Status of vegetative propagation of  baobab:  A review

Agbohessou, M.; Salako, K.V.; Idohou, R.; Gbèdomon, Rodrigue Castro; Hounkpèvi, Achille; Chadaré, Flora Josiane; Kakaï, R. Glèlè; Assogbadjo, Achille Ephrem

doi:10.4314/acsj.v28i1.16s

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“…Jensen et al (2011), reported anthesis in baobab to be between eight and twenty-three (8-23) years when planted by seed or three to five (3-5) years when grafted. However, in recent publication, Agbohessou et al 2020 stated that result of grafted baobab to fruiting has not yet been documented. There are two similar but different issues here.…”

Section: Observations and Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Vegetative propagation methods thus need to be explored to reduce the maturity period of the plant to attract farmers to cultivate it. Vegetative propagation also results in producing true to type plants and will be particularly important in baobab to help manage wide diversity that could result from seed propagation (Agbohessou et al , 2020). The vegetative methods ever reported in baobab include grafting, cutting and in vitro propagation (Agbohessou et al , 2020).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Prospects of raising baobab (Adansonia digitata L.) to fruiting in two years

Egbadzor

Akuaku

2021

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Baobab is a very important plant with several uses, serving as food security crop and has the potential to raise income of farmers. However, the plant is undomesticated. We have the objective of domesticating the plant and promote its cultivation and utilization. Seeds were treated with sulphuric acid for early germination and grafted with matured scions suspected to be fruiting for several years. Twenty-two of the seedlings were transplanted on the field at Ho Technical University campus. Unfortunately, only four survived bushfire and destruction by stray animals. Surprisingly, one of the four surviving trees anthesis within twenty-eight months after seed treatment (twenty months after transplanting). This is the earliest ever reported anthesis of baobab. With better agronomic practices such as supplementary irrigation, insect pest control, manuring and protection from stray animals, baobab could start fruiting within two years of planting. This would alleviate fear of long maturity period and motivate farmers to go into baobab plantation. This would help diversify agriculture in many African countries, increase income and food security and contribute towards the attainment of the sustainable development goals of the United Nations.

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Section: Observations and Discussionmentioning

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Prospects of raising baobab (Adansonia digitata L.) to fruiting in two years

Egbadzor

Akuaku

2021

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“…To take advantage of the high intraspecific phenotypic and genetic variation within and between populations, vegetative propagation techniques have many advantages. One study reviewing the literature on the use of vegetative propagation in baobab reported only 30% rooting success with IBA hormone [76] and recommended the need for further studies, especially for the rooting of cuttings and marcotting. Anjarwalla et al [77] and Jenya et al [40], however, reviewed 'top cleft' and 'side veneer' grafting techniques in Kenya and Malawi.…”

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“…Vegetative propagation is used to capture elite phenotypes as putative cultivars and has been evaluated in a number of important tree species in the region, including Prosopis africana [433], Argania spinosa [435,436], B. aegyptiaca [437,438], A. digitata [76] and V. paradoxa [136]. For instance, in Niger, Prosopis africana has been found to be amenable to air layering with no significant differences between the diameter classes and between the positions, although the success rate was low (28% after 4 months) [439].…”

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

Leakey¹,

Avana

Awazi

et al. 2022

Sustainability

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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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“…e above-mentioned strategies require good quality seeds, which are propagated from trees either generatively or vegetatively. Vegetative propagation has the advantage of producing plants with traits similar to the mother plant [19,20]. e selection of mother plants as a source of plant material in vegetative propagation is pivotal in the success of S. benzoin cultivation.…”

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Cinnamic Acid in Frankincense Sap as a Criterion for Determining the Best Mother Plant for Vegetative Propagation of Styrax benzoin (Sumatra Benzoin) in Sumatra, Indonesia

Nurwahyuni

Nababan

Pangoloi

et al. 2022

International Journal of Forestry Research

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Cinnamic acid, contained in frankincense sap produced by Styrax benzoin (Sumatra benzoin tree), is an important compound that is used for various purposes, such as preservatives, fragrances, cosmetics, and pharmaceutical products. The production of frankincense sap as a forest product can be increased through the inclusion of S. benzoin seeds, which are propagated from the best mother plants. This study aims to use the content of cinnamic acid contained in the sap of S. benzoin as a criterion for determining the best mother plant for propagation of seeds. The research was conducted using healthy plants, taking sap samples, identifying and confirmation of cinnamic acid levels, and determining the best mother tree based on the content of cinnamic acid. The results of this study have identified six individual S. benzoin trees of very good quality based on their phenotypic advantages and the quantity of sap production. Isolation and identification of cinnamic acid from frankincense samples showed that the composition of cinnamic acid was high (12 to 21%). Three good quality S. benzoin trees, with high cinnamic acid composition, were SBN-7 (21%), SBN-3 (18%), and SBN-10 (17%). The SBN-7 tree was then chosen as the best S. benzoin, producing 2.70 kg year−1 sap, containing cc. 21% cinnamic acid. A selected mother plant will be used as a source of plant material for vegetative propagation to produce good quality seeds similar to the properties of the parent plant forforest conservation and to increase the production of nontimber forest raw materials for medicine and other purposes. The finding of this study is the first to use the composition of cinnamic acid as a criterion for determining the best mother plant. The composition of cinnamic acid in the sap is an important parameter in determining the superiority of S. benzoin plants.

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Status of vegetative propagation of baobab: A review

Cited by 7 publications

References 18 publications

Prospects of raising baobab (Adansonia digitata L.) to fruiting in two years

Prospects of raising baobab (Adansonia digitata L.) to fruiting in two years

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

Cinnamic Acid in Frankincense Sap as a Criterion for Determining the Best Mother Plant for Vegetative Propagation of Styrax benzoin (Sumatra Benzoin) in Sumatra, Indonesia

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