Use of AFLPS to distinguish landraces of pejibaye (Bactris gasipaes) in brazilian Amazonia Uso de AFLPS para discriminar raças primitivas de pupunha (Bactris gasipaes) na Amazônia brasileira

Although the first inhabitants of western Amazonia domesticated pejibaye (Bactris gasipaes Kunth, Palmae) or peach palm for its fruits, today it is widely planted for its heart-of-palm. Like other domesticates, pejibaye presents a complex hierarchy of landraces developed before the conquest of the A...

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Main Authors: Charles R. Clement, Nelcimar Reis Sousa, Doriane Picanço Rodrigues, Spártaco Astolfi-Filho, Yolanda Núñez Moreno, Vicente Torres Pascual, Francisco Javier Gallego Rodríguez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2002-12-01
Series:Scientia Agricola
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-90162002000400019