Yuqi He, Kaixuan Zhang, Yaliang Shi, Hao Lin, Xu Huang, Xiang Lu, Zhirong Wang, Wei Li, Xibo Feng, Taoxiong Shi, Qingfu Chen, Junzhen Wang, Yu Tang, Mark A Chapman, Mateja Germ, Zlata Luthar, Ivan Kreft, Dagmar Janovská, Vladimir Meglič, Sun-Hee Woo, Muriel Quinet, Alisdair R Fernie, Xu Liu, Meiliang Zhou
BACKGROUND: Tartary buckwheat, Fagopyrum tataricum, is a pseudocereal crop with worldwide distribution and high nutritional value. However, the origin and domestication history of this crop remain to be elucidated. RESULTS: Here, by analyzing the population genomics of 567 accessions collected worldwide and reviewing historical documents, we find that Tartary buckwheat originated in the Himalayan region and then spread southwest possibly along with the migration of the Yi people, a minority in Southwestern China that has a long history of planting Tartary buckwheat...
February 27, 2024: Genome Biology