The discovery of the Nuragic culture settlement of Sa Osa, Cabras-Oristano, Sardinia, has
made it possible to investigate the domestication status of waterlogged uncharred grape …

The use of digital image analysis for discriminating between and comparing groups of seeds
is becoming an increasingly common practice in taxonomic studies. For this type of study …

In archaeobotanical studies, the taxonomic classification of diaspores has usually been
done by simple morphological observation and visual comparison with ex situ collections of …

Background Multiplex PCR has been successfully applied in many areas since it was first
reported in 1988; however, it suffers from poor universality. Results A novel method called …

Image analysis is an essential field for several topics in the life sciences, such as biology or
botany. In particular, the analysis of seeds (eg fossil research) can provide important …

Context Morphometric digital analysis of plant seeds enables taxonomic discrimination of
species based on morpho-colorimetric traits, and may be used to classify genotypes of …

In present research, micromorphological characters of the genus Delphinium L.(sensu lato)
Ranunculaceae seeds and fruits were studied using microscopic techniques. A total of 37 …

Seed morphometric and‐colorimetric features describing shape, size and textural seed traits
of 28 taxa belonging to the genera Lavatera L. and Malva L., were recorded by means of …

Melon has undergone an intense process of selection and crossbreeding, resulting in many
landraces distributed all over Europe, Africa and Asia. Due to this huge variability, the …

Abstract In 2008–2009, a rescue excavation uncovered an intact Late Bronze Age well in Sa
Osa, Sardinia (Italy). The structure yielded a large number of waterlogged plant remains, of …