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SUBMITTER: Ricciardi L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7076509 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ricciardi Luigi L Mazzeo Rosa R Marcotrigiano Angelo Raffaele AR Rainaldi Guglielmo G Iovieno Paolo P Zonno Vito V Pavan Stefano S Lotti Concetta C
Plants (Basel, Switzerland) 20200218 2
Onion (<i>Allium cepa</i> L.) is the second most important vegetable crop worldwide and is widely appreciated for its health benefits. Despite its significant economic importance and its value as functional food, onion has been poorly investigated with respect to its genetic diversity. Herein, we surveyed the genetic variation in the "Acquaviva red onion" (ARO), a landrace with a century-old history of cultivation in a small town in the province of Bari (Apulia, Southern of Italy). A set of 11 m ...[more]