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author Kaczmarek, Thomas
Cubry, Philippe
Champion, Louis
Causse, Sandrine
Couderc, Marie
Orjuela, Julie
Uyoh, Edak A
Oselebe, Happiness O
Dachi, Stephen N
Adje, Charlotte O A
Sekloka, Emmanuel
Achigan-Dako, Enoch G
Ibrahim Bio Yerima, Abdou R
Saidou, Sani Idi
Bakasso, Yacoubou
Diop, Baye M
Gueye, Mame C
Agyare, Richard Y
Adjebeng-Danquah, Joseph
Gueye, Mathieu
Wieringa, Jan J
Vigouroux, Yves
Billot, Claire
Barnaud, Adeline
Leclerc, Christian
author_facet Kaczmarek, Thomas
Cubry, Philippe
Champion, Louis
Causse, Sandrine
Couderc, Marie
Orjuela, Julie
Uyoh, Edak A
Oselebe, Happiness O
Dachi, Stephen N
Adje, Charlotte O A
Sekloka, Emmanuel
Achigan-Dako, Enoch G
Ibrahim Bio Yerima, Abdou R
Saidou, Sani Idi
Bakasso, Yacoubou
Diop, Baye M
Gueye, Mame C
Agyare, Richard Y
Adjebeng-Danquah, Joseph
Gueye, Mathieu
Wieringa, Jan J
Vigouroux, Yves
Billot, Claire
Barnaud, Adeline
Leclerc, Christian
Kaczmarek, Thomas
Cubry, Philippe
Champion, Louis
Causse, Sandrine
Couderc, Marie
Orjuela, Julie
Uyoh, Edak A
Oselebe, Happiness O
Dachi, Stephen N
Adje, Charlotte O A
Sekloka, Emmanuel
Achigan-Dako, Enoch G
Ibrahim Bio Yerima, Abdou R
Saidou, Sani Idi
Bakasso, Yacoubou
Diop, Baye M
Gueye, Mame C
Agyare, Richard Y
Adjebeng-Danquah, Joseph
Gueye, Mathieu
Wieringa, Jan J
Vigouroux, Yves
Billot, Claire
Barnaud, Adeline
Leclerc, Christian
collection PubMed - marine biology
contents Independent domestication and cultivation histories of two West African indigenous fonio millet crops. Kaczmarek, Thomas Cubry, Philippe Champion, Louis Causse, Sandrine Couderc, Marie Orjuela, Julie Uyoh, Edak A Oselebe, Happiness O Dachi, Stephen N Adje, Charlotte O A Sekloka, Emmanuel Achigan-Dako, Enoch G Ibrahim Bio Yerima, Abdou R Saidou, Sani Idi Bakasso, Yacoubou Diop, Baye M Gueye, Mame C Agyare, Richard Y Adjebeng-Danquah, Joseph Gueye, Mathieu Wieringa, Jan J Vigouroux, Yves Billot, Claire Barnaud, Adeline Leclerc, Christian Domestication Crops, Agricultural Genome, Plant Africa, Western Genetic Variation Agriculture Phylogeny Edible Grain History, Ancient Gene Flow Crop evolutionary history and domestication processes are key issues for better conservation and effective use of crop genetic diversity. Black and white fonio (Digitaria iburua and D. exilis, respectively) are two small indigenous grain cereals grown in West Africa. The relationship between these two cultivated crops and wild Digitaria species is still unclear. Here, we analyse whole genome sequences of 265 accessions comprising these two cultivated species and their close wild relatives. We show that white and black fonio were the result of two independent domestications without gene flow. We infer a cultivation expansion that began at the outset of the CE era, coinciding with the earliest discovered archaeological fonio remains in Nigeria. Fonio population sizes declined a few centuries ago, probably due to a combination of several factors, including major social and agricultural changes, intensification of the slave trade and the introduction of new, less labour-intensive crops. The key knowledge and genomic resources outlined here will help to promote and conserve these neglected climate-resilient crops and thereby provide an opportunity to tailor agriculture to the changing world.
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spellingShingle Independent domestication and cultivation histories of two West African indigenous fonio millet crops.
Kaczmarek, Thomas
Cubry, Philippe
Champion, Louis
Causse, Sandrine
Couderc, Marie
Orjuela, Julie
Uyoh, Edak A
Oselebe, Happiness O
Dachi, Stephen N
Adje, Charlotte O A
Sekloka, Emmanuel
Achigan-Dako, Enoch G
Ibrahim Bio Yerima, Abdou R
Saidou, Sani Idi
Bakasso, Yacoubou
Diop, Baye M
Gueye, Mame C
Agyare, Richard Y
Adjebeng-Danquah, Joseph
Gueye, Mathieu
Wieringa, Jan J
Vigouroux, Yves
Billot, Claire
Barnaud, Adeline
Leclerc, Christian
Domestication
Crops, Agricultural
Genome, Plant
Africa, Western
Genetic Variation
Agriculture
Phylogeny
Edible Grain
History, Ancient
Gene Flow
Independent domestication and cultivation histories of two West African indigenous fonio millet crops. Kaczmarek, Thomas Cubry, Philippe Champion, Louis Causse, Sandrine Couderc, Marie Orjuela, Julie Uyoh, Edak A Oselebe, Happiness O Dachi, Stephen N Adje, Charlotte O A Sekloka, Emmanuel Achigan-Dako, Enoch G Ibrahim Bio Yerima, Abdou R Saidou, Sani Idi Bakasso, Yacoubou Diop, Baye M Gueye, Mame C Agyare, Richard Y Adjebeng-Danquah, Joseph Gueye, Mathieu Wieringa, Jan J Vigouroux, Yves Billot, Claire Barnaud, Adeline Leclerc, Christian Domestication Crops, Agricultural Genome, Plant Africa, Western Genetic Variation Agriculture Phylogeny Edible Grain History, Ancient Gene Flow Crop evolutionary history and domestication processes are key issues for better conservation and effective use of crop genetic diversity. Black and white fonio (Digitaria iburua and D. exilis, respectively) are two small indigenous grain cereals grown in West Africa. The relationship between these two cultivated crops and wild Digitaria species is still unclear. Here, we analyse whole genome sequences of 265 accessions comprising these two cultivated species and their close wild relatives. We show that white and black fonio were the result of two independent domestications without gene flow. We infer a cultivation expansion that began at the outset of the CE era, coinciding with the earliest discovered archaeological fonio remains in Nigeria. Fonio population sizes declined a few centuries ago, probably due to a combination of several factors, including major social and agricultural changes, intensification of the slave trade and the introduction of new, less labour-intensive crops. The key knowledge and genomic resources outlined here will help to promote and conserve these neglected climate-resilient crops and thereby provide an opportunity to tailor agriculture to the changing world.
title Independent domestication and cultivation histories of two West African indigenous fonio millet crops.
topic Domestication
Crops, Agricultural
Genome, Plant
Africa, Western
Genetic Variation
Agriculture
Phylogeny
Edible Grain
History, Ancient
Gene Flow
url https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40307323/