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. 2018 Apr 17;9:441. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2018.00441

Table 1.

A collection of aDNA studies on crop remains sorted by tissue type.

Speciesa Common nameb Tissuec Deposit or materiald Agee Kind of studyf Referencesg aDNA extraction methodh
Triticum sp. Wheat Charred seed Archaeobotanical remains 8400 BC−700 AD nuDNA amplification and sequencing Bilgic et al., 2016 Bilgic et al., 2016
Lagenaria siceraria Bottle gourd Fruit Archaeobotanical remains 10000 BP Genotype assignment through molecular markers Erickson et al., 2005 Goloubinoff et al., 1993
Cucurbita sp. Squash Fruit and peduncle Archaeobotanical remains 10000–0 BP ptDNA region amplification and sequencing Kistler et al., 2015 Kistler, 2012
Prunus sp. Plum Fruit stone Archaeobotanical remains 2000 BP ptDNA region amplification and sequencing Pollmann et al., 2005 Höss and Pääbo, 1993; Pollmann et al., 2005
Olea sp. Olive Fruit stone Archaeobotanical remains 5500–4500 BP rDNA region amplification and sequencing Elbaum et al., 2006 DNeasy Plant Mini kit (Qiagen, Valencia, CA, USA; Schlumbaum et al., 1998)
Citrullus sp. Watermelon Leaf Herbarium specimens 177 BP ptDNA, nuDNA region amplification, and sequencing Chomicki and Renner, 2015 Plant DNA extraction kit (NucleoSpin; Macherey–Nagel, Duren, Germany)
Arabidopsis thaliana Thale cress Leaf Herbarium specimens 87–0 BP Genome sequencing Exposito-Alonso et al., 2016 Yoshida et al., 2013
Hesperelaea palmeri Leaf Herbarium specimens 75 BP ptDNA, rDNA region amplification, and sequencing Zedane et al., 2016 DNeasy Plant Mini kit (Qiagen, Valencia, CA, USA)
Pinus sylvestris, Picea abies Scots pine, Norway spruce Pollen Lake sediments 100–10000 BP ptDNA region amplification and sequencing Parducci et al., 2005 DNeasy Plant Mini kit (Qiagen, Valencia, CA, USA)
Many plant genera Many genera Pollen Animal rumen contents 10500 BP ptDNA region amplification and sequencing Van Geel et al., 2014 Van Geel et al., 2014
Many genera and species, especially Ipomoea sp. Sweet potato Seed and piece of leaf Lake sediments 5000–0 BP ptDNA region amplification and sequencing Bremond et al., 2017 Bremond et al., 2017
Chenopod sp. Chenopod Seeds Archaeobotanical remains 4000 BP ptDNA region amplification and sequencing Kistler and Shapiro, 2011 DNeasy Plant Mini kit (Qiagen, Valencia, CA, USA)
Panicum sp. Panic grass Seeds Archaeobotanical remains 7900–7400 BP ptDNA region amplification and sequencing Fornaciari et al., 2018 Kistler and Shapiro, 2011
Gossypium sp. Cotton Seeds Archaeobotanical remains 3850–750 BP Genome sequencing Palmer et al., 2012 Palmer et al., 2012
Vitis sp. Grape vine Seeds Archaeobotanical remains 4000 BP Targeted sequencing of ptDNA and nuDNA Wales et al., 2016 Manen et al., 2005; Wales et al., 2014
Hordeum sp. Barley Seeds and spikelet Archaeobotanical remains 6200–5800 BP Exome sequencing Mascher et al., 2016 Kistler, 2012
Zea mays Maize Spikelet Archaeobotanical remains 5310 BP Genome and targeted sequencing Ramos-Madrigal et al., 2016 Ramos-Madrigal et al., 2016
Olea europea, Origanum vulgare and other genera Olive, oregano and others Unknown Ancient pottery 4350 BP ptDNA region amplification Hansson and Foley, 2008 Hansson and Foley, 2008
Many taxa Unknown Ancient herbivore middens 30490–710 BP ptDNA region amplification and sequencing Murray et al., 2012 Haile, 2012
Many plant families Many plant families Unknown Cave sediments 400000–50 BP ptDNA region amplification and sequencing Willerslev, 2003 Willerslev, 2003
Many plant families Many plant families Unknown Palaeofaeces 2000 BP ptDNA region amplification and sequencing Poinar et al., 2001 Poinar, 1998
Many plant genera Many genera Unknown Human gut contents 5000 BP ptDNA region amplification and sequencing Rollo et al., 2002 Rollo et al., 2002
Abies sp. Pinus sp. Fagus sp. Quercus sp. Wood Archaeobotanical remains 11500–300 BP ptDNA region amplification and sequencing Liepelt et al., 2006 Plant DNA Mini Kit (Qiagen, Germany)
a

Species, genera, or general taxa assigned to samples analyzed in the work.

b

Common name of crops most related to the analyzed sample.

c

Tissue used for aDNA extraction.

d

Material or deposit.

e

Age of sample reported in the work in year Before Present (BP) or in Gregorian date format.

f

Information regarding the kind of genetic study conducted.

g

Reference regarding the work.

h

Reference or indication regarding the method of DNA extraction used in the work.