Where did the chili get its spice? Biogeography of capsaicinoid production in ancestral wild chili species

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 547-564

  Tewksbury, Joshua J ^a   Manchego, Carlos ^b   Haak, David C ^a   Levey, Douglas J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Centro de Investigación Económica del Colegio de Economista   (Bolivia)

^c University of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Capsaicin; Capsaicinoid; Capsicum baccatum; Capsicum chacoense; Capsicum eximium; Fruit chemistry; Fruit secondary metabolite; Intraspecific variation; PSM; Spice

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN;

GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY; POLYMORPHISM; SPICE; TASTE;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PEPPER; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPICE;

CAPSAICIN; CAPSICUM; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPICES;

BOLIVIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

CAPSICUM; CAPSICUM BACCATUM; CAPSICUM CHACOENSE; CAPSICUM EXIMIUM;

EID: 33745821217     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-005-9017-4     Document Type: Article

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