Claim · model-written summary
Selecting elite accessions will inform domestication, improvement, and conservation of H. compressa.
- Taxon
- H. compressa
Hyphaene compressae6 - Outcome
- selecting elite accessionse6
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Verbatim
t0“Doum Palm (Hyphaene compressa)”
e6“This study will inform the domestication, improvement, and conservation of H. compressa by selecting elite accessions”
Title
Agnes Omire; Nancy L. M. Budambula; Johnstone Neondo; et al. Scientifica 2020. doi:10.1155/2020/4920830
Other claims from this paper (5)
- Observation All seven quantitative traits effectively discriminated doum palm phenotypically.
- Observation Morphological traits of H. compressa were most variable at the Kenyan Coast.
- Observation The 90 H. compressa accessions clustered into five morphotypes.
- Observation Morphotype 4 was specific only to the Coastal region.
- Observation Morphotype 5 had the tallest trees with the biggest fruits.