Genetic Diversity, Domestication and Conservation Implications of Fruit Morphometric data Analyses for Dacryodes edulis in Southern Nigeria

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dc.creatorOmonhinmin, Conrad A., Idu, M.
dc.date2012
dc.date.accessioned2025-03-28T17:43:15Z
dc.descriptionDacryodes edulis - African Pear is of socio-economic importance in the Southern region of Nigeria where it is a major auxiliary revenue source for farmers. Cluster and Principal Component analyses of the fruit data showed three distinct groupings: small-sized fruit, large-sized fruit and an intermediary group of mixed fruit types. These reflect the cadre of genetic diversity inherent in the taxon and constitute a possible veritable tool for its improvement. Notwithstanding, the diversity, the prevailing spread pattern of the taxon across the region threatens to erode a section of the species genetic richness; the small-sized fruit types - var. parvicarpa, as well as undermine the genetic integrity of large-sized fruit - var. edulis population. The trend is driven by a vendor/farmer preference for the large-sized fruit type across the region, and except there is delibrate In situ and Ex situ conservation efforts, these intraspecific diversities of the species may be lost altogether.
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dc.identifierhttp://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/6537/
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/handle/123456789/35815
dc.languageen
dc.publisherJournal of Plant Development Sciences, Meerut
dc.subjectQK Botany
dc.titleGenetic Diversity, Domestication and Conservation Implications of Fruit Morphometric data Analyses for Dacryodes edulis in Southern Nigeria
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