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Presence of vetches (Vicia spp.) in agricultural and wild floras of ancient Europe

2016-04-01

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Vetches (Vicia spp.) were part of the everyday diet of the modern human Palaeolithic hunter-gatherers at the end of the last Ice Age. Among the major criteria to determine the domestication in vetches and other ancient grain legumes are non-dehiscent pods, larger seed size and smooth seed coat. The seeds of bitter vetch [V. ervilia (L.) Willd.] were found among both the earliest findings of wild collected plants f...

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Literature Corpus work: 7c57d8bf-6184-581b-a883-a22d121b7333
DOI: 10.1007/s10722-016-0382-3

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