[ Domestication préliminaire et intégration dans un système agroforestier de quelques plantes alimentaires, médicinales, héliophiles et sciaphiles ]
Volume 40, Issue 4, October 2023, Pages 1121–1130
Blaise MATONDO NKAU1, Pélagie MBANDU LUZOLAWO2, Gilbert Pululu Mfwidi Nitu3, Antoine MUMBA DJAMBA4, and Laurent Kikeba Mbala5
1 Université Loyola du Congo, Kinshasa, RD Congo
2 Institut Supérieur Pédagogique de la Gombe, Kinshasa, RD Congo
3 Institut Supérieur Pédagogique de la Gombe, Kinshasa, RD Congo
4 Université Pédagogique Nationale, RD Congo
5 Université Loyola du Congo, Kinshasa, RD Congo
Original language: French
Copyright © 2023 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The elders ate and treated themselves with native plant species, some of which have not been domesticated and others are now experiencing the beginning of domestication. To avoid their extinction on the one hand and to enrich the range of cultivable plant species on the other, we have opted to conduct a preliminary trial of domestication of leafy vegetables and fruits. The retained parameters for the experiment were the emergence of the seedlings, the growth in both thickness and length, the plant movements, the effect of illumination on the species, the flowering and the developmental cycles as well as the setting in place of the tested species in agroforestry. From this study it appears that the seedling emergence differs between species, the growth in thickness correlates positively with the final species size, and the twining and tendril plants excel in terms of growth in length. The study of the illumination effect has made possible to categorize these species into heliophilous, sciaphilous and indifferent plants. As far as flowering is concerned, a distinction is made between annual and perennial plants in this batch. Finally, sciaphilous plants have integrated the agroforestry system by making them evolve under woody species with multiple uses.
Author Keywords: Agroforestry, domestication, local plant species, light, emergence, growth, flowering.
Volume 40, Issue 4, October 2023, Pages 1121–1130
Blaise MATONDO NKAU1, Pélagie MBANDU LUZOLAWO2, Gilbert Pululu Mfwidi Nitu3, Antoine MUMBA DJAMBA4, and Laurent Kikeba Mbala5
1 Université Loyola du Congo, Kinshasa, RD Congo
2 Institut Supérieur Pédagogique de la Gombe, Kinshasa, RD Congo
3 Institut Supérieur Pédagogique de la Gombe, Kinshasa, RD Congo
4 Université Pédagogique Nationale, RD Congo
5 Université Loyola du Congo, Kinshasa, RD Congo
Original language: French
Copyright © 2023 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
The elders ate and treated themselves with native plant species, some of which have not been domesticated and others are now experiencing the beginning of domestication. To avoid their extinction on the one hand and to enrich the range of cultivable plant species on the other, we have opted to conduct a preliminary trial of domestication of leafy vegetables and fruits. The retained parameters for the experiment were the emergence of the seedlings, the growth in both thickness and length, the plant movements, the effect of illumination on the species, the flowering and the developmental cycles as well as the setting in place of the tested species in agroforestry. From this study it appears that the seedling emergence differs between species, the growth in thickness correlates positively with the final species size, and the twining and tendril plants excel in terms of growth in length. The study of the illumination effect has made possible to categorize these species into heliophilous, sciaphilous and indifferent plants. As far as flowering is concerned, a distinction is made between annual and perennial plants in this batch. Finally, sciaphilous plants have integrated the agroforestry system by making them evolve under woody species with multiple uses.
Author Keywords: Agroforestry, domestication, local plant species, light, emergence, growth, flowering.
Abstract: (french)
Les anciens se nourrissaient et se soignaient avec des espèces végétales autochtones, dont certaines n’ont pas été domestiquées et d’autres connaissent aujourd’hui un début de domestication. Pour éviter leur raréfaction, d’une part, et enrichir la gamme des espèces végétales cultivables, d’autre part, nous avons opté de mener un essai préliminaire de domestication des plantes consommées comme légumes feuilles et fruits. Les paramètres retenus pour l’expérimentation étaient la levée des plantules, la croissance en épaisseur et en longueur, les mouvements des plantes, l’effet de l’éclairement sur les espèces, la floraison et les cycles de développement, ainsi que la mise en place des espèces expérimentées en agroforesterie. Il ressort de cette étude que la levée des plantules diffère entre les espèces, la croissance en épaisseur évolue en corrélation positive avec la taille définitive de l’espèce, et que les plantes volubiles et à vrilles excellent en termes de croissance en longueur. L’étude de l’effet de l’éclairement sur ces espèces a permis de les catégoriser en plantes héliophiles, sciaphiles et indifférentes. En ce qui concerne la floraison, on distingue dans ce lot des plantes annuelles et pluriannuelles. Enfin, les plantes sciaphiles ont intégré le système agroforestier en les faisant évoluer sous les espèces ligneuses à multiples usages.
Author Keywords: Agroforesterie, domestication, espèces de plantes locales, éclairement, levée, croissance, floraison.
How to Cite this Article
Blaise MATONDO NKAU, Pélagie MBANDU LUZOLAWO, Gilbert Pululu Mfwidi Nitu, Antoine MUMBA DJAMBA, and Laurent Kikeba Mbala, “Preliminary domestication and integration into an agroforestry system of a number of local food, medicinal, heliophilous and sciaphilous plants,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 40, no. 4, pp. 1121–1130, October 2023.
