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Anachronic fruit traits and natural history suggest extinct megafauna herbivores as the dispersers of an endangered tree
Muñoz-Concha, Diego; Muñoz, Karla; Loayza, Andrea P. (2020)Megafaunal seed dispersal syndrome refers to a group of traits attributed to the evolution of plants in the presence of large mammals. Present-day plants that bear these traits in areas where megafauna are absent are ...
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Chili pepper landrace survival and family farmers in central Chile
Muñoz-Concha, Diego; Quiñones, Ximena; Hernandez, Juan Pablo; Romero, Sebastián (2020)Chili pepper is produced by family farmers in central Chile incorporating modern technologies and maintaining traditional practices. Although chili pepper is deeply rooted in the local culture, the agricultural system ...
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Culture of triploid tissue from the endosperm of an endangered Chilean tree species Gomortega keule
Muñoz-Concha, Diego (2016)The endangered Chilean tree species Gomortega keule (Mol.) Baillon produces an edible fruit, but is not cultivated at present. Recent advances in micropropagation may allow the further development of this species as a fruit ...
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Effects of regulated post-harvest irrigation strategies on yield, fruit quality and water productivity in a drip-irrigated cherry orchard
Carrasco-Benavides, Marcos ; Espinoza-Meza, Sergio; Olguín-Cáceres, Jeissy; Muñoz-Concha, Diego; von Bennewitz, Eduardo ; Ávila Sánchez, Carlos; Ortega-Farías, Samuel (2020)We evaluated the effects of different post-harvest irrigation strategies on yield, fruit quality and quantity, and water productivity (WP) of sweet cherry trees, over a two-growing season experiment. The fruits were evaluated ...
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Ethnobotany of Gomortega keule, an endemic and endangered Chilean tree
Muñoz-Concha, Diego; Garrido-Werner, A. (2011)Gomortega keule (Mol.) Baillon, known locally as queule, is an endangered tree endemic to Chile. The literature states that the main uses of this species are fruit consumption and exploitation of the wood, but there are ...
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Flowering and fruiting phenology of the endangered Chilean tree Gomortega keule
Muñoz-Concha, Diego; Saud-Sura, Guillermo (2011)Gomortega keule is endemic to Chile and belongs to the monotypic family Gomortegaceae. Although it produces edible fruits and good-quality wood, it is not cultivated. Information on reproductive phenology may help address ...
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Immature stages, phenology, distribution and host plants of the andean moon moth cercophana frauenfeldii felder, 1862 (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae)
Sepúlveda, Joaquín E.; Mundaca-Ortega, Enrique; Muñoz-Concha, Diego; Parra, Luis E.; Vargas, Héctor A. (2021)Cercophana frauenfeldii Felder (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae), also known as the “Andean Moon Moth”, is a Neotropical species native to continental Chile whose larvae feed on species of the families Gomortegaceae, Laureaceae ...
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Microsatellite analysis of populations of the endangered tree Gomortega keule suggests pre-Columbian differentiation
Muñoz-Concha, Diego; Davey, Michael R.; Ribas, Gracia; Mayes, Sean (2017)Temperate forests have been affected extensively by human activities, resulting in land cover changes and population fragmentation. However, these anthropogenic effects can be superimposed onto the natural history of ...
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Notes on a new population of the endangered Chilean tree Gomortega keule
Muñoz-Concha, Diego; Farías, C.; Méndez, J. (2015)The evergreen tree Gomortega keule (Mol.) Baillon belongs to the monotypic family Gomortegaceae and produces edible fruits. This endangered species occurs along a 200 km stretch of the coastal ranges in central Chile, ...
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Queule ( Gomortega keule ) y su propagación in vitro
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Somatic embryogenesis from zygotic embryos and shoot-tips of the Chilean tree Gomortega keule
Muñoz-Concha, Diego; Mayes, Sean; Ribas, Gracia; Davey, Michael R. (2012)The endangered Chilean tree Gomortega keule (Mol.) Baillon produces edible fruit, making it a potential crop. However, its cultivation from seed or cuttings is extremely difficult. This paper reports the induction of somatic ...
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The endosperm of a rare tree endemic to Chile, Gomortega keule, has two parts with different chemical composition
Muñoz-Concha, Diego; Valdivia, Carlos E.; Peñailillo, Patricio; Baeza, Carlos (2018)‘Queule’ (Gomortega keule) is an endemic and endangered Chilean tree belonging to the monotypic family Gomortegaceae. Inside its edible fruit the usually single seed has an oily endosperm divided in two distinctive parts; ...
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The endospermic origin of the storage tissue of a rare tree endemic to chile, gomortega keule, is confirmed by microsatellites
Muñoz-Concha, Diego; Ritchie, Peter (2019)In angiosperms, the usual storage tissue found in seeds is the endosperm, which originates at the characteristic event of the double fertilisation. The mature seeds of Gomortega keule (Molina) Baillon, in the monotypic ...