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Bouby L, Bonhomme V, Ivorra S, Bacilieri R, Ben Makhad S, Bonnaire E, Cabanis M, Derreumaux M, Dietsch-Sellami MF, Durand F, Evin A, Figueiral I, Flottes L, Hallavant C, Jedrusiak F, Lacombe T, Marinval P, Martin L, Matterne V, Pagnoux C, Pastor T, Pinaud R, Pradat B, Preiss S, Ros J, Rovira N, Ruas MP, Schaal C, Tillier M, Toulemonde F, Wiethold J, Terral JF. Seed morphometrics unravels the evolutionary history of grapevine in France. Sci Rep 2024; 14:22207. [PMID: 39333563 PMCID: PMC11437209 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-72692-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2024] [Accepted: 09/10/2024] [Indexed: 09/29/2024] Open
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The cultivation of grapevines has spanned millennia, leading to thousands of varieties through exchanges, mutations, and crosses between genotypes, as well probably as gene flow from wild populations. These varieties are typically categorized by regional origin and primary use, either for wine production or fruit consumption. France, within the Western European group, hosts many of the world's renowned wine grape varieties. However, the historical development of cultivated grapevines in France and in the world remains poorly understood. This study applies morphometry on 19,377 charred and waterlogged archaeological grape pips to investigate the evolutionary history of grapevine in France over the last 10,000 years. The study compares seed outlines and lengths, corrected for taphonomic distortions, with a reference collection of 80 wild and 466 modern domestic grapevine accessions. Findings reveal a shift from wild grapevine exploitation to the expansion of domestic varieties around 600-500 BCE, coinciding with Mediterranean cultural influences and the introduction of eastern grape types. The identification of the East-Table group, a group of varieties of eastern origin for fruit consumption, indicates that grapes were also grown for food, especially in Mediterranean regions and near urban areas, alongside wine production. Early French viticulture featured a notable presence of Western European wine-type grapevines. The abundance of pips with wild-like morphology suggests early cultivation involved plants at an initial domestication stage and gene flow between introduced and wild grapevines. As viticulture spread northward, wild and Eastern morphotypes declined, leading to the dominance of Western European wine types in inner France during the Middle Ages.
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- L Bouby
- ISEM, University of Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, EPHE, Montpellier, France.
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- ISEM, University of Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, EPHE, Montpellier, France
- Athéna, Roquedur, France
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- ISEM, University of Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, EPHE, Montpellier, France
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- AGAP Institut, University of Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro, UMT Géno-Vigne, Montpellier, France
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- AASPE, UMR 7209, CNRS-MNHN, Paris, France
- Archéologie Alsace, Sélestat, France
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- Inrap, Institut national de recherches archéologiques préventives, cellule économie végétale et environnement, Paris, France
- GEOLAB, Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, Inrap, 63000, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- AASPE, UMR 7209, CNRS-MNHN, Paris, France
- CRAVO, Compiègne, France
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- Inrap, Institut national de recherches archéologiques préventives, cellule économie végétale et environnement, Paris, France
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- Inrap, Institut national de recherches archéologiques préventives, cellule économie végétale et environnement, Paris, France
- TRACES, UMR 5608, CNRS-Université Toulouse Jean Jaurès-EHESS, Toulouse, France
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- ISEM, University of Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, EPHE, Montpellier, France
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- ISEM, University of Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, EPHE, Montpellier, France
- Inrap, Institut national de recherches archéologiques préventives, cellule économie végétale et environnement, Paris, France
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- ARSCAN, UMR 7041, CNRS, Université Paris I, Université Paris Nanterre, Ministère Culture, Nanterre, France
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- AGAP Institut, University of Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro, UMT Géno-Vigne, Montpellier, France
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- ASM, University Paul Valéry-Montpellier 3, CNRS, MCC, Inrap, Montpellier, France
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- Laboratoire d'archéologie préhistorique et anthropologie, Université de Genève, Genève, Switzerland
- EDYTEM, UMR 5204, CNRS, Le Bourget-du Lac, France
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- AASPE, UMR 7209, CNRS-MNHN, Paris, France
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- AASPE, UMR 7209, CNRS-MNHN, Paris, France
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- ISEM, University of Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, EPHE, Montpellier, France
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- ASM, University Paul Valéry-Montpellier 3, CNRS, MCC, Inrap, Montpellier, France
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- AASPE, UMR 7209, CNRS-MNHN, Paris, France
- Inrap, Institut national de recherches archéologiques préventives, cellule économie végétale et environnement, Paris, France
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- Institut Royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Bruxelles, Belgium
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- ISEM, University of Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, EPHE, Montpellier, France
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- ASM, University Paul Valéry-Montpellier 3, CNRS, MCC, Inrap, Montpellier, France
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- AASPE, UMR 7209, CNRS-MNHN, Paris, France
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- Inrap, Institut national de recherches archéologiques préventives, cellule économie végétale et environnement, Paris, France
- Chrono-Environnement, UMR 6249, CNRS, Université Franche-Comté, Besançon, France
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- ASM, University Paul Valéry-Montpellier 3, CNRS, MCC, Inrap, Montpellier, France
- Ipso Facto, Arles, France
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- Inrap, Institut national de recherches archéologiques préventives, cellule économie végétale et environnement, Paris, France
- ArTeHis, UMR 6298, CNRS, Université Bourgogne, Ministère Culture, Dijon, France
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- ISEM, University of Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, EPHE, Montpellier, France
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Ayala FM, Hernández-Sánchez IE, Chodasiewicz M, Wulff BBH, Svačina R. Engineering a One Health Super Wheat. ANNUAL REVIEW OF PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2024; 62:193-215. [PMID: 38857542 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-phyto-121423-042128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2024]
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Wheat is the predominant crop worldwide, contributing approximately 20% of protein and calories to the human diet. However, the yield potential of wheat faces limitations due to pests, diseases, and abiotic stresses. Although conventional breeding has improved desirable traits, the use of modern transgenesis technologies has been limited in wheat in comparison to other crops such as maize and soybean. Recent advances in wheat gene cloning and transformation technology now enable the development of a super wheat consistent with the One Health goals of sustainability, food security, and environmental stewardship. This variety combines traits to enhance pest and disease resistance, elevate grain nutritional value, and improve resilience to climate change. In this review, we explore ways to leverage current technologies to combine and transform useful traits into wheat. We also address the requirements of breeders and legal considerations such as patents and regulatory issues.
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- Francisco M Ayala
- Bioceres Crop Solutions, Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina
- Plant Science Program, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division (BESE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia; ,
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- Plant Science Program, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division (BESE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia; ,
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- Plant Science Program, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division (BESE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia; ,
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- Plant Science Program, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division (BESE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia; ,
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- Plant Science Program, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division (BESE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia; ,
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Li Y, Zhou X, Zhao K, Liu J, Chen G, Zhang Y, Ma J, Sun N, Li X. Cultivation and morphology of jujube (Ziziphus Jujuba Mill.) in the Qi River Basin of Northern China during the Neolithic Period. Sci Rep 2024; 14:2305. [PMID: 38280899 PMCID: PMC10821880 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-52260-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2023] [Accepted: 01/16/2024] [Indexed: 01/29/2024] Open
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This transition from gathering to cultivation is a significant aspect of studying early agricultural practices. Fruit trees are an essential component of food resources and have played a vital role in both ancient and modern agricultural production systems. The jujube (Ziziphus jujuba Mill.), with its long history of cultivation in northern China, holds great importance in uncovering the diet of prehistoric humans and understanding the origins of Chinese agricultural civilization. This paper focuses on the domestication of jujube by analyzing the morphology of jujube stones found in three Neolithic sites in northern China's Qi River basin, Zhujia, Wangzhuang, and Dalaidian. The measurements of these jujube kernels are compared with those found in other areas of northern China, as well as modern jujube kernels that were collected. The measurements revealed that the length-to-diameter (L/D) ratio of sour jujube kernels ranged from 1.36 to 1.78, whereas the L/D ratio of cultivated jujube stones varied between 1.96 and 4.23. Furthermore, jujube stones obtained from Zhujia and Wangzhuang sites exhibit pointed ends and possess an elongated oval or narrow oval shape overall, which is indicative of clearly artificial domestication traits. Therefore, this study suggests that jujube was selected and cultivated as an important food supplement in the Qi River basin no later than around 6200 BP.
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- Yanpeng Li
- School of Earth Science and Resources, Chang'an University, Xi'an, 710054, China
- Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origin of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100044, China
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- Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origin of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100044, China.
- CAS Center for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment, Beijing, 100044, China.
- University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origin of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100044, China
- CAS Center for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment, Beijing, 100044, China
- University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origin of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100044, China
- CAS Center for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment, Beijing, 100044, China
- University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origin of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100044, China
- CAS Center for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment, Beijing, 100044, China
- University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origin of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100044, China
- CAS Center for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment, Beijing, 100044, China
- University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origin of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100044, China
- CAS Center for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment, Beijing, 100044, China
- University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- School of Earth Science and Resources, Chang'an University, Xi'an, 710054, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origin of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100044, China
- CAS Center for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment, Beijing, 100044, China
- University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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Lucas KRG, Caldarelli CE, Ventura MU. Agriculture and biodiversity damage: A prospective evaluation of the impact of Brazilian agriculture on its ecoregions through life cycle assessment methodology. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 899:165762. [PMID: 37495148 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165762] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2023] [Revised: 07/04/2023] [Accepted: 07/22/2023] [Indexed: 07/28/2023]
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The natural ecosystems' replacement by farmland and the consequent biodiversity damage (BD) for agriculture are one of the principal concerns worldwide. The development of the life cycle assessment (LCA) methodology involves enormous efforts to include BD parameters and develop a prospective LCA approach for future evaluations of production and technologies use. Thus, this work aims to determine the current impacts and estimate the future impacts in terms of damage to biodiversity caused by land occupation by agricultural commodities produced in Brazil, such as coffee, corn, oranges, and sugar cane, for the six ecoregions present in the country-Amazon, Atlantic Forest, Caatinga, Cerrado, Pampas, and Pantanal-in the 20-year period from 2015 to 2035. For this and to search for hotpots, we applied the indicators proposed by Chaudhary and Books (2018), for inventories whose functional unit is production per m2 of 1 kg of crop. Although the Cerrado is one of the ecoregions in which deforestation has advanced the most, it has the area/production ratio that has evolved the most. In contrast, Pampas and Caatinga, which are not seen as agricultural frontiers, increased their impacts. The most optimistic scenarios for the future have been those in regions considered agricultural frontiers; however, these are the regions where agriculture is more technologically developed, for example, coffee production in the Atlantic Forest and in the Cerrado. The results indicate that the technological development of agriculture can contribute to mitigating the impacts of damage to biodiversity in the future, and that the implementation of legislative and inspection measures is fundamental to supporting the correct use of the soil and preventing illegal soil change. Otherwise, in the future, we will see the increasing disappearance of species. Thus, we need researchers, farmers, and policy makers to move from development to conservation.
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- Kássio R G Lucas
- Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
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- Department of Economy, Center of Applied Social Studies, State University of Londrina, Rodovia Celso Garcia Cid, PR 445 Km 380, Campus Universitário, Cx. Postal 10.011, CEP 86.057-970 Londrina, PR, Brazil
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- Department of Agronomy, Center of Agrarian Sciences, State University of Londrina, Rodovia Celso Garcia Cid, PR 445 Km 380, Campus Universitário, Cx. Postal 10.011, CEP 86.057-970, Londrina, PR, Brazil
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Breglia F, Bouby L, Wales N, Ivorra S, Fiorentino G. Disentangling the origins of viticulture in the western Mediterranean. Sci Rep 2023; 13:17284. [PMID: 37828091 PMCID: PMC10570292 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-44445-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2023] [Accepted: 10/08/2023] [Indexed: 10/14/2023] Open
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We present direct evidence of early grape domestication in southern Italy via a multidisciplinary study of pip assemblage from one site, shedding new light on the spread of viticulture in the western Mediterranean during the Bronze Age. This consist of 55 waterlogged pips from Grotta di Pertosa, a Middle Bronze Age settlement in the south of the Italian peninsula. Direct radiocarbon dating of pips was carried out, confirming the chronological consistency of the samples with their archaeological contexts (ca. 1450-1200 BCE). The extraordinary state of conservation of the sample allowed to perform geometric morphometric (GMM) and paleogenetic analyses (aDNA) at the same time. The combination of the two methods has irrefutably shown the presence of domestic grapevines, together with wild ones, in Southern Italy during the Middle/Late Bronze Age. The results converge towards an oriental origin of the domestic grapes, most likely arriving from the Aegean area through the Mycenaeans. A parent/offspring kinship was also recognised between a domestic/wild hybrid individual and a domestic clonal group. This data point out a little known aspect of the diffusion of the first viticulture in Italy, and therefore in the western Mediterranean, which involved the hybridization between imported domestic varieties with, likely local, wild vines.
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- Francesco Breglia
- Department of Geosciences, University of Padua, 35131, Padua, Italy.
- Laboratory of Archaeobotany and Palaeoecology, Cultural Heritage Department, University of Salento, 73100, Lecce, Italy.
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- Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution, University of Montpellier, 34095, Montpellier, France
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- Department of Archaeology, University of York, York, YO1 7EP, UK
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- Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution, University of Montpellier, 34095, Montpellier, France
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- Laboratory of Archaeobotany and Palaeoecology, Cultural Heritage Department, University of Salento, 73100, Lecce, Italy
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Mir-Makhamad B, Stark S, Mirzaakhmedov S, Rahmonov H, Spengler RN. Food globalization in southern Central Asia: archaeobotany at Bukhara between antiquity and the Middle Ages. ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL SCIENCES 2023; 15:124. [PMID: 37484657 PMCID: PMC10361866 DOI: 10.1007/s12520-023-01827-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2023] [Accepted: 07/12/2023] [Indexed: 07/25/2023]
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The Silk Road is a modern name for a globalization phenomenon that marked an extensive network of communication and exchange in the ancient world; by the turn of the second millennium AD, commercial trade linked Asia and supported the development of a string of large urban centers across Central Asia. One of the main arteries of the medieval trade routes followed the middle and lower Zarafshan River and was connected by mercantile cities, such as Samarkand and Bukhara. Bukhara developed into a flourishing urban center between the fourth and sixth centuries AD, served as the capital of the Samanid court between AD 893 and 999, and remained prosperous into the Qarakhanid period (AD 999-1220), until the Mongol invasion in AD 1220. We present the first archaeobotanical study from this ancient center of education, craft production, artistic development, and commerce. Radiocarbon dates and an archaeological chronology that has been developed for the site show that our samples cover a range between the third and eleventh centuries AD. These samples from Bukhara represent the richest systematically collected archaeobotanical assemblage thus far recovered in Central Asia. The assemblage includes spices and both annual and perennial crops, which allowed Sogdians and Samanids to feed large cities in river oases surrounded by desert and arid steppe and supported a far-reaching commercial market in the first millennium AD. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12520-023-01827-z.
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- Basira Mir-Makhamad
- Department of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology, Jena, Germany
- Domestication and Anthropogenic Evolution Research Group, Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology, Jena, Germany
- Ancient Oriental Studies Department, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany
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- Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University, New York, NY USA
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- Samarkand Institute of Archaeology, Agency of Cultural Heritage of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Samarkand, Uzbekistan
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- Samarkand Institute of Archaeology, Agency of Cultural Heritage of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Samarkand, Uzbekistan
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- Department of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology, Jena, Germany
- Domestication and Anthropogenic Evolution Research Group, Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology, Jena, Germany
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Plant life defines the environments to which animals adapt and provides the basis of food webs. This was equally true for hunter-gatherer economies of ancestral humans, yet through the domestication of plants and the creation of agricultural ecologies based around them, human societies transformed vegetation and transported plant taxa into new geographical regions. These human-plant interactions ultimately co-evolved, increasing human population densities, technologies of farming, and the diversification of landraces and crop complexes. Research in archaeology on preserved plant remains (archaeobotany) and on the genomes of crops, including ancient genomes, has transformed our scientific understanding of the complex relationships between humans and plants that are entailed by domestication. Key realizations of recent research include the recognition that: the co-evolution of domesticates and cultures was protracted, the adaptations of plant populations were unintended results of human economies rather than intentional breeding, domestication took place in dozens of world regions involving different crops and cultures, and convergent evolution can be recognized among cropping types - such as among seed crops, tuber crops, and fruit trees. Seven general domestication pathways can be defined for plants. Lessons for the present-day include: the importance of diversity in the past; genetic diversity within species has the potential to erode over time, but also to be rescued through processes of integration; similarly, diversification within agricultural ecosystems has undergone processes of decline, including marginalised, lost and 'forgotten' crops, as well as processes of renewal resulting from trade and human mobility that brought varied crops and varieties together.
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- Dorian Q Fuller
- Institute of Archaeology, University College London (UCL), London, UK; School of Cultural Heritage, Northwest University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.
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- School of Archaeology and Anthropology, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
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Dong Y, Duan S, Xia Q, Liang Z, Dong X, Margaryan K, Musayev M, Goryslavets S, Zdunić G, Bert PF, Lacombe T, Maul E, Nick P, Bitskinashvili K, Bisztray GD, Drori E, De Lorenzis G, Cunha J, Popescu CF, Arroyo-Garcia R, Arnold C, Ergül A, Zhu Y, Ma C, Wang S, Liu S, Tang L, Wang C, Li D, Pan Y, Li J, Yang L, Li X, Xiang G, Yang Z, Chen B, Dai Z, Wang Y, Arakelyan A, Kuliyev V, Spotar G, Girollet N, Delrot S, Ollat N, This P, Marchal C, Sarah G, Laucou V, Bacilieri R, Röckel F, Guan P, Jung A, Riemann M, Ujmajuridze L, Zakalashvili T, Maghradze D, Höhn M, Jahnke G, Kiss E, Deák T, Rahimi O, Hübner S, Grassi F, Mercati F, Sunseri F, Eiras-Dias J, Dumitru AM, Carrasco D, Rodriguez-Izquierdo A, Muñoz G, Uysal T, Özer C, Kazan K, Xu M, Wang Y, Zhu S, Lu J, Zhao M, Wang L, Jiu S, Zhang Y, Sun L, Yang H, Weiss E, Wang S, Zhu Y, Li S, Sheng J, Chen W. Dual domestications and origin of traits in grapevine evolution. Science 2023; 379:892-901. [PMID: 36862793 DOI: 10.1126/science.add8655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 48.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/04/2023]
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We elucidate grapevine evolution and domestication histories with 3525 cultivated and wild accessions worldwide. In the Pleistocene, harsh climate drove the separation of wild grape ecotypes caused by continuous habitat fragmentation. Then, domestication occurred concurrently about 11,000 years ago in Western Asia and the Caucasus to yield table and wine grapevines. The Western Asia domesticates dispersed into Europe with early farmers, introgressed with ancient wild western ecotypes, and subsequently diversified along human migration trails into muscat and unique western wine grape ancestries by the late Neolithic. Analyses of domestication traits also reveal new insights into selection for berry palatability, hermaphroditism, muscat flavor, and berry skin color. These data demonstrate the role of the grapevines in the early inception of agriculture across Eurasia.
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- Yang Dong
- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, China.,Yunnan Research Institute for Local Plateau Agriculture and Industry, Kunming 650201, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, China.,Yunnan Research Institute for Local Plateau Agriculture and Industry, Kunming 650201, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genomics, BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518083, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Grape Science and Oenology and Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, China.,Yunnan Research Institute for Local Plateau Agriculture and Industry, Kunming 650201, China
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- Institute of Molecular Biology, NAS RA, 0014 Yerevan, Armenia.,Yerevan State University, 0014 Yerevan, Armenia
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- Genetic Resources Institute, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, AZ1106 Baku, Azerbaijan
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- Institute for Adriatic Crops and Karst Reclamation, 21000 Split, Croatia
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- Bordeaux University, Bordeaux Sciences Agro, INRAE, UMR EGFV, ISVV, 33882 Villenave d'Ornon, France
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- AGAP Institut, University of Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro Montpellier, 34398 Montpellier, France
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- Julius Kühn Institute (JKI) - Federal Research Center for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Grapevine Breeding Geilweilerhof, 76833 Siebeldingen, Germany
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- Botanical Institute, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences (MATE), 1118 Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Ariel University, 40700 Ariel, Israel.,Eastern Regional R&D Center, 40700 Ariel, Israel
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- Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Milano, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, I.P./INIAV-Dois Portos, 2565-191 Torres Vedras, Portugal.,Green-it Unit, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2780-157 Oeiras, Portugal
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- National Research and Development Institute for Biotechnology in Horticulture, Stefanesti, 117715 Arges, Romania
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- Center for Plant Biotechnology and Genomics, UPM-INIA/CSIC, Pozuelo de Alarcon, 28223 Madrid, Spain
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- Biotechnology Institute, Ankara University, 06135 Ankara, Turkey
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, China
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- Department of Plant Science, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai JiaoTong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, China.,Yunnan Research Institute for Local Plateau Agriculture and Industry, Kunming 650201, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, China.,Yunnan Research Institute for Local Plateau Agriculture and Industry, Kunming 650201, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, China.,Yunnan Research Institute for Local Plateau Agriculture and Industry, Kunming 650201, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, China.,Yunnan Research Institute for Local Plateau Agriculture and Industry, Kunming 650201, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, China.,Yunnan Research Institute for Local Plateau Agriculture and Industry, Kunming 650201, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, China.,Yunnan Research Institute for Local Plateau Agriculture and Industry, Kunming 650201, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, China.,Yunnan Research Institute for Local Plateau Agriculture and Industry, Kunming 650201, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, China.,Yunnan Research Institute for Local Plateau Agriculture and Industry, Kunming 650201, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, China.,Yunnan Research Institute for Local Plateau Agriculture and Industry, Kunming 650201, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, China.,Yunnan Research Institute for Local Plateau Agriculture and Industry, Kunming 650201, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, China.,Yunnan Research Institute for Local Plateau Agriculture and Industry, Kunming 650201, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, China.,Yunnan Research Institute for Local Plateau Agriculture and Industry, Kunming 650201, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Grape Science and Oenology and Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Grape Science and Oenology and Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
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- Institute of Molecular Biology, NAS RA, 0014 Yerevan, Armenia.,Armenian Bioinformatics Institute, 0014 Yerevan, Armenia.,Biomedicine and Pharmacy, RAU, 0051 Yerevan, Armenia
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- Institute of Bioresources, Nakhchivan Branch of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, AZ7000 Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan
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- National Institute of Viticulture and Winemaking Magarach, Yalta 298600, Crimea
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- Bordeaux University, Bordeaux Sciences Agro, INRAE, UMR EGFV, ISVV, 33882 Villenave d'Ornon, France
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- Bordeaux University, Bordeaux Sciences Agro, INRAE, UMR EGFV, ISVV, 33882 Villenave d'Ornon, France
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- Bordeaux University, Bordeaux Sciences Agro, INRAE, UMR EGFV, ISVV, 33882 Villenave d'Ornon, France
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- AGAP Institut, University of Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro Montpellier, 34398 Montpellier, France
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- Vassal-Montpellier Grapevine Biological Resources Center, INRAE, 34340 Marseillan-Plage, France
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- AGAP Institut, University of Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro Montpellier, 34398 Montpellier, France
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- AGAP Institut, University of Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro Montpellier, 34398 Montpellier, France
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- AGAP Institut, University of Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro Montpellier, 34398 Montpellier, France
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- Julius Kühn Institute (JKI) - Federal Research Center for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Grapevine Breeding Geilweilerhof, 76833 Siebeldingen, Germany
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- Botanical Institute, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Historische Rebsorten-Sammlung, Rebschule (K39), 67599 Gundheim, Germany
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- Botanical Institute, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- LEPL Scientific Research Center of Agriculture, 0159 Tbilisi, Georgia
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- LEPL Scientific Research Center of Agriculture, 0159 Tbilisi, Georgia
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- Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences (MATE), 1118 Budapest, Hungary
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- Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences (MATE), 1118 Budapest, Hungary
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- Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences (MATE), 1118 Budapest, Hungary
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- Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences (MATE), 1118 Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Ariel University, 40700 Ariel, Israel
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- Galilee Research Institute (Migal), Tel-Hai Academic College, 12210 Upper Galilee, Israel
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- Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, 20126 Milano, Italy.,NBFC, National Biodiversity Future Center, 90133 Palermo, Italy
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- Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources, National Research Council, 90129 Palermo, Italy
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- Department AGRARIA, University Mediterranea of Reggio Calabria, Reggio 89122 Calabria, Italy
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- Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, I.P./INIAV-Dois Portos, 2565-191 Torres Vedras, Portugal.,Green-it Unit, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2780-157 Oeiras, Portugal
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- National Research and Development Institute for Biotechnology in Horticulture, Stefanesti, 117715 Arges, Romania
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- Center for Plant Biotechnology and Genomics, UPM-INIA/CSIC, Pozuelo de Alarcon, 28223 Madrid, Spain
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- Viticulture Research Institute, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, 59200 Tekirdağ, Turkey
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- Viticulture Research Institute, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, 59200 Tekirdağ, Turkey
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- Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- Institute of Horticulture, Ningxia Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, Yinchuan 750002, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, China
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- Center for Viticulture and Oenology, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai JiaoTong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Department of Plant Science, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai JiaoTong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Department of Plant Science, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai JiaoTong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Department of Plant Science, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai JiaoTong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Zhengzhou Fruit Research Institutes, CAAS, Zhengzhou 450009, China
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- Zhengzhou Fruit Research Institutes, CAAS, Zhengzhou 450009, China
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- The Martin (Szusz) Department of Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology, Bar-Ilan University, 5290002 Ramat-Gan, Israel
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- Department of Plant Science, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai JiaoTong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Grape Science and Oenology and Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, China.,Yunnan Research Institute for Local Plateau Agriculture and Industry, Kunming 650201, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, China.,Yunnan Research Institute for Local Plateau Agriculture and Industry, Kunming 650201, China
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Yang W, Jiang Z, Yao A, Dal Martello R, Jiang J, Xie H, Chen X. Food production and agricultural systems on the southwestern frontier of the Han Empire: archaeobotanical remains from the 2016 excavation of Hebosuo, Yunnan. ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL SCIENCES 2023; 15:71. [PMID: 37159718 PMCID: PMC10160161 DOI: 10.1007/s12520-023-01766-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2022] [Accepted: 04/07/2023] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
Abstract
Dian Basin in Yunnan province is an important center for both early agricultural production and centralized state formation. Settled agricultural villages are present in the province since at least the third millennium BC, and by the first millennium BC, the Dian Culture, a highly specialized bronze polity, flourished in the Dian Basin and surrounding area, until it was conquered by the Han in 109 BC. The increased deployment of flotation at recent archaeological excavations in Yunnan allowed the reconstruction of agricultural practices from the Neolithic to the early Bronze Age, documented at Baiyangcun, Haimenkou, and Xueshan among others. However, archaeobotanical evidence relating to the pivotal period right before and after the Han conquest have so far been lacking, with only limited written records about agricultural production in the Shiji by Sima Qian. Here we present for the first time direct archaeobotanical evidence relating to this transitional period as revealed by rich Han period deposits found during the 2016 excavation of Hebosuo, the largest Dian settlement investigated in Yunnan so far, dated by direct AMS on charred cereal grains and artefactual evidence as spanning from between 850 BC-220 AD. Following the Han conquest, the main components of the agricultural system did not undergo radical changes, but the weedy flora indicates a heavier reliance of wet-land rice systems, evidencing a higher level of water management or even irrigation practices, and the consequent intensification of the agricultural production. These findings on shifting agricultural regimes in Yunnan also contribute to current debates about the interplay between intensification, food risk, and ecology in times of political instability. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12520-023-01766-9.
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- Wei Yang
- School of History and Archives, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650118 Yunnan China
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- Yunnan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, Kunming, 650021 Yunnan China
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- Department of Anthropology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637 USA
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- Department of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology, Kahlaische Str. 10, 07745 Jena, Germany
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- Jinning Archaeological Workstation of Yunnan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, Jinning, 650605 Yunnan China
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- Jinning Archaeological Workstation of Yunnan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, Jinning, 650605 Yunnan China
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- Joint International Research Laboratory for Environmental and Social Archaeology, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100 Shandong China
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Pisias MT, Bakala HS, McAlvay AC, Mabry ME, Birchler JA, Yang B, Pires JC. Prospects of Feral Crop De Novo Redomestication. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2022; 63:1641-1653. [PMID: 35639623 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcac072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2022] [Revised: 05/13/2022] [Accepted: 05/25/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
Modern agriculture depends on a narrow variety of crop species, leaving global food and nutritional security highly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change and population expansion. Crop improvement using conventional and molecular breeding approaches leveraging plant genetic diversity using crop wild relatives (CWRs) has been one approach to address these issues. However, the rapid pace of the global change requires additional innovative solutions to adapt agriculture to meet global needs. Neodomestication-the rapid and targeted introduction of domestication traits using introgression or genome editing of CWRs-is being explored as a supplementary approach. These methods show promise; however, they have so far been limited in efficiency and applicability. We propose expanding the scope of neodomestication beyond truly wild CWRs to include feral crops as a source of genetic diversity for novel crop development, in this case 'redomestication'. Feral crops are plants that have escaped cultivation and evolved independently, typically adapting to their local environments. Thus, feral crops potentially contain valuable adaptive features while retaining some domestication traits. Due to their genetic proximity to crop species, feral crops may be easier targets for de novo domestication (i.e. neodomestication via genome editing techniques). In this review, we explore the potential of de novo redomestication as an application for novel crop development by genome editing of feral crops. This approach to efficiently exploit plant genetic diversity would access an underutilized reservoir of genetic diversity that could prove important in support of global food insecurity in the face of the climate change.
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- Michael T Pisias
- Division of Plant Sciences, Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, 1201 Rollins Street, Columbia, MO 65211, USA
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- Division of Plant Sciences, Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, 1201 Rollins Street, Columbia, MO 65211, USA
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- Institute of Economic Botany, New York Botanical Garden, 2900 Southern Boulevard, Bronx, NY 10458, USA
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- Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, 1659 Museum Road, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
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- Division of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Tucker Hall, Columbia, MO 65211, USA
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- Division of Plant Sciences, Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, 1201 Rollins Street, Columbia, MO 65211, USA
- Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, 975 N Warson Road, St. Louis, MO 63132, USA
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- Division of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Tucker Hall, Columbia, MO 65211, USA
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Morphotype broadening of the grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) from Oxus civilization 4000 BP, Central Asia. Sci Rep 2022; 12:16331. [PMID: 36175486 PMCID: PMC9522827 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-19644-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2022] [Accepted: 08/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The region of Transoxiana underwent an early agricultural-demographic transition leading to the earliest proto-urban centers in Central Asia. The agronomic details of this cultural shift are still poorly studied, especially regarding the role that long-generation perennials, such as grapes, played in the cultivation system. In this paper, we present directly dated remains of grape pips from the early urban centers of Sapalli and Djarkutan, in south Uzbekistan. We also present linear morphometric data, which illustrate a considerable range of variation under cultivation that we divide into four distinct morphotypes according to pip shape. While some of the pips in these two assemblages morphologically fall within the range of wild forms, others more closely resemble modern domesticated populations. Most of the specimens measure along a gradient between the two poles, showing a mixed combination of domesticated and wild features. We also point out that the seeds recovered from the Djarkutan temple were, on average, larger and contained more affinity towards domesticated forms than those from domestic contexts. The potential preference of morphotypes seems to suggest that there were recognized different varieties that local cultivators might aware and possibly propagating asexually.
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Liu F, Zhang H, Li H, Zhang X, Liu Q, Zhang Y, Li H, Ma M. How Human Subsistence Strategy Affected Fruit-Tree Utilization During the Late Neolithic and Bronze Age: Investigations in the Northeastern Tibetan Plateau. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:941735. [PMID: 35845664 PMCID: PMC9284277 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.941735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2022] [Accepted: 06/03/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The history of fruit-tree utilization by prehistoric people has become an important issue that has attracted increasing attention in recent years. However, the question of how people used fruit trees has not yet been answered; in particular, the impacts of different subsistence strategies on human behavior regarding fruit-tree utilization (wild gathering or conscious cultivation) have not yet been considered. Here, we present the results of charcoal identification of fruit trees from 16 dated archeological sites in the northeastern Tibetan Plateau (NETP) spanning the period c. 5,200-2,600 BP. We combine this with reported multidisciplinary evidence to explore the history of fruit-tree utilization as well as its relation to the subsistence strategy in the NETP during the late Neolithic and Bronze Age. Our results demonstrate that Rosaceae [Prunus L., Prunus Padus L., Maloideae L., and Malus baccata (L.) Borkh], Elaeagnaceae (Hippophae L. and Elaeagnus angustifolia L.), and Rhamnaceae (only Ziziphus Mill.) were used by people in the NETP, and there was a downward trend in the use of fruit trees during the late Neolithic and Bronze Age. This is in notable contrast to the situation in the Chinese Loess Plateau in the parallel period. The cold-dry climate during the Bronze Age seemed to be one of the reasons. The fruit trees used by people in the NETP were likely gathered from the wild rather than consciously cultivated, and the subsistence strategy of agropastoralism may have played a significant role during the processes.
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- Fengwen Liu
- School of Ecology and Environment Science, Institute for Ecological Research and Pollution Control of Plateau Lakes, Yunnan University, Kunming, China
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- School of Ecology and Environment Science, Institute for Ecological Research and Pollution Control of Plateau Lakes, Yunnan University, Kunming, China
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- School of History and Culture, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, China
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- School of Ecology and Environment Science, Institute for Ecological Research and Pollution Control of Plateau Lakes, Yunnan University, Kunming, China
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- School of Ecology and Environment Science, Institute for Ecological Research and Pollution Control of Plateau Lakes, Yunnan University, Kunming, China
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- School of Ecology and Environment Science, Institute for Ecological Research and Pollution Control of Plateau Lakes, Yunnan University, Kunming, China
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- School of Ecology and Environment Science, Institute for Ecological Research and Pollution Control of Plateau Lakes, Yunnan University, Kunming, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Western China’s Environmental System, College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
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Langgut D, Garfinkel Y. 7000-year-old evidence of fruit tree cultivation in the Jordan Valley, Israel. Sci Rep 2022; 12:7463. [PMID: 35523827 PMCID: PMC9076912 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-10743-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2022] [Accepted: 04/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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This study provides one of the earliest examples of fruit tree cultivation worldwide, demonstrating that olive (Olea europaea) and fig (Ficus carica) horticulture was practiced as early as 7000 years ago in the Central Jordan Valley, Israel. It is based on the anatomical identification of a charcoal assemblage recovered from the Chalcolithic (7200–6700 cal. BP) site of Tel Tsaf. Given the site’s location outside the wild olive’s natural habitat, the substantial presence of charred olive wood remains at the site constitutes a strong case for horticulture. Furthermore, the occurrence of young charred fig branches (most probably from pruning) may indicate that figs were cultivated too. One such branch was 14C dated, yielding an age of ca. 7000 cal. BP. We hypothesize that established horticulture contributed to more elaborate social contracts and institutions since olive oil, table olives, and dry figs were highly suitable for long-distance trade and taxation.
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- Dafna Langgut
- Laboratory of Archaeobotany and Ancient Environments, Institute of Archaeology, and The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Tel Aviv University, 6997801, Tel Aviv, Israel.
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- Institute of Archaeology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mount Scopus, 9190501, Jerusalem, Israel
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Bouby L, Bonhomme V, Cabanis M, Durand F, Figueiral I, Flottes L, Marinval P, Martin L, Paradis L, Pinaud R, Ros J, Rovira N, Tillier M. Talkin' About a Revolution. Changes and Continuities in Fruit Use in Southern France From Neolithic to Roman Times Using Archaeobotanical Data (ca. 5,800 BCE - 500 CE). FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:719406. [PMID: 35197992 PMCID: PMC8859487 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.719406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2021] [Accepted: 01/05/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The use and socio-environmental importance of fruits dramatically changed after the emergence of arboriculture and fruit domestication in the eastern Mediterranean, between the 5th and the 3rd millennia BCE. Domesticated fruits together with cultivation techniques apparently reached the western Mediterranean via colonial activities during the 1st millennium BCE - early 1st millennium CE. However, the pace and chronology of this diffusion as well as the recompositions in diversity, to adapt to new socio-environmental conditions, remain poorly known. In this study we investigate archaeobotanical records in Southern France from the Neolithic to the end of the Roman empire (ca. 5,800 BCE - 500 CE) to assess changes in fruit use as well as the emergence, spread and evolution of fruit cultivation. We explore changes in native traditions faced with innovations brought by Mediterranean colonization and how domesticated fruit cultivation spread from the Mediterranean to more temperate areas. Archaeobotanical data from 577 assemblages were systematically analyzed distinguishing two datasets according to preservation of plant remains (charred vs. uncharred), as this impacts on the quantity and diversity of taxa. The 47 fruit taxa identified were organized in broad categories according to their status and origin: exotic, allochtonous cultivated, indigenous cultivated, wild native. We also analyzed diversity, quantity of fruits compared to the total of economic plants and spatio-temporal variations in the composition of fruit assemblages using correspondence factor analyses. Archaeobotanical data reflect variations and continuities in the diversity of species used through time and space. In the Mediterranean area, significant changes related to the arrival of new plants and development of fruit cultivation occurred mainly, first during the Iron Age (6th-5th c. BCE), then in the beginning of the Roman period. Large cities played a major role in this process. In agreement with archeological information, archaeobotanical data reveal the predominance of viticulture in both periods. However, arboriculture also included other fruit species that have been subject to less intensive and specialized cultivation practices. Most significantly, this study pinpoints the continuous contribution of native, supposedly wild fruits throughout the chronology. Despite the homogenizing Roman influence, results reveal clear differences between the Mediterranean and temperate regions.
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- Laurent Bouby
- ISEM, Université Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, EPHE, Montpellier, France
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- ISEM, Université Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, EPHE, Montpellier, France
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- Institut national de recherches en archéologie préventive (INRAP), Paris, France
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- Institut national de recherches en archéologie préventive (INRAP), Paris, France
- TRACES, Université Jean Jaurès, CNRS, Ministère de la Culture, Toulouse, France
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- ISEM, Université Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, EPHE, Montpellier, France
- Institut national de recherches en archéologie préventive (INRAP), Paris, France
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- ASM, Université Paul Valery-Montpellier 3, CNRS, MCC, INRAP, Montpellier, France
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- Laboratoire d’archéologie préhistorique et anthropologie, Université de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland
- EDYTEM, Le Bourget-du-Lac, France
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- ISEM, Université Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, EPHE, Montpellier, France
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- ASM, Université Paul Valery-Montpellier 3, CNRS, MCC, INRAP, Montpellier, France
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- ISEM, Université Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, EPHE, Montpellier, France
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- ASM, Université Paul Valery-Montpellier 3, CNRS, MCC, INRAP, Montpellier, France
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- ISEM, Université Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, EPHE, Montpellier, France
- ASM, Université Paul Valery-Montpellier 3, CNRS, MCC, INRAP, Montpellier, France
- Ipso Facto Scop, Arles, France
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History of Grape in Anatolia and Historical Sustainable Grape Production in Erzincan Agroecological Conditions in Turkey. SUSTAINABILITY 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/su14031496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The Anatolian peninsula has long been linked with the origins of viticulture and winemaking. Erzincan province in Anatolia hosted many civilizations in the past, and each civilization used grapes for different purposes. From past to present, viticulture carried out with the famous ‘Karaerik’ grape (Vitis vinifera L.) on old traditional Baran training system to avoid cold damage occurred in winter months. During the old civilizations, the cultivar was used only for wine production, but after the first period of the 1900s, this situation changed, and the cultivar was used for table consumption because wine is banned by Islam. The archaeological findings in Erzincan province revealed the cultivar has existed in the province for centuries, and in each historical period, the cultivar was used sustainably, added value to the region, and brought cultural heritage from generation to generation. Grape production in Erzincan province has been a symbol of abundance, fertility and productivity since mythological times. The historical facts indicated that viticulture and winemaking had been a dispensable part of the Erzincan economy and rural development. The vineyards apply the same sustainable management practices from which they receive their grapes. The traditional Baran training system is used for all vineyards. The viticulture in the province has been strongly committed to improving environmental and social sustainability throughout history.
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Foria S, Magris G, Jurman I, Schwope R, De Candido M, De Luca E, Ivanišević D, Morgante M, Di Gaspero G. Extent of wild-to-crop interspecific introgression in grapevine (Vitis vinifera) as a consequence of resistance breeding and implications for the crop species definition. HORTICULTURE RESEARCH 2022; 9:uhab010. [PMID: 35039824 PMCID: PMC8801725 DOI: 10.1093/hr/uhab010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2021] [Revised: 01/18/2022] [Accepted: 09/25/2021] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Over the past two centuries, introgression through repeated backcrossing has introduced disease resistance from wild grape species into the domesticated lineage Vitis vinifera subsp. sativa. Introgression lines are being cultivated over increasing vineyard surface areas, as their wines now rival in quality those obtained from preexisting varieties. There is, however, a lot of debate about whether and how wine laws defining commercial product categories, which are based on the classification of V. vinifera and interspecific hybrid grapes, should be revised to accommodate novel varieties that do not fit either category. Here, we developed a method of multilocus genotype analysis using short-read resequencing to identify haplotypic blocks of wild ancestry in introgression lines and quantify the physical length of chromosome segments free-of-introgression or with monoallelic and biallelic introgression. We used this genomic data to characterize species, hybrids and introgression lines and show that newly released resistant varieties contain 76.5-94.8% of V. vinifera DNA. We found that varietal wine ratings are not always commensurate with the percentage of V. vinifera ancestry and linkage drag of wild alleles around known resistance genes persists over at least 7.1-11.5 Mb, slowing down the recovery of the recurrent parental genome. This method also allowed us to identify the donor species of known resistance haplotypes, define the ancestry of wild genetic background in introgression lines with complex pedigrees, validate the ancestry of the historic varieties Concord and Norton, and unravel sample curation errors in public databases.
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- Serena Foria
- Istituto di Genomica Applicata,
via Jacopo Linussio, 51, 33100 Udine, Italy
- Department of Agricultural, Food, Environmental and Animal Sciences, University of Udine, via delle Scienze 206, 33100 Udine, Italy
- Dr. Schär R&D Centre, Padriciano 99, 34149 Trieste, Italy
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- Istituto di Genomica Applicata,
via Jacopo Linussio, 51, 33100 Udine, Italy
- Department of Agricultural, Food, Environmental and Animal Sciences, University of Udine, via delle Scienze 206, 33100 Udine, Italy
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- Istituto di Genomica Applicata,
via Jacopo Linussio, 51, 33100 Udine, Italy
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- Istituto di Genomica Applicata,
via Jacopo Linussio, 51, 33100 Udine, Italy
- Department of Agricultural, Food, Environmental and Animal Sciences, University of Udine, via delle Scienze 206, 33100 Udine, Italy
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- VCR Research Center, Vivai Cooperativi Rauscedo, Via Ruggero Forti 4, 33095 San Giorgio della Richinvelda, Italy
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- VCR Research Center, Vivai Cooperativi Rauscedo, Via Ruggero Forti 4, 33095 San Giorgio della Richinvelda, Italy
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- Faculty of Agriculture, University of Novi Sad, Trg Dositeja Obradovića 8, 21102 Novi Sad, Serbia
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- Istituto di Genomica Applicata,
via Jacopo Linussio, 51, 33100 Udine, Italy
- Department of Agricultural, Food, Environmental and Animal Sciences, University of Udine, via delle Scienze 206, 33100 Udine, Italy
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Iqbal S, Wang X, Mubeen I, Kamran M, Kanwal I, Díaz GA, Abbas A, Parveen A, Atiq MN, Alshaya H, Zin El-Abedin TK, Fahad S. Phytohormones Trigger Drought Tolerance in Crop Plants: Outlook and Future Perspectives. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 12:799318. [PMID: 35095971 PMCID: PMC8792739 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.799318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2021] [Accepted: 12/27/2021] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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In the past and present, human activities have been involved in triggering global warming, causing drought stresses that affect animals and plants. Plants are more defenseless against drought stress; and therefore, plant development and productive output are decreased. To decrease the effect of drought stress on plants, it is crucial to establish a plant feedback mechanism of resistance to drought. The drought reflex mechanisms include the physical stature physiology and biochemical, cellular, and molecular-based processes. Briefly, improving the root system, leaf structure, osmotic-balance, comparative water contents and stomatal adjustment are considered as most prominent features against drought resistance in crop plants. In addition, the signal transduction pathway and reactive clearance of oxygen are crucial mechanisms for coping with drought stress via calcium and phytohormones such as abscisic acid, salicylic acid, jasmonic acid, auxin, gibberellin, ethylene, brassinosteroids and peptide molecules. Furthermore, microorganisms, such as fungal and bacterial organisms, play a vital role in increasing resistance against drought stress in plants. The number of characteristic loci, transgenic methods and the application of exogenous substances [nitric oxide, (C28H48O6) 24-epibrassinolide, proline, and glycine betaine] are also equally important for enhancing the drought resistance of plants. In a nutshell, the current review will mainly focus on the role of phytohormones and related mechanisms involved in drought tolerance in various crop plants.
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- Shehzad Iqbal
- Faculty of Agriculture Sciences, Universidad De Talca, Talca, Chile
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Chinese Jujube, College of Life Sciences, Yan’an University, Yan’an, China
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- Key Lab of Integrated Crop Disease and Pest Management of Shandong Province, College of Plant Health and Medicine, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China
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- School of Agriculture, Food, and Wine, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Faculty of Agriculture Sciences, Universidad De Talca, Talca, Chile
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- College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan
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- College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, NC, United States
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- Department of Agriculture and Biosystems Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture (El-Shatby), Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
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- Hainan Key Laboratory for Sustainable Utilization of Tropical Bioresource, College of Tropical Crops, Hainan University, Haikou, China
- Department of Agronomy, The University of Haripur, Haripur, Pakistan
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Appraising Agroecological Urbanism: A Vision for the Future of Sustainable Cities. SUSTAINABILITY 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/su14020590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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By the mid-century, urban areas are expected to house two-thirds of the world’s population of approximately 10 billion people. The key challenge will be to provide food for all with fewer farmers in rural areas and limited options for expanding cultivated fields in urban areas, with sustainable soil management being a fundamental criterion for achieving sustainability goals. Understanding how nature works in a fast changing world and fostering nature-based agriculture (such as low-input farming) are crucial for sustaining food systems in the face of worsening urban heat island (UHI) effects and other climatic variables. The best fit for the context is transformative agroecology, which connects ecological networks, sustainable farming approaches, and social movements through change-oriented research and action. Even though agroecology has been practiced for over a century, its potential to address the socioeconomic impact of the food system remained largely unexplored until recently. Agroecological approaches, which involve effective interactions between researchers, policy makers, farmers, and consumers, can improve social cohesion and socioeconomic synergies while reducing the use of various agricultural inputs. This review presents a timeline of agroecology transformation from the past to the present and discusses the possibilities, prospects, and challenges of agroecological urbanism toward a resilient urban future.
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The genomes of 204 Vitis vinifera accessions reveal the origin of European wine grapes. Nat Commun 2021; 12:7240. [PMID: 34934047 PMCID: PMC8692429 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-27487-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2021] [Accepted: 11/18/2021] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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In order to elucidate the still controversial processes that originated European wine grapes from its wild progenitor, here we analyse 204 genomes of Vitis vinifera and show that all analyses support a single domestication event that occurred in Western Asia and was followed by numerous and pervasive introgressions from European wild populations. This admixture generated the so-called international wine grapes that have diffused from Alpine countries worldwide. Across Europe, marked differences in genomic diversity are observed in local varieties that are traditionally cultivated in different wine producing countries, with Italy and France showing the largest diversity. Three genomic regions of reduced genetic diversity are observed, presumably as a consequence of artificial selection. In the lowest diversity region, two candidate genes that gained berry–specific expression in domesticated varieties may contribute to the change in berry size and morphology that makes the fruit attractive for human consumption and adapted for winemaking. Reports on the origin of European wine grapes are controversial. Here, the authors perform population genetics analyses on a large set of representative wine-making varieties and reveal a single domestication event at the origin of the entire germplasm followed by repeated introgression from wild populations.
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Ahedo V, Zurro D, Caro J, Galán JM. Let's go fishing: A quantitative analysis of subsistence choices with a special focus on mixed economies among small-scale societies. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0254539. [PMID: 34347806 PMCID: PMC8336859 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0254539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2021] [Accepted: 06/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The transition to agriculture is regarded as a major turning point in human history. In the present contribution we propose to look at it through the lens of ethnographic data by means of a machine learning approach. More specifically, we analyse both the subsistence economies and the socioecological context of 1290 societies documented in the Ethnographic Atlas with a threefold purpose: (i) to better understand the variability and success of human economic choices; (ii) to assess the role of environmental settings in the configuration of the different subsistence economies; and (iii) to examine the relevance of fishing in the development of viable alternatives to cultivation. All data were extracted from the publicly available cross-cultural database D-PLACE. Our results suggest that not all subsistence combinations are viable, existing just a subset of successful economic choices that appear recurrently in specific ecological systems. The subsistence economies identified are classified as either primary or mixed economies in accordance with an information-entropy-based quantitative criterion that determines their degree of diversification. Remarkably, according to our results, mixed economies are not a marginal choice, as they constitute 25% of the cases in our data sample. In addition, fishing seems to be a key element in the configuration of mixed economies, as it is present across all of them.
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- Virginia Ahedo
- Departamento de Ingeniería de Organización, Escuela Politécnica Superior, Universidad de Burgos, Burgos, Spain
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- Departamento de Arqueología y Antropología, HUMANE – Human Ecology and Archaeology, Institución Milá y Fontanals de Investigación en Humanidades – Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Barcelona, Spain
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- Departamento de Ingeniería de Organización, Escuela Politécnica Superior, Universidad de Burgos, Burgos, Spain
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- Departamento de Ingeniería de Organización, Escuela Politécnica Superior, Universidad de Burgos, Burgos, Spain
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Back to the Origins: Background and Perspectives of Grapevine Domestication. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22094518. [PMID: 33926017 PMCID: PMC8123694 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22094518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2021] [Revised: 03/30/2021] [Accepted: 03/31/2021] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Domestication is a process of selection driven by humans, transforming wild progenitors into domesticated crops. The grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.), besides being one of the most extensively cultivated fruit trees in the world, is also a fascinating subject for evolutionary studies. The domestication process started in the Near East and the varieties obtained were successively spread and cultivated in different areas. Whether the domestication occurred only once, or whether successive domestication events occurred independently, is a highly debated mystery. Moreover, introgression events, breeding and intense trade in the Mediterranean basin have followed, in the last thousands of years, obfuscating the genetic relationships. Although a succession of studies has been carried out to explore grapevine origin and different evolution models are proposed, an overview of the topic remains pending. We review here the findings obtained in the main phylogenetic and genomic studies proposed in the last two decades, to clarify the fundamental questions regarding where, when and how many times grapevine domestication took place. Finally, we argue that the realization of the pan-genome of grapes could be a useful resource to discover and track the changes which have occurred in the genomes and to improve our understanding about the domestication.
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Deng Z, Fuller DQ, Chu X, Cao Y, Jiang Y, Wang L, Lu H. Assessing the occurrence and status of wheat in late Neolithic central China: the importance of direct AMS radiocarbon dates from Xiazhai. VEGETATION HISTORY AND ARCHAEOBOTANY 2019; 29:61-73. [PMID: 31956277 PMCID: PMC6942569 DOI: 10.1007/s00334-019-00732-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2018] [Accepted: 05/06/2019] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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The introduction of wheat into central China is thought to have been one of the significant contributions of interactions between China and Central Asia which began in the 3rd millennium bc. However, only a limited number of Neolithic wheat grains have been found in central China and even fewer have been directly radiocarbon dated, making the date when wheat was adopted in the region and its role in subsistence farming uncertain. Based on systematic archaeobotanical data and direct dating of wheat remains from the Xiazhai site in central China, as well as a critical review of all reported discoveries of Neolithic and Bronze Age wheat from this region, we conclude that many wheat finds are intrusive in Neolithic contexts. We argue that the role of wheat in the subsistence of the late Neolithic and early Bronze Age of central China was minimal, and that wheat only began to increase in its subsistence role in the later Bronze Age during the Zhou dynasty after ca. 1000 bc.
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- Zhenhua Deng
- Center for the Study of Chinese Archaeology, Peking University, Beijing, 100871 China
- School of Archaeology and Museology, Peking University, Beijing, 100871 China
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- Institute of Archaeology, University College London, 31-34 Gordon Square, London, WC1H 0PY UK
- School of Archaeology and Museology, Northwest University, Xi’an, 710069 Shaanxi China
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- Henan Provincial Bureau of Cultural Heritage, Zhengzhou, 450002 Henan China
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- Henan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, Zhengzhou, 450099 China
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- School of History, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001 Henan China
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- National Museum of China, Beijing, 100006 China
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- Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100029 China
- Center for Excellence in Tibetan Plateau Earth Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101 China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049 China
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