... Achtak et al.: Traditional agroecosystems as conservatories and incubators of cultivated plant varietal diversity: the case of fig (Ficus carica L. ) in Morocco. BMC Plant Biology 2010 10:28.Submit ... and incubators of cultivated plant varietal diversity: the case of fig (Ficus carica L. ) in MoroccoHafid Achtak1,2,3, Mohammed Ater3, Ahmed Oukabli4, Sylvain Santoni5, Finn Kjellberg6, ... to clones that are often old. As only female fig is cultivated, wild fig and cultivated fig probably constitute a single evolutionary unit within these traditional agroecosystems. Core collections,...