanding Crop Evolution

E Bitocchi, D Rau, E Bellucci, M Rodriguez… - Frontiers in plant …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Here, we aim to provide a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the most significant
outcomes in the literature regarding the origin of Phaseolus genus, the geographical …

A reference genome for common bean and genome-wide analysis of dual domestications

J Schmutz, PE McClean, S Mamidi, GA Wu… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is the most important grain legume for human
consumption and has a role in sustainable agriculture owing to its ability to fix atmospheric …

Direct archaeological evidence for Southwestern Amazonia as an early plant domestication and food production centre

J Watling, MP Shock, GZ Mongeló, FO Almeida, T Kater… - Plos one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Southwestern Amazonia is considered an early centre of plant domestication in the New
World, but most of the evidence for this hypothesis comes from genetic data since systematic …

Extinction risk of Mesoamerican crop wild relatives

B Goettsch, T Urquiza‐Haas, P Koleff… - Plants, People …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Societal Impact Statement Crop wild relatives (CWR) are plant taxa closely related to crops
and are a source of high genetic diversity that can help adapt crops to the impacts of global …

Molecular analysis of the parallel domestication of the common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) in Mesoamerica and the Andes

E Bitocchi, E Bellucci, A Giardini, D Rau… - New …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
We have studied the nucleotide diversity of common bean, P haseolus vulgaris, which is
characterized by two independent domestications in two geographically distinct areas …

Maize intercropping in the milpa system. Diversity, extent and importance for nutritional security in the Western Highlands of Guatemala

S Lopez-Ridaura, L Barba-Escoto… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
We present an assessment of the extent, diversity, and nutritional contribution of the milpa
through a quantitative analysis of data from a survey conducted in 989 small scale farm …

Using ancient traits to convert soil health into crop yield: impact of selection on maize root and rhizosphere function

JE Schmidt, TM Bowles, ACM Gaudin - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2016 - frontiersin.org
The effect of domestication and modern breeding on aboveground traits in maize (Zea
mays) has been well-characterized, but the impact on root systems and the rhizosphere …

Evolution of the Cotton Genus, Gossypium, and Its Domestication in the Americas

CR Viot, JF Wendel - Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Gossypium, the cotton genus, includes∼ 50 species distributed in tropical and sub-tropical
regions of all continents except Europe. Here we provide a synopsis of the evolutionary …

[图书][B] Eating tomorrow: Agribusiness, family farmers, and the battle for the future of food

TA Wise - 2019 - books.google.com
" A powerful polemic against agricultural technology."—Nature A major new book that shows
the world already has the tools to feed itself, without expanding industrial agriculture or …