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Ancient wild olives in Mediterranean forests

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  • Roselyne Lumaret

    (Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionelle et Evolutive, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Noureddine Ouazzani

    (Ecole Nationale d'Agriculture)

Abstract

Early domestication and extensive cultivation1 have meant that staple Mediterranean fruit crops such as olives, grapes and dates exist in wild-looking forms that are secondary derivatives produced by sexual reproduction among cultivated plants (cultivars), which were initially propagated vegetatively2. By using genetic markers associated with characters that render plants unsuitable for domestication, we show here that genuinely wild olive trees, which cannot be distinguished morphologically from feral forms, still survive in a few Mediterranean forests. These wild stocks are genetically distinct and more variable than either the crop strains or their derived feral forms, a finding that has important implications for the conservation of these ancient lineages.

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  • Roselyne Lumaret & Noureddine Ouazzani, 2001. "Ancient wild olives in Mediterranean forests," Nature, Nature, vol. 413(6857), pages 700-700, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:413:y:2001:i:6857:d:10.1038_35099680
    DOI: 10.1038/35099680
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    1. Jalal Kassout & Jean-Frederic Terral & John G Hodgson & Mohammed Ater, 2019. "Trait-based plant ecology a flawed tool in climate studies? The leaf traits of wild olive that pattern with climate are not those routinely measured," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 14(7), pages 1-25, July.

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