| Title |
Different Seed Selection and Conservation Practices for Fresh Market and Dried Chile Farmers in Aguascalientes, Mexico
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Economic Botany, October 2010
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| DOI | 10.1007/s12231-010-9136-x |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Kraig H. Kraft, José de Jesús Luna-Ruíz, Paul Gepts |
| Abstract |
Different Seed Selection and Conservation Practices for Fresh Market and Dried Chile Farmers in Aguascalientes, Mexico. The process of selecting and saving seed is the most basic and oldest of agricultural practices. In today's modern and highly capital-intensive agriculture, seeds are often treated like another chemical input. This study sought to examine seed selection and saving practices among chile farmers in Aguascalientes, Mexico, where both industrial and traditional agriculture are practiced. We observed a clear division among farmers who plant chile peppers commercially. Sixty-eight chile pepper farmers were surveyed in order to document seed selection and saving practices. Fifteen respondents (22%) planted chile peppers destined for the fresh market and all utilized purchased commercial seed of F1 hybrid varieties. Fifty-three farmers (78%) planted chiles to be dried and either saved their own or purchased seeds that others had saved and selected. Farmers who saved their own seed sought to maintain an ideotype, rather than directionally select for certain traits, much like Cleveland et al. (2000) chronicled in central Mexican maize farmers. Farmers would benefit from a participatory plant-breeding program in order to maintain productive seed stock for the continued cultivation of dried chile pepper in the state. |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 6% |
| Chile | 1 | 2% |
| Argentina | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 47 | 90% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 8 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 8 | 15% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 7 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 6 | 12% |
| Lecturer | 4 | 8% |
| Other | 10 | 19% |
| Unknown | 9 | 17% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 22 | 42% |
| Environmental Science | 6 | 12% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 3 | 6% |
| Social Sciences | 3 | 6% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 4% |
| Other | 7 | 13% |
| Unknown | 9 | 17% |
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