Annona Species Monograph.pdf - Crops for the Future
Annona Species Monograph.pdf - Crops for the Future
Annona Species Monograph.pdf - Crops for the Future
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Chapter 8. Genetic Resources<br />
Table 8-1. Centres of origin and diversity of some <strong>Annona</strong> species<br />
<strong>Species</strong><br />
Centres of Origin<br />
A. aurantiaca Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goias and Minas Gerais)<br />
A. cacans Brazil (Savannah regions)<br />
A. cherimola Andean valleys of Ecuador, Peru and Chile<br />
A. coriacea Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul) and Paraguay<br />
A. crassifolia Brazil (São Paulo, Goias and Bahia)<br />
A. diversifolia Southwestern Mexico, Guatemala and El Salvador<br />
A. furfuracea Brazil (Mato Grosso, São Paulo, Goias and Minas Gerais<br />
A. glabra Central America, Antilles, Ecuador, Brazil<br />
A. longifolia Mexico (Jalisco)<br />
A. longipes Mexico (Veracruz)<br />
A. montana West Indies, Antilles, tropical South America<br />
A. muricata Antilles, tropical America<br />
A. mutans Sou<strong>the</strong>rn Brazil, Paraguay, Nor<strong>the</strong>rn Argentina<br />
A. paludosa Guyana (Savannah regions)<br />
A. purpurea Sou<strong>the</strong>rn Mexico and Central America<br />
A. reticulata Antilles, tropical America<br />
A. salzmannii Brazil (Pernambuco)<br />
A. scleroderma Sou<strong>the</strong>rn Mexico, Guatemala<br />
A. senegalensis East Africa<br />
A. spinescens Brazil (Piauí, Bahia, Goias)<br />
A. spraguei Panama<br />
A. squamosa Antilles, tropical America<br />
A. testudinea Guatemala, Honduras<br />
A. xespertonium Brazil (Bahia)<br />
A. senegalensis is widespread in sub-Sahalian tropical Africa but nothing is<br />
known about patterns of variation. A related smaller species, A. stenophylla<br />
Engl. & Diels, occurs in Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Malawi, and is<br />
a seasonal staple <strong>for</strong> bushmen (FAO, 1983).<br />
Diversity is still to be found in most of <strong>the</strong> areas where annonas are backyard<br />
crops. In <strong>the</strong>se agroecosystems, diverse seedlings are raised and fruit quality<br />
varies considerably. Commercial production using propagation by budding or<br />
grafting onto local rootstocks is rare.<br />
The conservation of genetic resources requires both in situ and ex situ<br />
conservation. In situ refers to <strong>the</strong> preservation and protection of genetic<br />
resources in <strong>the</strong>ir natural habitats (Lloyd and Jackson, 1986), while ex situ<br />
conservation is <strong>the</strong> preservation of genetic resources outside of natural<br />
habitats.<br />
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