Maintaining Genetic Resources of Peach Palm (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Bactris gasipaes</Emphasis> Kunth): The Role of Seed Migration and Swidden-fallow Management in Northeastern Peru |
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Authors: | David M Cole Timothy L White P K R Nair |
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Institution: | (1) School of Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, 32611, USA |
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Abstract: | Knowledge of the effects of farmer practices on population genetic parameters of peach palm (Bactris gasipaes Kunth) is relevant to the improvement and conservation of the palm’s genetic resources. Microsatellite markers were used
to assess genetic diversity and population structure of peach palm in swidden-fallow agroforestry systems in northeastern
Peru. The study covered eight communities, comprising two study areas 160 km apart – one occupied by indigenous Amerindians
and the other by mixed race campesinos. Simultaneous analysis of an ex situ peach palm germplasm collection provided a means to compare population genetic parameters. Farmers who were surveyed on seed
selection practices for peach palm reported that an average of only four palms (4.3 for campesino and 1.5 for indigenous populations)
were used to provide seed for the establishment of the forest gardens sampled. As expected, inbreeding coefficients observed
within communities were relatively high (f = 0.105 − 0.210), however, observed heterozygosities within communities were also high (0.625–0.741). A metapopulation approach
was used to describe migration within and among regions, implying a hierarchical structure of gene flow which maintains relatively
high levels of genetic diversity. Seed migration was found to occur over longer distances (≤600 km) and at a higher frequency
(46% of palms sampled) in the indigenous study area, and a proportionally greater number of alleles was found (49 vs. 43 over
three loci) with twice as many private alleles occurring only in the indigenous populations. The farmers’ practice of preserving
remnant palms through successive swidden generations may have contributed to the maintenance of alleles by reducing the severity
of founder effects. Although the campesino study area exhibited a significant (20% of the variation; p < 0.01) isolation-by-distance relationship across 35 km distance, in general, both study populations had relatively limited
genetic structure (θ = 0.012–0.03), which is believed to have resulted from the exchange of seeds over long distances and
periods of time. |
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Keywords: | Agroforestry systems Bactris gasipaes Inbreeding Landrace Metapopulation Microsatellite |
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