Journal
MOLECULAR ECOLOGY
Volume 14, Issue 2, Pages 497-501Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2005.02431.x
Keywords
agroforestry; bottlenecks; Inga edulis; Peru; SSR
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Agroforestry ecosystems may be an important resource for conservation and sustainable use of tropical trees, but little is known of the genetic diversity they contain. Inga edulis, a widespread indigenous fruit tree in South America, is used as a model to assess the maintenance of genetic diversity in five planted vs. five natural stands in the Peruvian Amazon. Analysis of five SSR (simple sequence repeat) loci indicated lower allelic variation in planted stands [mean corrected allelic richness 31.3 (planted) and 39.3 (natural), P = 0.009].. Concerns regarding genetic erosion in planted Amazonian tree stands appear valid, although allelic variation on-farm is still relatively high.
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