More than Maize, Bananas, and Coffee: The Inter- and Intraspecific Diversity of Edible Plants of the Huastec Mayan Landscape Mosaics in Mexico¹.

ABSTRACT: More than Maize, Bananas, and Coffee: The Inter- and Intraspecific Edible Plant Diversity in Huastec Mayan Landscape Mosaics in Mexico. Global emergencies such as biodiversity loss and climate crisis urge us to identify and mainstream crop genetic resources in complex indigenous farming systems to understand their role as genetic reservoirs and identify synergies in productive landscapes between development, conservation, and food security. We aimed to characterize the inter- and intraspecific diversity of food plants of the Tének (or Huastec) in Mexico and their distribution within and between the different land-use systems along a tropical altitudinal gradient. Tének farmers manage a highly diverse and dynamic food biota in swidden maize fields, agroforestry systems,

SUBMITTER: Heindorf C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8269408 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature