Perspectives on domestication research for sustainable seaweed aquaculture

Autor: Sylvain Faugeron, Bertrand Jacquemin, Christophe Destombe, Alejandro H. Buschmann, Myriam Valero, Marie-Laure Guillemin, Carolina Camus, Claire M. M. Gachon, Yacine Badis
Přispěvatelé: Evolutionary Biology and Ecology of Algae (EBEA), Station biologique de Roscoff [Roscoff] (SBR), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (UC)-Universidad Austral de Chile-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Instituto de Ciencias ambientales y evolutivas, Universidad Austral de Chile, Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS), Universidad de los Lagos (Chile), Centro de conservacion marina and CeBiB, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (UC)
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Perspectives in Phycology
Perspectives in Phycology, 2017, 4 (1), pp.33-46. ⟨10.1127/pip/2017/0066⟩
ISSN: 2198-011X
DOI: 10.1127/pip/2017/0066
Popis: International audience; In this paper, we address several issues related to seaweed domestication from an evolutionary and ecological perspective. We briefly cover the history of human interactions with seaweed and assess the importance of pre-domestication evolutionary processes. The various steps of the trajectory from wild to domesticated seaweeds are discussed for five crop seaweeds (i.e. Saccharina japonica (kombu), Pyropia sp. (nori), Undaria pinnatifida (wakame), Gracilaria chilensis (pellilo) and Kappaphycus sp.) to evaluate their domestication status. We show that seaweed domestication resulted from long-term interactions between humans, seaweeds, and environmental factors. This interplay has deeply modified the coastal ecosystem – sometimes with very detrimental effects (pests and invasions) – but was a key element in the evolutionary process leading to domestication. We then highlight the challenges for future research on seaweed domestication and show how better integration of knowledge on ecology and genetic diversity of wild populations and on the selective pressures exerted by cultivators can promote sustainable seaweed aquaculture.
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