Origines et domestication du palmier dattier (Phoenix dactylifera L.)

The origin of date palm cultivation and the history of its diffusion remain poorly understood despite its prime economic and socio-cultural importance. The phylogenetic relationships of the date palm with other Phoenix species are still unclear. The cultivated date palm probably derived from wild po...

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Main Authors: Muriel Gros-Balthazard, Claire Newton, Sarah Ivorra, MargaretaTengberg, Jean-Christophe Pintaud, Jean-Frédéric Terral
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Language:English
Published: Laboratoire Éco-anthropologie et Ethnobiologie 2013-12-01
Series:Revue d'ethnoécologie
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/ethnoecologie/1524
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description The origin of date palm cultivation and the history of its diffusion remain poorly understood despite its prime economic and socio-cultural importance. The phylogenetic relationships of the date palm with other Phoenix species are still unclear. The cultivated date palm probably derived from wild populations of the same species but none has been clearly identified to date. The development of genetic and morphometric tools to differentiate cultivated, feral and wild populations of date palms appears as a prerequisite for the study of its domestication history. Archaeological remains point out an origin around the Persian Gulf. Multidisciplinary studies including date palms from its whole distribution area are necessary to apprehend the existence of other domestication center(s). The date palm grows in sympatry with several other Phoenix species and even if they are not the wild progenitor, they may have played a role at local scale in varietal improvement through introgression. The establishment of a pluridisciplinary approach grouping morphometrics, genetics and archaeology appears as the most appropriate process to understand the origins and the domestication of the date palm.
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spelling doaj-art-5ce23d83d4234ccbbad596d55774a5cb2025-02-05T16:25:25ZengLaboratoire Éco-anthropologie et EthnobiologieRevue d'ethnoécologie2267-24192013-12-01410.4000/ethnoecologie.1524Origines et domestication du palmier dattier (Phoenix dactylifera L.)Muriel Gros-BalthazardClaire NewtonSarah IvorraMargaretaTengbergJean-Christophe PintaudJean-Frédéric TerralThe origin of date palm cultivation and the history of its diffusion remain poorly understood despite its prime economic and socio-cultural importance. The phylogenetic relationships of the date palm with other Phoenix species are still unclear. The cultivated date palm probably derived from wild populations of the same species but none has been clearly identified to date. The development of genetic and morphometric tools to differentiate cultivated, feral and wild populations of date palms appears as a prerequisite for the study of its domestication history. Archaeological remains point out an origin around the Persian Gulf. Multidisciplinary studies including date palms from its whole distribution area are necessary to apprehend the existence of other domestication center(s). The date palm grows in sympatry with several other Phoenix species and even if they are not the wild progenitor, they may have played a role at local scale in varietal improvement through introgression. The establishment of a pluridisciplinary approach grouping morphometrics, genetics and archaeology appears as the most appropriate process to understand the origins and the domestication of the date palm.https://journals.openedition.org/ethnoecologie/1524domesticationPhoenix dactyliferawild progenitordomestication centerinterspecific hybridization
spellingShingle Muriel Gros-Balthazard
Claire Newton
Sarah Ivorra
MargaretaTengberg
Jean-Christophe Pintaud
Jean-Frédéric Terral
Origines et domestication du palmier dattier (Phoenix dactylifera L.)
Revue d'ethnoécologie
domestication
Phoenix dactylifera
wild progenitor
domestication center
interspecific hybridization
title Origines et domestication du palmier dattier (Phoenix dactylifera L.)
title_full Origines et domestication du palmier dattier (Phoenix dactylifera L.)
title_fullStr Origines et domestication du palmier dattier (Phoenix dactylifera L.)
title_full_unstemmed Origines et domestication du palmier dattier (Phoenix dactylifera L.)
title_short Origines et domestication du palmier dattier (Phoenix dactylifera L.)
title_sort origines et domestication du palmier dattier phoenix dactylifera l
topic domestication
Phoenix dactylifera
wild progenitor
domestication center
interspecific hybridization
url https://journals.openedition.org/ethnoecologie/1524
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