Sex Distribution of Paper Mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera) in the Pacific.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera (L.) L'Hér. ex Vent) is a dioecious tree native to East Asia and mainland Southeast-Asia, introduced prehistorically to Polynesia as a source of bark fiber by Austronesian-speaking voyagers. In Oceania, trees are coppiced and harvested for production of bark-cloth, so flowering is generally unknown. A survey of botanical records of paper mulberry revealed a distributional disjunction: the tree is apparently absent in Borneo and the Philippines. A subsequent study of chloroplast haplotypes linked paper mulberry of Remote Oceania directly to a population in southern Taiwan, distinct from known populations in mainland Southeast-Asia.

Methodology

We describe the optimization and use of a DNA marker designed to identify sex in pa

SUBMITTER: Penailillo J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4986985 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature