Title

Exploring Amaranth’s Color Palette: Linking Phenotype, Plant Adaptation, and Human Health

Authors

Sarah Redman, Parkland College
Chance Riggins Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Document Type

Poster

Publication Date

Spring 2022

Abstract

Amaranthus is a genus containing species that are highly desirable, yet underutilized crops and species that are highly despised pernicious agricultural weeds.

• Cultivated species are primarily grown as nutritious pseudograins, colorful ornamentals, or leafy greens and are recognized for tolerance to heat, drought, and salinity.
• Weedy amaranths possess similar adaptive traits, in addition to evolved resistance to numerous herbicides, and pose severe challenges to global agriculture.
• Plant pigments (i.e., betalains, carotenoids) are central to understanding this impressive diversity of phenotypes and adaptive traits.

Rights

Copyright is owned by the creator of this work.

Comments

Research was conducted with the cooperation of the Department of Crop Sciences, College of ACES, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Recommended Citation

Redman, Sarah and Riggins, Chance Ph.D., "Exploring Amaranth’s Color Palette: Linking Phenotype, Plant Adaptation, and Human Health" (2022). PRECS student projects. 85.
https://spark.parkland.edu/precs_student/85