Evolutionary origins of taro (Colocasia esculenta) in Southeast Asia

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dc.citation.issue23
dc.citation.volume10
dc.contributor.authorAhmed I
dc.contributor.authorLockhart PJ
dc.contributor.authorAgoo EMG
dc.contributor.authorNaing KW
dc.contributor.authorNguyen DV
dc.contributor.authorMedhi DK
dc.contributor.authorMatthews PJ
dc.coverage.spatialEngland
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-11T00:46:28Z
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-25T06:51:01Z
dc.date.available2020-11-02
dc.date.available2024-01-11T00:46:28Z
dc.date.available2024-07-25T06:51:01Z
dc.date.issued2020-12
dc.description.abstractAs an ancient clonal root and leaf crop, taro (Colocasia esculenta, Araceae) is highly polymorphic with uncertain genetic and geographic origins. We explored chloroplast DNA diversity in cultivated and wild taros, and closely related wild taxa, and found cultivated taro to be polyphyletic, with tropical and temperate clades that appear to originate in Southeast Asia sensu lato. A third clade was found exclusively in wild populations from Southeast Asia to Australia and Papua New Guinea. Our findings do not support the hypothesis of taro domestication in Papua New Guinea, despite archaeological evidence for early use or cultivation there, and the presence of apparently natural wild populations in the region (Australia and Papua New Guinea).
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dc.edition.editionDecember 2020
dc.format.pagination13530-13543
dc.identifier.author-urlhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33304557
dc.identifier.citationAhmed I, Lockhart PJ, Agoo EMG, Naing KW, Nguyen DV, Medhi DK, Matthews PJ. (2020). Evolutionary origins of taro (Colocasia esculenta) in Southeast Asia.. Ecol Evol. 10. 23. (pp. 13530-13543).
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/ece3.6958
dc.identifier.eissn2045-7758
dc.identifier.elements-typejournal-article
dc.identifier.issn2045-7758
dc.identifier.piiECE36958
dc.identifier.urihttps://mro.massey.ac.nz/handle/10179/71005
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherJohn Wiley and Sons Ltd
dc.publisher.urihttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.6958
dc.relation.isPartOfEcol Evol
dc.rights(c) 2020 The Author/s
dc.rightsCC BY 4.0
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectAraceae
dc.subjectchloroplast DNA
dc.subjectcultivated
dc.subjectdomestication
dc.subjectevolution
dc.subjectwild
dc.titleEvolutionary origins of taro (Colocasia esculenta) in Southeast Asia
dc.typeJournal article
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