Open AccessGenetic data inform Yosemite National Park's apple orchard management guidelines
Author(s) -
Volk Gayle M.,
Magby Jonathan,
Henk Adam,
Miller Steven,
Mazur Rachel
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
plants, people, planet
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2572-2611
DOI - 10.1002/ppp3.10152
Subject(s) - national park , wildlife , orchard , visitor pattern , geography , recreation , agriculture , cultivar , agroforestry , germplasm , forestry , ecology , archaeology , biology , agronomy , computer science , programming language
Yosemite National Park, California, USA has hundreds of apple trees in orchards that were planted in the 1800s by local settlers. These orchards played a cultural role in the early history of the land that was to become a national park. Most of Yosemite's orchards are well over one hundred years old and have reached the end of their life span. Genetic data have facilitated the assignment of cultivar names to historic apple trees within Yosemite and this information will be used to develop an Orchard Management Plan. Yosemite will use this Plan to balance orchard conservation with other necessities such as reducing human–wildlife conflict from bears that enter developed areas to consume fruit from the trees.