2025·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
The discovery of adzuki bean (Vigna angularis) in eastern China during the 9th millennium BP and its domestication in East Asia
Chen X, Sun Z, Zhang S, Lee GA, Nasu H, Zhang F, Cai H, Liu X, Gao J, Zhu C, Lang J, Zhao Z, Liu X.
Read at the journaldoi:10.1073/pnas.2510835122
Abstract
This discovery pushes back the timeline of adzuki bean cultivation in the Yellow River considerably, informing complex domestication pathways of a crucial legume enhancing global food security. It expands our knowledge of prehistoric farming systems in East Asia, enabling understanding of roles of dietary conditions in domestication and enriching its evidentiary basis.
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