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DOI	10.1002/ppp3.10326
	What lies behind a fruit crop variety name? A case study of the barni date palm from al-'Ula oasis, Saudi Arabia
	Gros-Balthazard, Muriel; Battesti, Vincent; Flowers, Jonathan M.; Ferrand, Sylvie; Breil, Matthieu; Ivorra, Sarah; Terral, Jean-Frederic; Purugganan, Michael D.; Wing, Rod A.; Mohammed, Nahed; Bourgeois, Yann
通讯作者	Gros-Balthazard, M
来源期刊	PLANTS PEOPLE PLANET
EISSN	2572-2611
出版年	2023
卷号	5 期号:1 页码:82-97
英文摘要	Societal Impact Statement The oasis of al-'Ula is subject to a vast development operation by the central government of the Saudi monarchy. Agriculture is not strictly speaking the first objective of this initiative, the emphasis being on tourism and thus on the vast historical heritage and landscape qualities of the region. Nevertheless, agriculture and, in particular, phoeniculture remain the main resource for the inhabitants. Characterizing the local date palm agrobiodiversity is key to the sustainable development of oases. In al-'Ula, documenting indigenous knowledge about the locally predominant barni variety and characterizing its genetic integrity and mode of propagation represents the essential leverage needed by farm development project planners to develop local production. Understanding how farmers name and categorize their crops in relation to the way they are propagated is critical for a proper assessment of agrobiodiversity. Yet, indigenous knowledge is often overlooked in genetic studies, which may result in an underestimation of crop diversity, thereby preventing its conservation and mobilization for developing sustainable agroecosystems. Here, we focus on the barni date palm variety, a local elite variety of al-'Ula oasis, Saudi Arabia. We conducted an ethnobotanical survey on local phoeniculture practices and generated whole-genome data to determine whether or not barni palms are exclusively clonally (vegetatively) propagated. Further, we contrasted the genomes of barni and two other palms from al-'Ula with 112 Phoenix spp. to provide an initial insight into date palm diversity in this oasis. The survey reveals that the dates of the barni palm bear distinct names, depending on their quality. Results show that barni is a true-to-type cultivar, indicating clonal propagation by offshoots with name maintenance, even between distinct cultivating situations in al-'Ula and a nearby oasis. Nonetheless, it is distinct from the prominent barni cultivated in Oman. Its ancestry is comparable to other West Asian date palms, but another palm from this oasis shows influence from North Africa. What lies behind the cultivar name barni in al-'Ula and further afield in the Arabian Peninsula has been deciphered through the key disciplinary combination of social anthropology and genetics. Future studies will provide additional insights into the original genetic make-up of this millennia-old oasis.
英文关键词	agrobiodiversity al-'Ula oasis (Saudi Arabia) date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L ) ethnobotany indigenous knowledge intra-varietal genetic variation local categorization population genetics
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	Green Published, gold
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000865426100001
WOS关键词	PHOENIX-DACTYLIFERA L. ; VEGETATIVELY-PROPAGATED CROP ; GENETIC-RELATIONSHIPS ; BIODIVERSITY ; VARIABILITY ; CULTIVARS
WOS类目	Biodiversity Conservation ; Plant Sciences ; Ecology
WOS研究方向	Biodiversity & Conservation ; Plant Sciences ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/398043
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Gros-Balthazard, Muriel,Battesti, Vincent,Flowers, Jonathan M.,et al. What lies behind a fruit crop variety name? A case study of the barni date palm from al-'Ula oasis, Saudi Arabia[J],2023,5(1):82-97.
APA	Gros-Balthazard, Muriel.,Battesti, Vincent.,Flowers, Jonathan M..,Ferrand, Sylvie.,Breil, Matthieu.,...&Bourgeois, Yann.(2023).What lies behind a fruit crop variety name? A case study of the barni date palm from al-'Ula oasis, Saudi Arabia.PLANTS PEOPLE PLANET,5(1),82-97.
MLA	Gros-Balthazard, Muriel,et al."What lies behind a fruit crop variety name? A case study of the barni date palm from al-'Ula oasis, Saudi Arabia".PLANTS PEOPLE PLANET 5.1(2023):82-97.