Traditional knowledge of "Cuatomate" (solanum glaucenscens zucc) in puebla’s low mixteca region, México
Abstract
Cuatomate is a wild plant in process of domestication and
with high economic potential in Puebla’s Low Mixteca region;
therefore, the objective of this study was to systematize peasant
knowledge about its importance, diversity, management and
prospects. A questionnaire was applied to 51 producers selected
by the “snowball†method, and it was found that cuatomate
is important to all producers in Puebla’s Low Mixteca region,
because of its use and change value. There are three types of
cuatomate that are easily identifiable by the color of their fruit:
green, white or ashen, and spotted. The green fruit has higher
prospects for commercial production. The backyard is the most
important productive space for the species, which has allowed
its reproduction, distribution, conservation and diffusion
through management practices carried out by the whole family,
among them sowing, staking, transplanting, tutoring, irrigating,
fertilizing, harvesting, and purchasing-selling fruit and plants.
The difficulty in obtaining only fertile plants with quality for
cuatomate propagation is one of the main problems that limit
its production; however, most of the producers are willing to
buy them and pay a surcharge if their fertility and quality is
guaranteed.
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