Farmers' seed selection practices and traditional maize varieties in Cuzalapa, Mexico

By D. Louette, M. Smale. Euphytica, 2000

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Plant Science

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Farmers’ practices, metapopulation dynamics, and conservation of agricultural biodiversity on-farm: a case study of sorghum among the Duupa in sub-sahelian Cameroon (2005, background): “Louette and Smale (2000) found evidence for such a pattern for maize grown by Mexican farmers.”
Gene flow assessment in transgenic plants (2003, background): “The time of day when Louette (1995) and Louette and Smale (2000), could the flower opens and the period of flowering in rice facilitate the introduction of new genetic material. depend on the cultivar used and the prevailing enSmall farmers select their seeds for desirable traits vironmental…”
Genetic erosion in crops: concept, research results and challenges (2009, background): “Farmers often single out one character to identify a landrace, and through positive mass selection they ensure that this character is maintained, even in the presence of high gene flow between populations (e.g. ear type in Mexican maize, Louette and Smale, 2000).”
Missing markets and crop diversity: evidence from Mexico (2005, background): “Taylor, 1993; Louette et al., 1997; Louette and Smale, 2000; Perales et al., 2003).”
Examining the Role of Collective Action in an Informal Seed System: A Case Study from the Central Valleys of Oaxaca, Mexico (2006, background): “Although there is a large body of knowledge about how farm households choose maize varieties and select seed (e.g., Bellon & Taylor, 1993; Bellon & Brush, 1994; Louette et al., 1997; Louette & Smale, 2000; Van Dusen, 2000; Perales-Rivera et al., 2003), relatively little is known about the local sy”
Collaboration of farmers and breeders: Participatory crop improvement in perspective (2001, background): “New genetic diversity is introduced into the system by bringing in new seed lots (Almekinders et al., 1994; Joshi et al., this volume; Louette & Smale, 2000), via mutation and hybridisation, or through interspecific crossing with wild relatives (McGuire, 2000; Merrick, 1989; Jarvis & Hodgkin, 1999).”
Social Organization of Crop Genetic Diversity. The G × E × S Interaction Model (2011, unknown): “In Cuzalapa (Mexico), farmers’ seed selection practices essentially aim at maintaining the phenotypic integrity of their traditional maize cultivars [81].”
Farmers' Seed Systems and Management Practices Determine Pearl Millet Genetic Diversity Patterns in Semiarid Regions of India (2003, result): “This corroborates with results of Louette and Smale (2000), who showed that ear selection per-In contrast to the “one-landrace” concept of western Rajasthan farmers, farmers in eastern Rajasthan clearly formed by Mexican farmers in maize was a successful method for maintaining a cultivar’s…”