Agrodiversity in the traditional agrosystems of the Rif mountains (north of Morocco)

Hmimsa, Younes; Ater, Mohammed

doi:10.1080/14888386.2008.9712890

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“…Moreover, this region lies within the range of wild grapevine (Vitis vinifera L. subsp. This area supports a traditional agriculture (Hmimsa and Ater 2008), mainly based on food-producing crops; however, an old tradition of grapevine cultivation also exists. In addition to the earliest events of grapevine introduction into Maghreb by Phoenicians (Ben Salem-Fnayou 2006), there has been an important exchange of grapevines cultivars within this region.…”

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Genetic diversity of Moroccan grape accessions conserved ex situ compared to Maghreb and European gene pools

Oualkadi

Ater

Messaoudi

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Tree Genetics & Genomes

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Equipe DAVEM = Diversité et Adaptation de la Vigne et des Espèces Méditerranéennes Contact : ai.oualkadi@gmail.comGrape diversity present in Morocco and the part of this diversity used nowadays are poorly documented. In order to choose diversified genotypes, to select them so that their agronomic interest will be tested, a group of 21 autochthonous cultivars preserved in the germplasm collections of SODEA and 18 Moroccan cultivars from "Domaine de Vassal" INRA grape collection was compared to a group of cultivars from neighbouring countries (Algeria and Tunisia), and from a core collection optimizing simple sequence repeat (SSR) allelic diversity of grape. Data from 20 nuclear and 3 chloroplastic SSR markers were obtained for this set of 211 cultivars. A total of 156 alleles (mean of 7.8 alleles per locus) were detected for the nSSRs and 7 alleles for the cpSSR in the Moroccan group. Chlorotype diversity in Moroccan and Algerian group were similar, but slightly lower than in the Tunisian group and the core collection. Similarly, the nSSR diversity was high in the core collection and low in the Moroccan and the Algerian groups compared to the two other groups. Clustering of cultivars based on nSSR data reflected their geographical origin and, to a certain extent, the use of the cultivars. The specificity of the Moroccan plant material was attested by the Bayesian analysis using Structure, while differences of the core collection were clearly revealed both by the Bayesian and a multivariate analysis. These results confirm the differentiation of the material from Maghreb and more specifically of Moroccan material, having evolved independently from Europe

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Genetic diversity of Moroccan grape accessions conserved ex situ compared to Maghreb and European gene pools

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“…The study sites of Bellota and Agda are located on the continental slope of the periphery of the Rif chain, in preRif folds with a sub-humid climate and characterised by Quercus suber L. woodland (Benabid 1982). Subsistence farming of a traditional mountain type is practised across the sites of the northern zone (Hmimsa and Ater 2008). Tillage was generally by donkey-, mule-or cattle-drawn plough (wooden or metal charrue) (Table 2).…”

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From Traditional Farming in Morocco to Early Urban Agroecology in Northern Mesopotamia: Combining Present-day Arable Weed Surveys and Crop Isotope Analysis to Reconstruct Past Agrosystems in (Semi-)arid Regions

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Styring

Ater

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Environmental Archaeology

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We integrate functional weed ecology with crop stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis to assess their combined potential for inferring arable land management practices in (semi-)arid regions from archaeobotanical assemblages. Weed and GIS survey of 60 cereal and pulse fields in Morocco are combined with crop sampling for stable isotope analysis to frame assessment of agricultural labour intensity in terms of manuring, irrigation, tillage and handweeding. Under low management intensity weed variation primarily reflects geographical differences, whereas under high management intensity fields in disparate regions have similar weed flora. Manured and irrigated oasis barley fields are clearly discriminated from less intensively manured rain-fed barley terraces in southern Morocco; when fields in northern and southern Morocco are considered together, climatic differences are superimposed on the agronomic intensity gradient. Barley δ 13 C and δ 15 N values clearly distinguish among the Moroccan regimes. An integrated approach combines crop isotope values with weed ecological discrimination of low-and high-intensity regimes across multiple studies (in southern Morocco and southern Europe). Analysis of archaeobotanical samples from EBA Tell Brak, Syria suggests that this early city was sustained through extensive (low-intensity, large-scale) cereal farming. ARTICLE HISTORY

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“…Fig intraspecific diversity has been maintained to a large extent despite the negative effects of the expansion of cannabis cultivation on agrodiversity in the Rif (Hmimsa 2009). The high level of intraspecific diversity, the complexity of the naming system of fig varieties and classification system, associated with high sociocultural and economic values contrasts with a much lower level of olive diversity (only seven local varieties, Hmimsa and Ater 2008) in the same agroecosystems in the Rif. This low level of diversity, associated with the existence of one clone, the Picholine marocaine, which is dominant throughout Morocco (Khadari et al 2008b), may be related to government agricultural policies, at least since the French protectorate period ) (Aumeeruddy-Thomas unpublished data), which have favored olive plantations and olive oil production for export.…”

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Vernacular Taxonomy, Classification and Varietal Diversity of fig (Ficus carica L.) Among Jbala cultivators in Northern Morocco

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Agrodiversity in the traditional agrosystems of the Rif mountains (north of Morocco)

Cited by 31 publications

References 6 publications

Genetic diversity of Moroccan grape accessions conserved ex situ compared to Maghreb and European gene pools

Genetic diversity of Moroccan grape accessions conserved ex situ compared to Maghreb and European gene pools

From Traditional Farming in Morocco to Early Urban Agroecology in Northern Mesopotamia: Combining Present-day Arable Weed Surveys and Crop Isotope Analysis to Reconstruct Past Agrosystems in (Semi-)arid Regions

Vernacular Taxonomy, Classification and Varietal Diversity of fig (Ficus carica L.) Among Jbala cultivators in Northern Morocco

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