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Kramer YV, Clement CR, de Carvalho JC, Fernandes AV, da Silva CVA, Koolen HHF, Aguiar JPL, Nunes-Nesi A, Ramos MV, Araújo WL, Gonçalves JFDC. Understanding the Technical-Scientific Gaps of Underutilized Tropical Species: The Case of Bactris gasipaes Kunth. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 12:337. [PMID: 36679052 PMCID: PMC9867503 DOI: 10.3390/plants12020337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2022] [Revised: 12/30/2022] [Accepted: 01/04/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
Abstract
The extraction and commercialization of palm hearts is the most profitable activity involving the peach palm (Bactris gasipaes), while consumption of its fruits is limited to Amazonian communities. The excessive attention paid to the implementation of germplasm banks contributed to the lack of development of high-performance varieties, limiting the production and consumption of peach palm fruits and by-products. In addition, with the fragmentation of the Amazonian rainforest, wild populations are in danger of extinction. The species domestication, initiated by Native Amazonians, generated a large variety of peach palm populations, as evidenced by the diversity in fruit sizes and quality. Some advances in agronomic traits also took place. However, more research needs to be conducted to understand the implications of climatic changes on plant physiological performance. Indeed, the key point is that the exploitation of the full potential of B. gasipaes has not been completely exploited. Therefore, understanding the state-of-the-art research on the peach palm with a focus on its underutilized resources is essential for expanding plantations and, consequently, promoting the market expansion of the peach palm as a fruit crop.
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Affiliation(s)
- Yasmin Verçosa Kramer
- Plant Physiology Graduate Program, Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV), Avenida PH Rolfs, s/n, Viçosa 36570-900, Brazil
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- Department of Technology and Innovation, National Institute for Amazonian Research (MCTI-INPA), Avenida André Araújo, 2936, Aleixo, Manaus 69011-970, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, National Institute for Amazonian Research (MCTI-INPA), André Araújo Avenue, 2936, Aleixo, Manaus 69011-970, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, National Institute for Amazonian Research (MCTI-INPA), André Araújo Avenue, 2936, Aleixo, Manaus 69011-970, Brazil
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- Grupo de Pesquisas em Metabolômica e Espectrometria de Massas, Escola Superior de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade do Estado do Amazonas, Avenida Carvalho Leal, 1777, Cachoeirinha, Manaus 69065-000, Brazil
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- Grupo de Pesquisas em Metabolômica e Espectrometria de Massas, Escola Superior de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade do Estado do Amazonas, Avenida Carvalho Leal, 1777, Cachoeirinha, Manaus 69065-000, Brazil
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- Coordination Society of Environment and Health and Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Food, National Institute for Amazonian Research (MCTI-INPA), Avenida André Araújo, 2936, Aleixo, Manaus 69011-970, Brazil
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- Plant Physiology Graduate Program, Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV), Avenida PH Rolfs, s/n, Viçosa 36570-900, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica E Biologia Molecular, Centro de Ciências, Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC), Campus do Pici, Benfica, Fortaleza 60020-181, Brazil
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- Plant Physiology Graduate Program, Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV), Avenida PH Rolfs, s/n, Viçosa 36570-900, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, National Institute for Amazonian Research (MCTI-INPA), André Araújo Avenue, 2936, Aleixo, Manaus 69011-970, Brazil
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dos Santos-Barnett TC, Cavalcante T, Boyle SA, Matte AL, Bezerra BM, de Oliveira TG, Barnett AA. Pulp Fiction: Why Some Populations of Ripe-Fruit Specialists Ateles chamek and A. marginatus Prefer Insect-Infested Foods. INT J PRIMATOL 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s10764-022-00284-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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