Cacao-based agroforestry systems in the Atlantic Forest and Amazon Biomes: An ecoregional analysis of land use

Gama-Rodrigues, Antônio Carlos; Müller, Manfred; Gama-Rodrigues, Emanuela Forestieri; Mendes, Fernando Antônio Teixeira

doi:10.1016/j.agsy.2021.103270

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“…This interdisciplinary approach can help prevent agrochemical damage to non-target organisms, promoting biodiversity conservation. Employing cropping systems such as trap cropping, mixed cropping ( Rosado et al, 2021 ) and agroforestry ( Jose, 2009 ; Sagastuy and Krause, 2019 ; Campera et al, 2021 ; Gama-Rodrigues et al, 2021 ) has further potential to promote biodiversity conservation. Moreover, agroecological practices that promote crop diversification are more likely to have a positive effect on food security ( Bezner Kerr et al, 2021 ).…”

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Uniting RNAi Technology and Conservation Biocontrol to Promote Global Food Security and Agrobiodiversity

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Front. Bioeng. Biotechnol.

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Habitat loss and fragmentation, and the effects of pesticides, contribute to biodiversity losses and unsustainable food production. Given the United Nation’s (UN’s) declaration of this decade as the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, we advocate combining conservation biocontrol-enhancing practices with the use of RNA interference (RNAi) pesticide technology, the latter demonstrating remarkable target-specificity via double-stranded (ds)RNA’s sequence-specific mode of action. This specificity makes dsRNA a biosafe candidate for integration into the global conservation initiative. Our interdisciplinary perspective conforms to the UN’s declaration, and is facilitated by the Earth BioGenome Project, an effort valuable to RNAi development given its utility in providing whole-genome sequences, allowing identification of genetic targets in crop pests, and potentially relevant sequences in non-target organisms. Interdisciplinary studies bringing together biocontrol-enhancing techniques and RNAi are needed, and should be examined for various crop‒pest systems to address this global problem.

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Uniting RNAi Technology and Conservation Biocontrol to Promote Global Food Security and Agrobiodiversity

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“…One example of AFS use in Brazil is the cacao-AFS. Cocoa fruits are produced by the Theobroma cacao L. ( Malvaceae ) and are cultivated in over 606,794 hectares (ha) of Brazilian territory, responsible for producing 5% of the world’s cocoa ( Gama-Rodrigues et al, 2021 ). Of this area, 430,051 ha are part of the Atlantic forest in the States of Bahia and Espírito Santo ( Gama-Rodrigues et al, 2021 ).…”

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“…Cocoa fruits are produced by the Theobroma cacao L. ( Malvaceae ) and are cultivated in over 606,794 hectares (ha) of Brazilian territory, responsible for producing 5% of the world’s cocoa ( Gama-Rodrigues et al, 2021 ). Of this area, 430,051 ha are part of the Atlantic forest in the States of Bahia and Espírito Santo ( Gama-Rodrigues et al, 2021 ). The cacao-cabruca AFS model is practiced in about 250,000 ha of Atlantic Forest in southern Bahia state, an area that holds most of the forest in northeastern Brazil ( Martini et al, 2007 ; Sambuichi et al, 2012 ; Gama-Rodrigues et al, 2021 ).…”

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“…Of this area, 430,051 ha are part of the Atlantic forest in the States of Bahia and Espírito Santo ( Gama-Rodrigues et al, 2021 ). The cacao-cabruca AFS model is practiced in about 250,000 ha of Atlantic Forest in southern Bahia state, an area that holds most of the forest in northeastern Brazil ( Martini et al, 2007 ; Sambuichi et al, 2012 ; Gama-Rodrigues et al, 2021 ). This AFS model contributes to 44% of the 259,425 tons of national cocoa produced in 2019 ( Gama-Rodrigues et al, 2021 ).…”

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“…The cacao-cabruca AFS model is practiced in about 250,000 ha of Atlantic Forest in southern Bahia state, an area that holds most of the forest in northeastern Brazil ( Martini et al, 2007 ; Sambuichi et al, 2012 ; Gama-Rodrigues et al, 2021 ). This AFS model contributes to 44% of the 259,425 tons of national cocoa produced in 2019 ( Gama-Rodrigues et al, 2021 ). The cabruca system consists of random intercropping of cocoa in native forest strata, exploiting native or exotic trees to provide shade.…”

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Agroforestry systems (AFS) for cocoa production combine traditional land-use practices with local biodiversity conservation, resulting in both ecological and agricultural benefits. The cacao-cabruca AFS model is widely implemented in regions of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Carpotroche brasiliensis (Raddi) A. Gray (Achariaceae) is a tree found in cabruca landscapes that is often used for reforestation and biotechnological applications. Despite its importance, we still lack information about viruses circulating in C. brasiliensis, particularly considering the possibility of spillover that could affect cocoa production. In our study, we analyzed the Carpotroche brasiliensis virome from Atlantic Forest and cacao-cabruca AFS regions using metatranscriptomics from several vegetative and reproductive organs. Our results revealed a diverse virome detecting near-complete or partial coding sequences of single- and double-stranded DNA and RNA viruses classified into at least six families (Botourmiaviridae, Bromoviridae, Caulimoviridae, Genomoviridae, Mitoviridae, and Rhabdoviridae) plus unclassified elements. We described with high confidence the near-complete and the partial genomes of two tentative novel viruses: Carpotroche-associated ilarvirus and Carpotroche-associated genomovirus, respectively. Interestingly, we also described sequences likely derived from a rhabdovirus, which could represent a novel member of the genus Gammanucleorhabdovirus. We observed higher viral diversity in cacao-cabruca AFS and reproductive organs of C. brasiliensis with preferential tropism to fruits, which could directly affect production. Altogether, our results provide data to better understand the virome in this unexplored agroecological interface, such as cacao-cabruca AFS and forest ecosystem, providing information on the aspects of virus–plant interactions.

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Crop-Livestock-Forest System as Nature-Based Solutions to Combating Climate Change, and Achieving SDGs in Brazil

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Cacao-based agroforestry systems in the Atlantic Forest and Amazon Biomes: An ecoregional analysis of land use

Cited by 36 publications

References 18 publications

Uniting RNAi Technology and Conservation Biocontrol to Promote Global Food Security and Agrobiodiversity

Uniting RNAi Technology and Conservation Biocontrol to Promote Global Food Security and Agrobiodiversity

Expanding the environmental virome: Infection profile in a native rainforest tree species

Crop-Livestock-Forest System as Nature-Based Solutions to Combating Climate Change, and Achieving SDGs in Brazil

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