| Title |
The Evolution of Fruit Tree Productivity: A Review
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Economic Botany, January 2013
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| DOI | 10.1007/s12231-012-9219-y |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Eliezer E. Goldschmidt |
| Abstract |
The Evolution of Fruit Tree Productivity: A Review. Domestication of fruit trees has received far less attention than that of annual crop plants. In particular, very little is known about the evolution of fruit tree productivity. In the wild, most tree species reach reproductive maturity after a long period of juvenility and even then, sexual reproduction appears sporadically, often in a mode of masting. Environmental constraints limit trees' reproductive activity in their natural, wild habitats, resulting in poor, irregular productivity. Early fructification and regular, high rates of productivity have been selected by people, unconsciously and consciously. The reviewed evidence indicates an evolutionary continuum of productivity patterns among trees of wild habitats, intermediary domesticates, and the most advanced domesticates. Alternate bearing appears to represent an intermediate step in the fruit tree evolutionary pathway. The existence of a molecular, genetic mechanism that controls trees' sexual reproduction and fruiting pattern is suggested. |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Colombia | 1 | <1% |
| Uruguay | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Argentina | 1 | <1% |
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 160 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 32 | 19% |
| Researcher | 32 | 19% |
| Student > Master | 20 | 12% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 14 | 8% |
| Student > Bachelor | 14 | 8% |
| Other | 18 | 11% |
| Unknown | 36 | 22% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 85 | 51% |
| Environmental Science | 13 | 8% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 6 | 4% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 3 | 2% |
| Social Sciences | 3 | 2% |
| Other | 14 | 8% |
| Unknown | 42 | 25% |
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