An Andean Ancient Crop, Chenopodium quinoa Willd: A Review

Lady Laura Tuisima Coral; Eloy Fernández Cusimamani

doi:10.2478/ats-2014-0020

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An Andean Ancient Crop, Chenopodium quinoa Willd: A Review

Agricultura Tropica et Subtropica

Volume 47 (2014): Issue 4 (December 2014)

By: Lady Laura Tuisima Coral and Eloy Fernández Cusimamani

Open Access

|Mar 2015

Abstract

Chenopodium quinoa Willd., is the oldest pseudocereal native from the Andean Region from 20° N in Columbia to 40°S in Chile, it grows from sea level to an altitude of 3 800 m, adapted to several agroclimates and abiotic stress. Quinoa is an annual plant that reaches a height of 0.2 to 3.0 m, it can display a variety of colours from the leaves and inflorescences. Quinoa seeds present a rich source of a variety of minerals, vitamins and higher contents of most essential amino acids, especially lysine which reveals its potential for a valuable ingredient in the preparation of highly nutritious food and also its nutraceutical properties. The high genetic variability and premises properties of quinoa make it potential to be grown worldwide, even it has been declared “The International Year of the Quinoa” (IYQ) by the United Nations in the year 2013.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ats-2014-0020 | Journal eISSN: 1801-0571 | Journal ISSN: 0231-5742

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Language: English

Page range: 142 - 146

Submitted on: May 22, 2014

Accepted on: Dec 15, 2014

Published on: Mar 3, 2015

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