A review of chromosome numbers in <i>Bombacaceae</i> with new counts for <i>Adansonia</i>

Baum, David A.; Oginuma, Kazuo

doi:10.2307/1223456

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“…Adansonia digitata, the only species in the section Adansonia, is endemic to southern Africa, and is mainly pollinated by bats (Baum 1996. It is also the only baobab species that is an autotetraploid (2n ¼ 160), while other baobab species are diploid (2n ¼ 88) (Baum and Oginuma 1994). Recent work undertaken by J. Pettigrew (pers.…”

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Endophytes as potential pathogens of the baobab species Adansonia gregorii: a focus on the Botryosphaeriaceae

2011

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Adansonia gregorii (baobab) is an iconic tree species occurring in the NW of Australia. Dying baobabs, A. digitata, have been reported from southern Africa and as A. gregorii is closely related to A. digitata, surveys were conducted to assess the health of the Australian baobab. The endophytic microflora of A. gregorii and surrounding tree species was sampled and the ability of these endophytes to cause disease in A. gregorii was determined. Endophytes were isolated from asymptomatic baobabs across 24 sites in the Kimberley region, north-west Australia (NW Australia). Material was also taken from surrounding native tree species at three sites. Material was also collected from asymptomatic and dying Adansonia species in the George Brown Darwin Botanic Gardens and from a dying baobab in a nursery in Broome. Endophytic fungi isolated from these samples were identified using morphological and molecular methods.Eleven botryosphaeriaceous species were identified along with 18 other nonbotryosphaeriaceous species; L. theobromae 1 was the most common species. The pathogenicity of the botryosphaeriaceous species to baobabs was determined by inoculating the taproot of seedlings and stems of young baobab trees. Lasiodiplodia theobromae was confirmed as a potentially significant pathogen of baobabs.2

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Endophytes as potential pathogens of the baobab species Adansonia gregorii: a focus on the Botryosphaeriaceae

2011

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“…Six other species occur on the island of Madagascar, and one in Australia. All baobabs are diploids, except for the tetraploid A. digitata (Baum and Oginuma 1994), which has by far the largest distribution range of the genus. Leaves of the Australian species, A. gibbosa, are traditionally consumed by Aborigines in the species distribution area in northern Australia (Baum 1995b).…”

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Potential to harness superior nutritional qualities of exotic baobabs if local adaptation can be conferred through grafting

Maranz

Niang²,

Kalinganiré

et al. 2007

Agroforest Syst

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“…Adansonia digitata (L.) commonly referred to as baobab belongs to the family of bombacaceae (Keay, 1989), consisting of about eight species (Baum and Oginuma, 1994), and that only one of the species exists in Africa. A. digitata originated in Madagascar and was introduced to the rest of African countries by long distance dispersal before the breaking of West Gondwanaland block through Continental drift at Cretaceous.…”

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Genetic diversity for nutritional traits in the leaves of baobab, Adansonia digitata

Ibrahim¹,

Usman²,

Yahaya³

et al. 2014

Afr. J. Biotechnol.

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Genetic divergence of baobab (Adansonia digitata) in the North East and West of Nigeria was investigated. The seeds collected from 36 populations of Adansonia digitata were thoroughly washed from the pulp, dried and sown in polyethylene pots and arranged in completely randomized design (CRD) with three replications in the nursery of Savanna Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria, (FRIN), Zaria Station. The leaves of the seedlings were assessed at 16 weeks after sowing (WAS) for nutritional traits such as carbohydrate, crude protein, fat, moisture content, fiber and ash. Highly significant differences were observed in all the traits assessed showing that high variability exists among the populations. Mean separation and comparisons were also consistent with the observed variability in all the traits of the genotypes in the 36 populations. Mahalanobis D² statistic and wards minimum variance grouped the 36 populations into four clusters: I (25), II (3), III (7) and IV (1). Clusters IV and I had the highest inter-clusters value and intra-cluster distance. Clusters II and I had the least values of D 2 and D 2 of the inter cluster and intra cluster distance. Furthermore, cluster I had the highest population (25) and cluster IV was observed to be an isolated cluster with only one population and 0 intra-cluster values. Crosses can be made among the genetically divergent populations of baobab to develop genotypes for higher nutritional quality in the leaves as well as withstand both biotic and abiotic stress arising from the environment.

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A review of chromosome numbers in Bombacaceae with new counts for Adansonia

Cited by 58 publications

References 14 publications

Endophytes as potential pathogens of the baobab species Adansonia gregorii: a focus on the Botryosphaeriaceae

Endophytes as potential pathogens of the baobab species Adansonia gregorii: a focus on the Botryosphaeriaceae

Potential to harness superior nutritional qualities of exotic baobabs if local adaptation can be conferred through grafting

Genetic diversity for nutritional traits in the leaves of baobab, Adansonia digitata

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