Enset in Ethiopia: a poorly characterized but resilient starch staple

JS Borrell, MK Biswas, M Goodwin, G Blomme… - Annals of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background Enset (Ensete ventricosum, Musaceae) is an African crop that currently
provides the staple food for approx. 20 million Ethiopians. Whilst wild enset grows over …

Treasuring crop wild relative diversity: Analysis of success from the seed collecting phase of the 'Adapting Agriculture to Climate Change'project

JV Müller, CP Cockel, M Gianella, F Guzzon - Genetic Resources and …, 2021 - Springer
The seed collecting phase of the 'Adapting Agriculture to Climate Change'project was, to the
best of our knowledge, the most comprehensive crop wild relatives (CWR) collecting and …

Conservation protocols for Ensete glaucum, a crop wild relative of banana, using plant tissue culture and cryopreservation techniques on seeds and zygotic embryos

S Singh, R Thangjam, GD Harish, H Singh… - Plant Cell, Tissue and …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Ensets (Ensete spp., family Musaceae), are multipurpose plants with great
versatility and potential as a food security crop, although they are cultivated only in Ethiopia …

“Tree against hunger”: potential of enset-based culinary tourism for sustainable development in rural Ethiopia

TU Woyesa, S Kumar - Journal of Cultural Heritage Management and …, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose This is a conceptual study to analyze the potential of enset-based culinary tourism
for sustainable rural development and to obtain a place as a niche tourism market in South …

Fruit and seed morphological divergence between wild and cultivated enset (Ensete ventricosum [Welw.] Cheesman)

B Haile, B Tesfaye, TM Olango - South African Journal of Botany, 2023 - Elsevier
Enset is a single-stemmed plant; ie, non-suckering naturally both in wild and cultivated
states. There are great differences in their life cycles between the wild and cultivated …

Purdue improved crop storage bag for kocho fermentation; Ethiopian traditional fermented food from Enset (Ensete ventricosum)

HT Duguma, M Mamuye, G Berecha, J van der Kolk - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
Enset (Ensete ventricosm) is a multipurpose crop serving millions of Ethiopians as an
alternative food source. However, the traditional kocho preparation is labor-intensive and …

Banana seed genetic resources for food security: Status, constraints, and future priorities

S Kallow, A Mertens, SB Janssens… - Food and Energy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Storing seed collections of crop wild relatives, wild plant taxa genetically related to crops, is
an essential component in global food security. Seed banking protects genetic resources …

Accumulation of mutations in genes associated with sexual reproduction contributed to the domestication of a vegetatively propagated staple crop, enset

KG Tesfamicael, E Gebre, TJ March… - Horticulture …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Enset (Ensete ventricosum (Welw.) Cheesman) is a drought tolerant, vegetatively
propagated crop that was domesticated in Ethiopia. It is a staple food for more than 20 …

Could taxonomic misnaming threaten the ex situ conservation and the usage of plant genetic resources?

F Guzzon, NMG Ardenghi - Biodiversity and Conservation, 2018 - Springer
Ex situ conservation of plant germplasm, especially seed banking, is a favourable and
widely used method for the conservation of plant genetic resources (PGR). The long-term …

The Genetic Diversity of Enset (Ensete ventricosum) Landraces Used in Traditional Medicine Is Similar to the Diversity Found in Non-medicinal Landraces

GW Nuraga, T Feyissa, K Tesfaye, MK Biswas… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Enset (Ensete ventricosum) is a multipurpose crop extensively cultivated in southern and
southwestern Ethiopia for human food, animal feed, and fiber. It has immense contributions …