Traditional management of a small-scale crop of class="a-plus-plus">Physalis angulata in Western Mexico

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• 作者：Ofelia Vargas-Ponce ; José Sánchez Martínez…
• 关键词：Agronomy ; Horticultural crops ; Physalis angulata ; Plant management ; Tomatillos ; Solanaceae
• 刊名：Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：December 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：63
• 期：8
• 页码：1383-1395
• 全文大小：1,426 KB
• 刊物类别：Biomedical and Life Sciences
• 刊物主题：Life Sciences
  Plant Sciences
  Plant Physiology
  Plant Pathology
  
• 出版者：Springer Netherlands
• ISSN：1573-5109
• 卷排序：63

文摘

Centers of origin of agriculture and domestication have significantly contributed to the evolution of landraces, based on a long history of use and management of both wild and crop species. Our study examines Physalis angulata, an emerging horticultural crop in western Mexico. This wild and weedy species was adopted as an alternative crop to P. philadelphica for producing husk tomato. We investigated: (1) the antiquity of use of this species as a crop and the origin of the cultivated germplasm, (2) the criteria for selection and cultivation techniques and (3) its horticultural value. We conducted field trips to the husk tomato-producing areas of Cuquío and Ixtlahuacán, Jalisco to identify the producers who grow it. We used participant observation, open interviews and semi-structured surveys with producers in order to document ethnobotanical knowledge, plant management and agronomical issues. We found that P. angulata is cultivated in 80 % of the visited plots; the producers report that it has been actively cultivated for 25 years. With the available information, the origin of the cultivated germplasm has not been accurately determined; however, some locations in Michoacán and Cuquío in Jalisco could be putative areas of origin. The crop was introduced by the commercial demand for “milpero” a kind of husk tomato of small fruit and high commercial value. It is established in 0.5 ha monoculture plots. Its small-scale cultivation favors greater yields. The cultivation of P. angulata could be promoted in other tropical and temperate areas of the Americas as a new crop of Solanaceae; their self-compatibility, synanthropy, high yield and compact canopy could be of commercial interest to husk tomato producers.