[{
  "type": "article-journal",
  "title": "GENETIC STUDIES ON MORPHOLOGICAL VARIABILITY AND CARBOHYDRATE CONTENT OF AGAVE DURANGENSIS AS POTENTIAL TOOLS FOR CONSERVATION AND PROPAGATION PROGRAMS",
  "author": [
    {
      "family": "Delgado-Alvarado",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Ávila-Reyes",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Almaraz-Abarca",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "González-Valdez",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Uribe-Soto",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Monreal-García",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Hernández-Vargas",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Naranjo-Jiménez",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "I",
      "given": ""
    }
  ],
  "issued": {
    "date-parts": [[2019]]
  },
  "container-title": "Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences",
  "ISSN": "1018-7081",
  "volume": "29",
  "issue": "5",
  "page": "1308-1317",
  "DOI": "NA",
  "abstract": "<p><em>Agave durangensis&nbsp;</em>is a wild endemic species of Mexico, which supports a regional mescal industry. The reproduction of&nbsp;<em>A. durangensis</em>&nbsp;is mainly sexual, conferring it a high variability. For the mescal manufacturing,&nbsp;<em>A. durangensis</em>&nbsp;is collected from wild populations, affecting their reproductive success and demographic performance. We evaluated the morphological variation, carbohydrate content, and genetic structure of&nbsp;<em>A. durangensis</em>&nbsp;plants coming from a single mother plant<em>,&nbsp;</em>to identify lines with some agroindustry potential. Three different morphological and genetic groups were distinguished. According to Mantel tests (r = 0.71), statistical correlations between morphological (Mahalanobis distance) and genetic (Fst) distances (r= 0.71), as well as between carbohydrate content similarity matrix and morphological traits (r= 0.477) were found. The high correlation values suggested that the use of genetic markers combined with morphological traits could be useful as a tool for the selection of high carbohydrate production lines to establish cultivars, which would have conservational implications.</p>",
  "publisher": "Pakistan Agricultural Scientists Forum",
  "URL": "https://thejaps.org.pk/AbstractView.aspx?mid=2019-JAPS-511"
}]