Battesti V., Gros-Balthazard Muriel, Breil M., Ivorra S., Ferrand S., Terral J.F. (2022). Is Barni, a date palm cultivated in the oasis of al-'Ula, a true-to-type cultivar or an ethnovariety ? : arguments from ethnographic and genetic data.
Paris (FRA) ; Marseille (FRA) ; Abou Dhabi : CNRS ; IRD ; NYU, 17 p. multigr.
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Is Barni, a date palm cultivated in the oasis of al-'Ula, a true-to-type cultivar or an ethnovariety ? : arguments from ethnographic and genetic data
Paris (FRA) ; Marseille (FRA) ; Abou Dhabi : CNRS ; IRD ; NYU, 2022,
17 p. multigr.
Barni is the main variety of date palm grown in the oasis of al-'Ula and its region. The aim of this study is to check the status of this date palm and precisely to identify whether it is a true-to-type cultivar or an ethnovariety, i.e. if its local identity, given by the farmers, corresponds to a unique genetic identity (and therefore locally reproduced always vegetatively) or if it refers to a multiplicity of genetic forms. Following whole genome resequencing, our population genetic analyses show that barni is a true-to- type cultivar in al-?Ula and nearby palm groves.
