Publications by authors named "Jonathan A Morales-Marroquin"

Article Synopsis
  • Macauba (Acrocomia aculeata) is a promising non-domesticated palm species with potential for oil production, comparable to the commercially used oil palm, driving interest in its genetic study for domestication efforts.
  • The study utilized various genotyping strategies to identify SNPs in 201 palms and performed GWAS to associate genetic traits with vegetative and oil production characteristics, despite lacking a reference genome.
  • Results indicated significant genetic variation among traits, with heritability values suggesting the presence of favorable genotypes for breeding programs; a total of 92 significant SNPs were identified in single-trait GWAS using de novo data.
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Orphan perennial native species are gaining importance as sustainability in agriculture becomes crucial to mitigate climate change. Nevertheless, issues related to the undomesticated status and lack of improved germplasm impede the evolution of formal agricultural initiatives. - neotropical palm with potential for oil production - is an example.

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Central America science production on biodiversity topics is important in planning future adaptive and conservation policies in a climate-related risk region that is considered a biodiversity hotspot but has the lowest Human Development Index of Latin America. Science production on biodiversity is related to geo-referenced species occurrence records, but the accessibility depends on political frameworks and science funding. This paper aims at foregrounding how the democratic shifts throughout the years have had an impact on science production on biodiversity research, and species records.

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The Brazilian palm fruits and hearts-of-palm of Euterpe edulis, E. oleracea and E. precatoria are an important source for agro-industrial production, due to overexploitation, conservation strategies are required to maintain genetic diversity.

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