Highly structured genetic diversity of Bixa orellana var. urucurana, the wild ancestor of annatto, in Brazilian Amazonia.

Highly structured genetic diversity of Bixa orellana var. urucurana, the wild ancestor of annatto, in Brazilian Amazonia.

Annatto (Bixa orellana L.) is a tropical American crop, commercially valuable due to its application in the food and cosmetics industries as a natural dye. The wild ancestor of cultivated annatto is B. orellana var. urucurana. Although never cultivated, this variety occurs in open forests and anthro...

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Main Authors: Gabriel Dequigiovanni, Santiago Linorio Ferreyra Ramos, Alessandro Alves-Pereira, Eliane Gomes Fabri, Doriane Picanço-Rodrigues, Charles Roland Clement, Paul Gepts, Elizabeth Ann Veasey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5991381?pdf=render

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