The transition to agricultural cultivation of neo-crops may fail to account for wild genetic diversity patterns: insights from the Cape Floristic Region.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

The global increase in the cultivation of native wild plants has raised concerns regarding potential risks associated with translocating genetic lineages beyond their natural range. This study aimed to investigate whether agricultural cultivation of neo-crops (a) accounts for the levels of genetic diversity present in wild populations, and whether (b) cultivated populations are genetically divergent from wild populations and thus pose a potential threat to wild genetic diversity.

Location

The Cape Floristic Region (CFR), located along the southern Cape of South Africa.

Methods

High Resolution Melt analysis (HRM) coupled with Sanger sequencing was used to screen three non-coding chloroplast DNA loci in Cyclopia Vent. (Fabaceae), a CFR endemic neo-crop cultiv

SUBMITTER: Galuszynski NC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8197031 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature