The domestication of artichoke and cardoon: From Roman times to the genomic age

Annals of Botany

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1095-1100

  Sonnante, Gabriella ^a   Pignone, Domenico ^a   Hammer, Karl ^b  

^a Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Artichoke; Cardoon; Cynara cardunculus; Domestication; Genetic resources; Wild progenitor

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; ANNUAL PLANT; CONSERVATION GENETICS; CROP; CULTIVATION; DOMESTICATION; GENETIC RESOURCE; GENETICS; GENOMICS; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; TAXONOMY;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICHOKE; CROP; CYNARA; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; HISTOLOGY; HISTORY; PLANT SEED; REVIEW; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

AGRICULTURE; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; CYNARA; CYNARA SCOLYMUS; EVOLUTION; HETEROZYGOTE; HISTORY, 15TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; SEEDS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ARABIAN PENINSULA; ASIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MIDDLE EAST; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

CYNARA CARDUNCULUS; CYNARA SCOLYMUS;

EID: 35348962102     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcm127     Document Type: Review

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