Genetic diversity strategy for the management and use of rubber genetic resources: more than 1,000 wild and cultivated accessions in a 100-genotype core collection

Moura De Souza L., Le Guen V., Cerqueira-Silva C.B.M., Silva C.C., Mantello C.C., Conson A.R.O., Gomes Vianna J.P., Zucchi M.I., Scaloppi Junior E.J., De Freitas Fialho J., Teixeira de Moraes M.L., De Souza Gonçalves P., Pereira de Souza A.
2015

The rubber tree [Hevea brasiliensis (Willd. ex Adr. de Juss.) Muell. Arg.] is the only plant species worldwide that is cultivated for the commercial production of natural rubber. This study describes the genetic diversity of the Hevea spp. complex that is available in the main ex situ collections of South America, including Amazonian populations that have never been previously described. Genetic ...

Systèmes et modes de culture; Taxonomie végétale et phyto-géographie