Ethnobotanical, morphological, phytochemical and molecular evidence for the incipient domestication of Epazote (Chenopodium ambrosioides L.: Chenopodiaceae) in a semi-arid region of Mexico

Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 557-573

  Blanckaert, Isabelle ^a   Paredes Flores, Martín ^a   Espinosa García, Francisco J ^b   Piñero, Daniel ^c   Lira, Rafael ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Aromatic plants; Chenopodium ambrosioides; Edible weeds; Minor crops; Tehuac n Cuicatl n biosphere reserve; Underutilized crops

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL DEFENSE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DOMESTICATION; ETHNOBOTANY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; HERB; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PALATABILITY; SEMIARID REGION; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; WEED; WILD POPULATION;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; OAXACA; SANTA MARIA TECOMAVACA; TEHUACAN-CUICATLAN BIOSPHERE RESERVE;

AMARANTHACEAE; CHENOPODIUM AMBROSIOIDES;

EID: 84859231386     PISSN: 09259864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10722-011-9704-7     Document Type: Article

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