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Article: Development and use of microsatellite markers for germplasm characterization in quinoa (chenopodium quinoa Willd.).
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- Crop Science
- Article date:
- July 1, 2005
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CHENOPODIUM QUINOA is one of the most important food crops in the Andean highlands of South America, including portions of Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Argentina, and Chile. It is a member of the family Amaranthaceae or Chenopodiaceae (Kadereit et al., 2003); the Chenopodiaceae traditionally includes the economically important species spinach (Spinacea oleracea L.) and sugarbeet (Beta vulgaris L.). Quinoa is an allotetraploid (2n = 4x = 36), and thus, exhibits disomic inheritance for most qualitative traits (Simmonds, 1971; Risi and Galwey, 1984; Ward, 2000). The small achene fruits contain an excellent balance of carbohydrates, lipids, and protein, making it an ...