A5009644301- Banana Cultivation and Research
- Animal and Plant Science Education
- Phytochemistry Medicinal Plant Applications
- Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies
- Psidium guajava Extracts and Applications
- Plant and animal studies
- Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity
- Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
2021-2024
Universidade Federal da Paraíba
2015-2017
This study aimed to investigate the local botanical knowledge of native food plants in three rural communities, located semiarid region Paraíba State, Brazil, verifying possibilities differences among communities and between men women.Semi-structured interviews about plant use were conducted with all householders each community, totaling 117 informants. The species similarity Pau D'Arco, Várzea Alegre, Barroquinha was compared Jaccard index, value index (UVgeneral, UVcurrent, UVpotential)...
Abstract Guava ( Psidium guajava L.) is a semi-domesticated fruit tree of moderate importance in the Neotropics, utilized for millennia due to its nutritional and medicinal benefits, but origin domestication remains unknown. In this study, we examine genetic diversity population structure 215 plants from 11 countries Mesoamerica, Andes, Amazonia using 25 nuclear microsatellite loci propose an domestication. Genetic analyses reveal one gene pool Mesoamerica (Mexico) four South America...
The present study documents dynamics and patterns of knowledge about the use native plants in a rural community, according to age gender its members, semi-arid region Paraíba State, northeastern Brazil. Socioeconomic factors ethnobotanical data were registered from 123 household heads through semi-structured interviews. Comparisons between males females, groups species richness, number citations mentioned, plant measures made determine intracultural variations. These outcomes show that...
Abstract The goal of the present study was to conduct an ethnobotanical survey on knowledge and use medicinal plants by five rural communities located within Tambaba Environmental Protection Area, State Paraiba. Data were collected semi structured interviewing 58 key-informants aged 28 83 years. A total 71 species, from 47 families, identified Leguminosae being most cited. leaves used parts tea common mode use. Use Value index reveals group nine species mostly communities. Informant...
Sideroxylon obtusifolium (Roem. & Schult.) T.D.Penn. is a species widely used, for several purposes, by traditional populations from the semi-arid region of Brazil. This study records knowledge and use attributed to this residents two regions: Curimataú (Coelho Capivara communities) Cariri (São Francisco Santa Rita located in Paraíba State, Northeast We interviewed all householders (244 informants) through semi-structured form. The data were organized eight categories, comparisons made...