The African fan palm (Borassus aethiopum Mart.): Preservation challenges and genetic diversity in Benin, West Africa
The African fan palm or toddy palm (Borassus aethiopum Mart.) plays a significant role in rural village economy because of the many uses of different parts of the plant for food, construction, traditional medicines and crafts. However, some of these uses which specifically target either male individuals (construction beams) or reproductive stages (fruits and hypocotyls) put pressure on the genetic diversity of palm populations and threaten the species as a whole. As a preliminary step to defining conservation strategies for Borassus aethiopum populations in Benin, an assessment of their genetic diversity was conducted through the use of microsatellite markers. In the absence of molecular resources for this species, we first set out to evaluate the transferability of microsatellite primers that had previously been designed in other palm species, including the cousin species from Asia Borassus flabellifer. We show that the portability of such markers, quantified as their ability to successfully amplify B. aethiopum DNA, is very low. Moreover, among the successfully transferred primers we found that the ability to detect polymorphisms, both within or among nine fan palm populations sampled across the Beninese territory, was even lower. In light of these first results, we discuss experimental options that will allow us to overcome this technical difficulty, and the future development of our project throughout the West African subregion.
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dig-cirad-fr-5877912022-01-27T07:16:35Z http://agritrop.cirad.fr/587791/ http://agritrop.cirad.fr/587791/ The African fan palm (Borassus aethiopum Mart.): Preservation challenges and genetic diversity in Benin, West Africa. Adeoti Adéola Zouri-Kifouli, Kpatenon Mariano Joly, Salako Kolawolé Valère, Ouedraogo Amadé, Santoni Sylvain, Couvreur Thomas, Beulé Thierry, Jaligot Estelle. 2018. . Göteborg : European Network of Palm Scientists, Résumé, 1 p. Meeting of the European Network of Palm Scientists (EUNOPS), Göteborg, Suède, 12 Mai 2018/13 Mai 2018. Researchers The African fan palm (Borassus aethiopum Mart.): Preservation challenges and genetic diversity in Benin, West Africa Adeoti, Adéola Zouri-Kifouli Kpatenon, Mariano Joly Salako, Kolawolé Valère Ouedraogo, Amadé Santoni, Sylvain Couvreur, Thomas Beulé, Thierry Jaligot, Estelle eng 2018 European Network of Palm Scientists The African fan palm or toddy palm (Borassus aethiopum Mart.) plays a significant role in rural village economy because of the many uses of different parts of the plant for food, construction, traditional medicines and crafts. However, some of these uses which specifically target either male individuals (construction beams) or reproductive stages (fruits and hypocotyls) put pressure on the genetic diversity of palm populations and threaten the species as a whole. As a preliminary step to defining conservation strategies for Borassus aethiopum populations in Benin, an assessment of their genetic diversity was conducted through the use of microsatellite markers. In the absence of molecular resources for this species, we first set out to evaluate the transferability of microsatellite primers that had previously been designed in other palm species, including the cousin species from Asia Borassus flabellifer. We show that the portability of such markers, quantified as their ability to successfully amplify B. aethiopum DNA, is very low. Moreover, among the successfully transferred primers we found that the ability to detect polymorphisms, both within or among nine fan palm populations sampled across the Beninese territory, was even lower. In light of these first results, we discuss experimental options that will allow us to overcome this technical difficulty, and the future development of our project throughout the West African subregion. conference_item info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject Conference info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://agritrop.cirad.fr/587791/1/ADEOTI_EUNOPS_2018.pdf text Cirad license info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess https://agritrop.cirad.fr/mention_legale.html |
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The African fan palm or toddy palm (Borassus aethiopum Mart.) plays a significant role in rural village economy because of the many uses of different parts of the plant for food, construction, traditional medicines and crafts. However, some of these uses which specifically target either male individuals (construction beams) or reproductive stages (fruits and hypocotyls) put pressure on the genetic diversity of palm populations and threaten the species as a whole. As a preliminary step to defining conservation strategies for Borassus aethiopum populations in Benin, an assessment of their genetic diversity was conducted through the use of microsatellite markers. In the absence of molecular resources for this species, we first set out to evaluate the transferability of microsatellite primers that had previously been designed in other palm species, including the cousin species from Asia Borassus flabellifer. We show that the portability of such markers, quantified as their ability to successfully amplify B. aethiopum DNA, is very low. Moreover, among the successfully transferred primers we found that the ability to detect polymorphisms, both within or among nine fan palm populations sampled across the Beninese territory, was even lower. In light of these first results, we discuss experimental options that will allow us to overcome this technical difficulty, and the future development of our project throughout the West African subregion. |
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Adeoti, Adéola Zouri-Kifouli Kpatenon, Mariano Joly Salako, Kolawolé Valère Ouedraogo, Amadé Santoni, Sylvain Couvreur, Thomas Beulé, Thierry Jaligot, Estelle |
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Adeoti, Adéola Zouri-Kifouli Kpatenon, Mariano Joly Salako, Kolawolé Valère Ouedraogo, Amadé Santoni, Sylvain Couvreur, Thomas Beulé, Thierry Jaligot, Estelle The African fan palm (Borassus aethiopum Mart.): Preservation challenges and genetic diversity in Benin, West Africa |
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Adeoti, Adéola Zouri-Kifouli Kpatenon, Mariano Joly Salako, Kolawolé Valère Ouedraogo, Amadé Santoni, Sylvain Couvreur, Thomas Beulé, Thierry Jaligot, Estelle |
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The African fan palm (Borassus aethiopum Mart.): Preservation challenges and genetic diversity in Benin, West Africa |
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The African fan palm (Borassus aethiopum Mart.): Preservation challenges and genetic diversity in Benin, West Africa |
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The African fan palm (Borassus aethiopum Mart.): Preservation challenges and genetic diversity in Benin, West Africa |
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