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BENITEZ, Mariana. Ecological evolutionary developmental biology in dialogue with agroecology. Inter disciplina [online]. 2018, vol.6, n.14, pp.69-87.  Epub 15-Feb-2021. ISSN 2448-5705.  https://doi.org/10.22201/ceiich.24485705e.2018.14.63381.

The fields of agroecology and ecological evolutionary developmental biology (eco-evo-devo) have been performing somewhat parallel efforts of synthesis. On the one hand, agroecology has incorporated knowledge from different disciplinary sources, among which are of course ecology, agronomy and, in a less extent, other scientific disciplines. It has also embraced local and traditional agricultural knowledge. On the other hand, during the last decades a large effort has aimed to integrate diverse theories, evidence and tools from ecology, developmental and evolutionary biology in what has been called eco-evo-devo. In this article we argue that these ongoing processes of synthesis can feedback each other with valuable theoretical and practical frameworks, as well as with questions and challenges that can push each other’s borders. We conclude that the interaction between these two fields can provide a critical view of current conservation and agricultural policies and practices, for instance those related to germplasm conservation, and can help to tackle some of the open questions that are being addressed by the sciences, practices and social movements converging in agroecology.

Palabras llave : agroecology; ec-evo-devo; agrobiodiversity conservation; phenotypic plasticity; agricultural production.

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