Claim · model-written summary
Landrace richness rose strongly with altitude (r = 0.84).
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e1“Enset (Ensete ventricosum (Welw.) Cheesman) is a cornerstone of food security in Ethiopia”
e2“Landrace richness exhibited a strong positive relationship with altitude (r = 0.84, P < 0.001)”
Title
Addisalem Mebratu; Mohammed Sani; Kifle Zerga Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 2026. doi:10.1007/s10722-026-02818-4
Other claims from this paper (8)
- Observation Highland systems had the highest landrace richness (S = 25–32).
- Observation Highland systems had the highest Shannon diversity (H′ = 2.88–3.16).
- Observation Highland systems had the highest Simpson index (1–D = 0.93–0.95).
- Observation Lowland areas showed reduced landrace diversity (S = 13–16).
- Observation Lowland areas were dominated by stress-tolerant landraces.
- Observation Sørensen similarity among landrace compositions (0.03–0.80) revealed agro-ecological structuring.
- Association Bacterial wilt incidence caused by Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum increased significantly with altitude (r = 0.73).
- Observation A total of 70 locally named enset landraces were identified.
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