Data/hora: 10/06/2024 04:44:51

Provedor de dados: | 65
País: | Brazil
Título: | Plant breeding and in situ utilization of palm trees
Autores: | Rivas,Mercedes; Barbieri,Rosa Lía; Maia,Luciano Carlos da.
Data: | 2012-02-01
Ano: | 2012
Palavras-chave: | Arecaceae; Elaeis guineenis; Phoenix dactylifera; Domestication; In situ management.
Resumo: | The palm tree family (Arecaceae) is constituted by approximately 3000 species mainly distributed in the tropics and subtropics. As a source of a variety of products they contribute to the world and local economies, and also to peoples lifestyles. Historically their use has been based on wild populations, but also on local domestication. Very few species are subject of plant breeding programs and are cultivated in the world. This is the case of the African oil palm (Elaeis guineensis), in which investment and development consortiums invest high sums. Another kind of crop is the date palm (Phoenix dactylifera), which was domesticated thousand of years ago and whose success is based in the export of a fine product with worldwide recognition. In this case the production is based on traditional varieties and has very incipient breeding programs. A third group of palms includes those species from which products are obtained and manufactured for local development. The objective of this literature review is to contribute in the analysis of opportunities and weaknesses to investing in domestication and plant breeding programs in those palm trees with a recognized productive value.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782012000200013
Editor: | Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
Relação: | 10.1590/S0103-84782012000200013
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Ciência Rural  v.42 n.2 2012
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess