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Daniel Zizumbo-Villarreal
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The Food System during the Formative Period in West Mesoamerica1
The Food System during the Formative Period in West Mesoamerica. How was the food system structured in West Mesoamerica during the Formative Period (2400 B.C.E.–100 C.E.)? The answer is important...
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Coconuts in the Americas
It has been clearly established that the Portuguese introduced coconuts to the Cape Verde islands in 1499, and these supplied the Atlantic coasts and the Caribbean in the 1500s. By contrast, early 16th century...
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Sustainability of the traditional management of Agave genetic resources in the elaboration of mezcal and tequila spirits in western Mexico
Over the last 30 years, cultivation of Agave tequilana Weber var blue for industrial production of tequila, has generated soil erosion, chemical pollution, displacement of traditional food crops and traditional A...
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The Archaic Diet in Mesoamerica: Incentive for Milpa Development and Species Domestication
The Archaic Diet in Mesoamerica: Incentive for Milpa Development and Species Domestication. One of the central questions in the development of Mesoamerican civilization is how the alimentary, agr...
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Earth Ovens (Píib) in the Maya Lowlands: Ethnobotanical Data Supporting Early Use
Earth Ovens ( Píib ) in the Maya Lowlands: Ethnobotanical Data Supporting Early Use. Earth oven cooking is very important among the Yucatec Maya. It is used for da...
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Origin of agriculture and plant domestication in West Mesoamerica
Recent paleoecological, archaeobotanical and genetic-molecular data are used to develop a hypothesis on the where, when, how and whom of plant domestication and the origin of agriculture in west Mesoamerica, a...
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Distillation in Western Mesoamerica before European Contact
Distillation in Western Mesoamerica before European Contact. Fermented beverages are almost universal among ancient human societies. Ethanol is an analgesic, disinfectant, and mind-alteri...
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Archaeological Evidence of the Cultural Importance of Agave spp. in Pre-Hispanic Colima, Mexico
Archaeological Evidence of the Cultural Importance of Agave spp . in Pre-Hispanic Colima, Mexico. Production of agave-based food and fermen...
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Early coconut distillation and the origins of mezcal and tequila spirits in west-central Mexico
No evidence exists of distillation in Mexico before European contact. The Philippine people in Colima established the practice in the 16th Century to produce coconut spirits. Botanical, toponymic, archaeologic...
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In situ diversity and maintanenace of traditional Agave landraces used in spirits production in West-Central Mexico
Extensive monovarietal cultivation of Age tequilana Weber var. azul is threatening the diversity of the germplasm used in traditional Agave spirits production in west-central Mexico. To promote the preservation, ...
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Tequila and other Agave spirits from west-central Mexico: current germplasm diversity, conservation and origin
Current germplasm diversity used in the production of Agave spirits in west-central México is in danger of erosion due to an expansion in the cultivation of the clone A. tequilana Weber var. azul, used for the el...
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Tequila and other Agave spirits from west-central Mexico: current germplasm diversity, conservation and origin
Current germplasm diversity used in the production of Agave spirits in west-central México is in danger of erosion due to an expansion in the cultivation of the clone A. tequilana Weber var. azul, used for the el...
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Morphological Variation of Fruit in Mexican Populations of Cocos nucifera L. (Arecaceae) under in situ and ex situ Conditions
Morphological variation of the coconut fruit measured in situ has been used to estimate genetic diversity, and generate hypotheses about the evolutionary and geographical diffusion of coconut. Some authors hav...
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Domestication of plants in Maya Lowlands
The Lowland Mayan culture has been one of the most successful in Mesoamerica. Being an agricultural society, part of their success was based on plant genetic resources which satisfied their needs of social rep...
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Intraspecific diversity and morpho-phenological Variation inPhaseolus lunatus L. from the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
The genetic diversity ofP. lunatus in the Yucatan Peninsula was assessed on the basis of its morphological and phenological characters. Our results were then discussed in relation to ethnobotanic information obta...
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Diversity and phylogenetic analysis in Cocos nucifera L. in Mexico
The diversity and phylogenetic analysis in 22 populations of Mexican coconut and six imported populations, were estimated using 15 enzymatic systems and the allele frequencies in: peroxidase (PER), endopeptida...
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Morpho-physiological variation and phenotypicplasticity in Mexican populations of coconut (Cocos nucifera L.)
We studied the pattern of variation of 19 morphological andphysiological characteristics of leaves and their phenotypicplasticity in 18 Mexican coconut populations experimentally grownunder similar conditions ...
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Germination patterns in coconut populations (Cocos nucifera L.) in Mexico
Lethal yellowing disease has drastically affected the coconut populations on the east coasts of Mexico and is threatening to invade all the production areas in Mexico. For the purpose of defining the existence...
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Re-Evaluation of early observations on coconut in the New World
Oviedo’s sixteenth century reports from the New World, relating the characteristics, uses, cultivation and geographical distribution Cocos nucifera, are analyzed in terms of their veracity and implications for...
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History of coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) in Mexico: 1539–1810
The genetic diversity of coconut palm in Mexico has arisen from introductions carried out during the Spanish colonial period (1539–1810). The interest of estimating the extent and origin of the genetic diversi...
