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Quantitative and Qualitative Genetic Analysis of Agroforestry Plants, Horticultural and Floricultural Crops

A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Horticultural and Floricultural Crops".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2021) | Viewed by 3804

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Evangelia V. Avramidou

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Laboratory of Forest Genetics and Biotechnology, Institute of Mediterranean Forest Ecosystems, ELGO DEMETER, Athens, Greece
Interests: genetic and epigenetic diversity; genetic structure; population genetics; QTLs; genetic mapping
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Dr. Aliki Kapazoglou

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Department Of Vitis, Hellenic Agricultural Organization-Demeter (Hao-Demeter), Institute Of Olive Tree Subtropical Crops And Viticulture (Iosv), Athens, Greece
Interests: genetics; epigenetics; epigenomics; transcriptomics; functional genomics; grafting
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Special Issue Information

In the face of ongoing climatic changes, the understanding of the nature and magnitude of genetic diversity and interrelationship among agroforestry and horticultural and floricultural genotypes for traits of economic importance is vital to effective improvement for sustainable development. The combination of quantitative and qualitative traits analysis accompanied by novel statistical methods and genetic fingerprinting is a valuable tool in order to determine new breeding capacities and methods for achieving plant improvement in a changing environment. Climate change may affect adaptation of plants, so a priori research must be undertaken in order to ensure the protection of biodiversity, adaptation, and future existence/survival of important agroforestry plants and horticultural and floricultural crops.

This Special Issue of Agronomy welcomes contributions (reviews, original research papers, short communications) that may aid in the evaluation, characterization, and valorization of existing differentiation (variability/variation) of genetic germplasm and quantitative and qualitative analysis of agroforestry plants and horticultural and floricultural crops. 

Dr. Evangelia V. Avramidou
Guest Editor
Dr. Aliki Kapazoglou
Co-Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • agroforestry plants
  • horticultural and floricultural crops
  • quantitative and qualitative analysis
  • genetic analysis
  • adaptation
  • climate change effects

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Quantitative Ethnomedicinal Status and Phytochemical Analysis of Berberis lyceum Royle
by Nausheen Nazir, Abdur Rahman, Faheem Uddin, Atif Ali Khan Khalil, Muhammad Zahoor, Mohammad Nisar, Saeed Ullah, Riaz Ullah, Essam Ezzeldin and Gamal A. E. Mostafa
Agronomy 2021, 11(1), 130; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy11010130 - 11 Jan 2021
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Berberis lyceum Royle has such pronounced medicinal values that it is used as cure of many diseases and has exhibited great therapeutic effects among the local communities throughout the world. The present research was carried out to evaluate the quantitative ethnobotanical status and [...] Read more.
Berberis lyceum Royle has such pronounced medicinal values that it is used as cure of many diseases and has exhibited great therapeutic effects among the local communities throughout the world. The present research was carried out to evaluate the quantitative ethnobotanical status and phytochemical analysis of B. lyceum. Regular field trips were arranged to the study area (Shangla District) in August 2017 to October 2019 and interviews with 100 residents (age range: 30 to 50 years) were conducted. The approach adopted for ethnobotanical data was semi-scientific as the inhabitants were not aware about the modern names of some diseases and therefore physician prescriptions were also consulted. Ethnobotanical data were examined using relative frequency of citation and % use value. The % use value of B. lyceum indicates that the people of District Shangla mostly used it for curing of different diseases. In spite of tremendous uses the plant still survived in this area mainly due to the non-accessibility for humans of the mountain tops; otherwise, increase in anthropogenic activities even in these hilly areas poses a threat of the eradication of this plant. To correlate the folkloric uses with its phytochemical composition, HPLC (high performance liquid chromatography) analysis was performed and a total of six phenolic compounds (quercetin, chlorogenic acid, berberine, rutin, mandellic acid, and hydroxy benzoic acid) were identified in its root. As most of the health complications are correlated to oxidative stress therefore in vitro antioxidant activity were also performed using DPPH (2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl) and ABTS (2,2′-azinobis-3-ethyl benzo thiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) assays. The observed antioxidant potential may most probably be due to berberine and chlorogenic acid that were present in highest concentration in the analyzed extract. The effectiveness of the selected plant as remedy for a number of diseases (that were pointed out by the local community) may be due to its phytochemical composition especially berberine and chlorogenic acid as oxidative stress is the root cause of many diseases. The plant extract exhibited high antioxidant potential (DPPH IC50 = 165µg/mL; ABTSIC50 = 110µg/mL) in relation to the detected concentration of berberine and chlorogenic acid. It can be inferred from experimental results that the ethnopharmacological efficacy of this endangered species may be due to its phytochemical composition and antioxidant activities. This case study helps to revive the importance of B. lyceum in local communities and emphasizes the need for its conservation. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Quantitative and Qualitative Genetic Analysis of Agroforestry Plants, Horticultural and Floricultural Crops)
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