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  • Agricultural Science
  • Ecology
  • Evolutionary Biology

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  • Plant domestication is a mutualism between humans and crops.
  • This process influences interactions within and between plant species, and with microbes.
  • Key mechanisms include niche partitioning, facilitation, and kin selection.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how plant-human mutualism during domestication and breeding affects beneficial plant interactions.
  • To analyze the impact of genetic diversity manipulation in agroecosystems on these interactions.

Main Methods:

  • Review of factors influencing plant-plant interactions during domestication and breeding.
  • Analysis of genetic diversity, selection methods, and chemical inputs.
  • Examination of kin selection's role in modern breeding.

Main Results:

  • Domestication and breeding reduced benefits from niche partitioning and facilitation due to decreased diversity and increased chemical inputs.
  • Modern breeding appears to promote beneficial interactions via kin selection.
  • Selection pressures on nutrient mobilization traits have relaxed.

Conclusions:

  • Agricultural practices and plant breeding can be optimized to promote beneficial interactions.
  • Mobilizing diversity and complexity in crop interactions is crucial for agroecosystem sustainability.
  • Further research is needed on crop phenotypic plasticity and kin recognition in human-mediated selection.