Potential for domestication of Borassus aethiopum Mart., a wild multipurpose palm species in Sub-Saharan Africa

Salako, Kolawolé Valère; Kégbé, Ahuéfa Mauricel; Chadaré, Flora Josiane; Kafoutchoni, Konoutan Médard; Amagnide, Aubin; Gbèdomon, Rodrigue Castro; Assogbadjo, Achille Ephrem; Agbangla, Clément; Kakaï, Romain Glèlè

doi:10.1007/s10722-019-00777-7

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“…( Idohou et al., 2015 ) and Borassus aethiopum Mart. ( Salako et al., 2019 ) and in Burkina Faso on Tamarindus indica L. ( Diallo et al., 2008 ). The existence of such morphological diversity in fruits would be linked to the interaction of several factors including natural selection, selection by humans and animals, gene flow controlled by humans and animals and random genetic drift ( Hamrick et al., 1992 ; Diallo et al., 2008 ).…”

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“…Local preferences are important aspects that must be taken into account in conservation and domestication strategies ( Assogbadjo et al., 2008 ; Houndonougbo et al., 2020 ); since human acts in this process through selective choices based on criteria such as shape, size and taste of plant parts ( Abasse et al., 2011 ). Several wild trees species of great socio-economic importance in Africa, deserve to be domesticated ( Hanelt et al., 2001 ; Salako et al., 2019 ).…”

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“…The identification of fruit morphotypes was used to select interesting genotypes for the domestication of Tamarindus indica L. ( Fandohan et al., 2011 ). In this context, Salako et al. (2019) recorded different growth and weight responses of Borassus aethiopum Mart.…”

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Influence of morphological characteristics of fruits and provenances on seedling emergence and early growth in Detarium microcarpum Guill. & Perr. and Detarium senegalense J.F. Gmel. (Fabaceae) in Benin

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“…This was followed by the assessment of fruit morphological descriptors ( Table 2 ). Fruit length and width were measured using vernier calipers [ 23 ]. The fruit weight was measured using an electronic weighing scale (Sartorius Entris 64-1S).…”

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Phenotypic Diversity of Doum Palm (Hyphaene compressa), a Semi‐Domesticated Palm in the Arid and Semi‐Arid Regions of Kenya

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Hyphaene compressa is an economically important palm in Africa. Despite its significant role in the livelihoods of rural communities, the diversity of doum palm is poorly documented and studied. In addition, it has no model descriptor that can aid such studies. Ninety H. compressa accessions collected from Northern, Eastern, and Coastal regions of Kenya were examined to determine the morphological variability of the vegetative and fruit traits of H. compressa and to identify its morphotypes for improvement. A total of 19 morphological characters including seven quantitative and 12 qualitative traits of fruit and vegetative traits were selected. Linear mixed-effects models, principal component analysis, and linear discriminant analyses were used to assess the variation in the morphological traits of doum palm based on the regions. Hierarchical clustering was performed to identify the morphotypes of H. compressa. There was variability in H. compressa morphological traits, particularly at the Kenyan Coast. All seven quantitative traits were able to effectively discriminate doum palm phenotypically p ≤ 0.001 . The 90 accessions clustered into five morphotypes designated as 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. Morphotype 4 was specific only to the Coastal region. Morphotype 5 had the tallest trees with the biggest fruits and included palms from Eastern and Coastal regions making it the best morphotype for fruit traits. This study will inform the domestication, improvement, and conservation of H. compressa by selecting elite accessions.

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“…The study found tree populations from Bassila (Sudano-Guinean Zone) as having useful traits for domestication. Similarly, morphotypes 1 and 2 of B. aethiopum showed high performance for fruit (fruit length, dry weight and shape index) and seed traits (number of seeds), and these might be good candidates for selection and breeding programmes in Benin [419]. So, too, have high values for fruit, seed and leaflet traits of Afzelia africana from the humid areas of Benin shown best performance under optimal climatic and anthropogenic disturbance conditions [420].…”

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The Future of Food: Domestication and Commercialization of Indigenous Food Crops in Africa over the Third Decade (2012–2021)

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This paper follows the transition from ethnobotany to a deeper scientific understanding of the food and medicinal properties of African agroforestry tree products as inputs into the start of domestication activities. It progresses on to the integration of these indigenous trees as new crops within diversified farming systems for multiple social, economic and environmental benefits. From its advent in the 1990s, the domestication of indigenous food and non-food tree species has become a global programme with a strong African focus. This review of progress in the third decade is restricted to progress in Africa, where multi-disciplinary research on over 59 species has been reported in 759 research papers in 318 science publications by scientists from over 833 research teams in 70 countries around the world (532 in Africa). The review spans 23 research topics presenting the recent research literature for tree species of high priority across the continent, as well as that in each of the four main ecological regions: the humid zone of West and Central Africa; the Sahel and North Africa; the East African highlands and drylands; and the woody savannas of Southern Africa. The main areas of growth have been the nutritional/medicinal value of non-timber forest products; the evaluation of the state of natural resources and their importance to local people; and the characterization of useful traits. However, the testing of putative cultivars; the implementation of participatory principles; the protection of traditional knowledge and intellectual property rights; and the selection of elite trees and ideotypes remain under-researched. To the probable detriment of the upscaling and impact in tropical agriculture, there has been, at the international level, a move away from decentralized, community-based tree domestication towards a laboratory-based, centralized approach. However, the rapid uptake of research by university departments and national agricultural research centres in Africa indicates a recognition of the importance of the indigenous crops for both the livelihoods of rural communities and the revitalization and enhanced outputs from agriculture in Africa, especially in West Africa. Thus, on a continental scale, there has been an uptake of research with policy relevance for the integration of indigenous trees in agroecosystems and their importance for the attainment of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. To progress this in the fourth decade, there will need to be a dedicated Centre in Africa to test and develop cultivars of indigenous crops. Finally, this review underpins a holistic approach to mitigating climate change, as well as other big global issues such as hunger, poverty and loss of wildlife habitat by reaping the benefits, or ‘profits’, from investment in the five forms of Capital, described as ‘land maxing’. However, policy and decision makers are not yet recognizing the potential for holistic and transformational adoption of these new indigenous food crop opportunities for African agriculture. Is ‘political will’ the missing sixth capital for sustainable development?

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Potential for domestication of Borassus aethiopum Mart., a wild multipurpose palm species in Sub-Saharan Africa

Cited by 5 publications

References 31 publications

Influence of morphological characteristics of fruits and provenances on seedling emergence and early growth in Detarium microcarpum Guill. & Perr. and Detarium senegalense J.F. Gmel. (Fabaceae) in Benin

Influence of morphological characteristics of fruits and provenances on seedling emergence and early growth in Detarium microcarpum Guill. & Perr. and Detarium senegalense J.F. Gmel. (Fabaceae) in Benin

Phenotypic Diversity of Doum Palm (Hyphaene compressa), a Semi‐Domesticated Palm in the Arid and Semi‐Arid Regions of Kenya

The Future of Food: Domestication and Commercialization of Indigenous Food Crops in Africa over the Third Decade (2012–2021)

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