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Domestication Syndrome in Dacryodes edulis (Burseraceae): Comparison of Morphological and Biochemical Traits between Wild and Cultivated Populations

Franca Marcelle Meguem Mboujda,
Marie-Louise Avana-Tientcheu,
Stéphane Takoudjou Momo,
Alix Mboukap Ntongme,
Virginie Vaissayre,
Laura N. Azandi,
Stéphane Dussert,
Hilaire Womeni,
Jean-Michel Onana and
Jérôme Duminil
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Plants2022, 11(19), 2496;https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11192496

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23 September 2022

For millennia, people have harvested fruits from the wild for their alimentation. Gradually, they have started selecting wild individuals presenting traits of interest, protecting and cultivating them. This was the starting point of their domesticati...

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5 Citations

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Assessing the Seasonal Water Requirement of Fully Mature Japanese Plum Orchards: A Systematic Review

Munashe Mashabatu,
Nonofo Motsei,
Nebojša Jovanović,
Timothy Dube,
Ubaidullah Mathews and
Yolanda Nqumkana

Appl. Sci.2024, 14(10), 4097;https://doi.org/10.3390/app14104097

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11 May 2024

Japanese plums have relatively high water requirements, which depend on supplementing rainfall volumes with accurately quantified irrigation water. There is a lack of knowledge on the seasonal water requirements of plum orchards. This gap in the lite...

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Deficit Irrigation to Enhance Fruit Quality of the ‘African Rose’ Plum under the Egyptian Semi-Arid Conditions

Islam F. Hassan,
Maybelle S. Gaballah,
Hanan M. El-Hoseiny,
Mohamed E. El-Sharnouby and
Shamel M. Alam-Eldein

Agronomy2021, 11(7), 1405;https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy11071405

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13 July 2021

Evolved in South Africa and released to market in 2009, the ‘African Rose’ plum has been introduced and grown under the Egyptian semi-arid conditions since 2010. Within that time, this cultivar has faced significant fruit quality issues, mainly poor...

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