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Jonathan Mkumbira Linley Chiwona-Karltun Ulf Lagercrantz Nzola Meso Mahungu John Saka Albert Mhone Mpoko Bokanga Leon Brimer Urban Gullberg Hans Rosling 《Euphytica》2003,132(1):7-22
Cassava roots, a major food in Africa, contain cyanogenic glucosides that may cause toxic effects. Malawian women farmers
considered fields of seemingly similar cassava plants to be mixes of both ‘cool’ and ‘bitter’ cultivars. They regard roots
from ‘cool’ cultivars as non-toxic. Roots of ‘bitter’ were considered to require extensive traditional processing done by
women to be safe for consumption. But curiously, these women farmers preferred ‘bitter’ cultivars since toxicity confers protection
against theft, which was a serious threat to the food security of their families. We studied how well these farmers comprehend
the effects of genetic variations in cassava when dealing with cyanogenesis in this complex system. Using molecular markers
we show that most plants farmers identified as belonging to a particular named cultivar had a genotype typical of that cultivar.
Farmers' ethno-classification into ‘cool’ and ‘bitter’ cultivars corresponded to a genetic sub-division of the typical genotypes
of the most common cultivars, with four-fold higher cyanogenic glucoside levels in the bitter cultivars. Examining morphology,
farmers distinguished genotypes better than did the investigators when using a standard botanical key. Undoubtedly, these
women farmers grasp sufficiently the genetic diversity of cassava with regard to cyanogenesis to simultaneously benefit from
it and avoid its dangers. Consequently, acyanogenic cassava – the breeding of which is an announced good of some cassava genetic
improvement programmes – is not a priority to these farmers. Advances in molecular genetics can help improve food supply in
Africa by rapid micropropagation, marker assisted breeding and introduction of transgenic varieties, but can also help to
elucidate tropical small-scale farmers' needs and skills.
This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. 相似文献
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