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Bananas in New Caledonian Kanak Society: Their Socio-Cultural Value in Relation with their Origins

Kagy, Valerie; Carreel, Francoise (University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2004)

The introduction of bananas into New Caledonia is directly linked with the arrival of various peoples on the islands of the Pacific. The genetic characterisation of bananas cultivated in Asia and in the Pacific (Carreel ...
Crops and Cultures in the Pacific: New Data and New Techniques for the Investigation of Old Questions

Pickersgill, Barbara (University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2004)

Fifty years ago Carl Sauer suggested, controversially and on the basis of theory rather than evidence, that South-east Asia was the source area for agriculture throughout the Old World, including the Pacific. Since then, ...
Editorial: Give and Take

Bridges, K.W. (University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2004)
Ethnobotanical and Floristic Research in Belize: Accomplishments, Challenges and Lessons Learned

Balick, Michael J.; O’Brien, Hugh (University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2004)

Ethnobotanical and floristic research in Belize was conducted through the Belize Ethnobotany Project which was launched in 1988 as a multi-disciplinary effort of a number of individuals and institutions in Belize and ...
Ethnobotanical Research in Homegardens of Small Farmers in the Alpine Region of Osttirol (Austria): An example for Bridges Built and Building Bridges

Vogl-Lukasser, Brigitte; Vogl, Christian R. (University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2004)
Floating, Boating and Introgression: Molecular Techniques and the Ancestry of Coconut Palm Populations on Pacific Islands

Harries, Hugh; Baudouin, Luc; Cardeña, Rolando (University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2004)

It has previously been suggested that the coconut populations of Pacific islands arose by introgression between wild types that disseminated by floating from an ancestral center of origin and domestic types that were brought ...
Genetic Diversity in Taro, and the Preservation of Culinary Knowledge

Matthews, Peter J. (University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2004)

The origins, domestication and dispersal of taro are outlined, as far as they are known, and recent surveys of genetic variation are reviewed. These surveys have established that taro, an ancient root crop in Asia, Africa ...
How 'Awa Travels the World

Weaver, Kia (University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2004)
Is the Quality of Kava (Piper methysticum Forst. f.) Responsible for Different Geographical Patterns?

Lebot, Vincent; Siméoni, Patricia (University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2004)

We argue that kava (Piper methysticum Forst. f.) is a Pacific domesticate that originated in Melanesia. We provide botanical, chemical, genetic and cultural evidence to suggest that farmers in the northern part of Vanuatu ...
The Neglected Key to Successful Biodiversity Conservation and Appropriate Development: Local Traditional Knowledge

Quansah, Nat (University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2004)

The need to conserve the worlds’ biodiversity is no longer a controversial issue. However, the question of how to conserve biodiversity is a pressing issue. The evidence of this is seen in the continued loss of biodiversity, ...
Past International Year of the Indigenous People? Into a new millennium

Rao, Ramana (University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2004)
A Review of Recent Molecular Genetics Evidence for Sugarcane Evolution and Domestication

Grivet, Laurent; Daniels, C.; Glaszmann, J.C.; D'Hont, A. (University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2004)

In 1987, J. Daniels and B. T. Roach published an exhaustive multidisciplinary review of evidence permitting the domestication and the early evolution of sugarcane to be traced. We try here to synthesize the new data that ...
Survey of Medicinal Plants in the Main US Herbaria

Flaster, Trish (University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2004)

Plant identification has been waning during the recent expansive study of medicinal plants. This has been particularly true among manufacturers of products being marketed for natural heath care sectors. In an attempt to ...
Weaving Our Stories Worldwide: An Indigenous Approach to Global Economics and Ecology

Taiepa, Todd (University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2004)