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Fagopyrum Esculentum Moench.) ® The European Journal of Plant Science and Biotechnology ©2010 Global Science Books Origin, Geographical Distribution and Phylogenic Relationships of Common Buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum Moench.) István Gondola1* • Peter P. Papp2 1 Research Institute of Nyíregyháza, University of Debrecen, Centre for Agricultural and Applied Economic Sciences, Nyíregyháza, Westsik Vilmos 4/6, 4400 Hungary 2 Agricultural Biotechnology Center, Szent-Györgyi A. 4. Gödöll, 2100 Hungary Corresponding author : * [email protected] ABSTRACT Fagopyrum is a genus of about 15 species, most of them indigenous to temperate eastern Asia. Common buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum Moench), the most important species in the genus, has been extensively grown in the northern hemisphere, from Eastern Europe through Japan and in the Americas, as a low-input subsistence or cash crop. It is a diploid species with an indeterminate growth habit. Flowers are hermaphroditic, heteromorphic and self-incompatible. The floury grain is used as a cereal. Cultivation goes back to the distant past. According to archaeological data and written historical records, ancient civilizations in China and Japan used buckwheat as a staple food. This review discusses the origin and worldwide distribution of common buckwheat and some of the related plant species, using molecular genetic methods including studies of isozyme variability and modern DNA analysis. The following fields of interest are covered: botanical and genetic characteristics of common buckwheat with special regard to the heterostylic flower morphology, original birthplace, geographical distribution, diffusion of cultivation to new geographical areas, genetic relationships among remote populations, phylogenic relations of wild and cultivated Fagopyrum species. Botanical description and illustration of some Fagopyrum species are also presented. Studies concerning phylogenic relationships of species within the genus Fagopyrum were surveyed and discussed by reviewing the methods used to obtain primary data. The current view, emerging from them, is presented by naming those clades identified in the majority of the studies. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Keywords: cymosum group, domestication, heteromorphic flower morphology, molecular methods, self-incompatibility, urophyllum group, wild ancestor CONTENTS INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................................................................................................ 17 TAXONOMICAL POSITION AND BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE GENUS FAGOPYRUM ..................................................... 18 ORIGIN AND DISTRIBUTION OF COMMON BUCKWHEAT AND RELATED SPECIES .................................................................. 21 Centre of origin........................................................................................................................................................................................ 21 Diffusion routes on the studies of allozyme variability ........................................................................................................................... 22 Diffusion routes on the studies of DNA-based markers........................................................................................................................... 24 ORIGINAL BIRTHPLACE OF CULTIVATED COMMON BUCKWHEAT.............................................................................................. 24 WILD FAGOPYRUM SPECIES................................................................................................................................................................... 25 PHYLOGENIC RELATIONSHIPS OF FAGOPYRUM SPECIES............................................................................................................... 26 Methods of phylogenic studies ................................................................................................................................................................ 26 Results of phylogenic studies .................................................................................................................................................................. 27 BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION OF SOME SELECTED FAGOPYRUM SPECIES WITH BOTANICAL NAMES AND SYNONYMS ... 28 Cymosum group ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 28 Urophyllum group ................................................................................................................................................................................... 29 FUTURE PERSPECTIVES ......................................................................................................................................................................... 30 REFERENCES............................................................................................................................................................................................. 30 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ INTRODUCTION pseudocereal. Although the genus Fagopyrum comprises several spe- Buckwheat is a temperate zone plant used for human cies, only two of them are of notable economic importance, nutrition since prehistoric times. It is a fast-growing annual these are the common (also named sweet) buckwheat (F. plant with a variety of potential uses. The floury grain of esculentum Moench) and tartary (also named bitter) buck- buckwheat is used in a way similar to the grains of cereals, wheat (F. tataricum Gaertn.), both with numerous varieties despite that botanically buckwheat is not a member of the and landraces in commercial production. Globally, common family Gramineae or Poaceae (“Grass” family). Buckwheat buckwheat is far more important than tartary buckwheat, is a dicotyledonous broadleaved plant, belonging to the estimated on the smaller number of countries where this family Polygonaceae, the “smartweed” family, also called latter species is grown (mainly in the mountainous regions “knotweed” family or “buckwheat” family. For this reason of China, Bhutan, Nepal and Northern India). the seed of buckwheat is rather a fruit than a grain (the Buckwheat has been extensively grown in the northern botanical term is “achene”). It is often referred to as a hemisphere, from Eastern Europe through Japan, as a low- Received: 29 April, 2009. Accepted: 26 March, 2010. Invited Review The European Journal of Plant Science and Biotechnology 4 (Special Issue 1), 17-32 ©2010 Global Science Books input subsistence or cash crop. It is also grown in the Ame- ional Genetic Resources Program). ricas. It performs best in temperate or subtropical climate if Scientific name of buckwheat comes from the Latin the rainfall is reliable during the growing season. It may be fagus (beech) and the Greek pyrus (wheat), resulting from grown successfully at higher elevations in the tropics (Jan- the resemblance of the achene to a beech-nut and from the sen 2006). Buckwheat is adapted to poor lands. It does well fact that it is used like wheat (Flora of North America 5.31). on soils where most of the important cereals fail. At present The word esculentum is of Latin origin and means edible the crop is hardly affected by diseases and pests, which, (Dictionary of Botanical Epithets). Similarly, the English together with the short growing period and the low require- word “buckwheat” refers to beech-nut and wheat, being of ments for management, offers a great potential for both Dutch origin (Online Etymology Dictionary). Synonyms in organic and conventional buckwheat production. various European languages are: French wheat; saracen Total world production of buckwheat seed in 2008 was corn; beechwheat (English); blé noir; sarrasin (French); estimated to be 1.92 million tons from 2.46 million ha. This buchweizen; heidekorn (German); poganka (Polish); pohán- amount is about 25 to 30% down as compared to the amount ka; hajdina; tatárka (Hungarian); grano saraceno (Italian); produced 5 to 10 years earlier, and has not essentially ajda (Slovenian); boekweit (Dutch); viljatatar (Finnish); changed since 2005 (FAOSTAT 2009). The main producers grechikha posevnaia (Russian); grano turco, trigo sarraceno in 2008 were the Russian Federation (0.92 million tons), (Spanish); navadna ajda (Croatian); bokhvete, bokkveite China (0.33 million tons), Ukraine (0.24 million tons) and (Norwegian) (Porcher 1995). France (0.12 million tons). Beside the above, Poland, At present it is thought that there are about 15 species Kazakhstan, Brazil and Japan also grow significant quanti- and numerous subspecies, ecotypes comprised in the genus ties of buckwheat. The grain is mainly used locally. Total Fagopyrum, which implies a great genetic diversity. Accor- world export of buckwheat was only 0.14 million tons in ding to the description in Flora of North America (5.31) 2007, with China as the main exporting and Japan as the they are mostly annual, taprooted herbs with erect or ascen- main importing countries (0.09 and 0.07 million tons, res- ding stems, glabrous or puberulous. The leaves are decidu- pectively). ous, cauline, alternate, petiolate (proximal leaves) or sessile The objective of this compilation is to review the pre- (distal leaves).
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