Search
Genus

Chenopodium

Called “goosefoots” in GBIF

Chenopodium is a genus of numerous species of perennial or annual herbaceous flowering plants known as the goosefoot, which occur almost anywhere in the world. It is placed in the family Amaranthaceae in the APG II system; older classification systems, notably the widely used Cronquist system, separate it and its relatives as Chenopodiaceae, but this leaves the rest of the Amaranthaceae polyphyletic. However, among the Amaranthaceae, the genus Chenopodium is the namesake member of the subfamily Chenopodioideae.

From Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0

182
accepted species in GBIF
Source: GBIF
2
plants on Plant News
8
research articles
Browse by topic

Plants in this genus

2 plants

Research on Chenopodium

8 articles
PubMed → · research article

Steaming beats boiling for keeping quinoa's nutrients intact

If you cook quinoa at home, swapping your boil for a steam basket keeps more protein, antioxidant...

What science is finding about Chenopodium

Every article on Plant News that mentions a member of this genus, newest first.

Latest finding

Quinoa seedlings switch on antioxidant defenses the moment light hits

Scientists found the genetic switch that lets quinoa seedlings sense light and start pumping out flavonoids, the protective antioxidant compounds that make the crop so nutritious. Two proteins team up to flip on this response within hours of a seedling seeing sunlight for the first time.

Certain grain proteins tell your liver to make less sugar

The oats and barley you might grow or cook with contain proteins that feed specific gut bacteria, which then send chemical...

Quinoa gut-microbiome / crop-improvement

Steaming beats boiling for keeping quinoa's nutrients intact

If you cook quinoa at home, swapping your boil for a steam basket keeps more protein, antioxidants and flavonoids on your...

Quinoa crop-improvement / climate-adaptation

Planting quinoa early in cold climates can boost yields despite slower sprouting

If you're growing quinoa in a short-season or cool-climate garden, planting earlier than feels comfortable can pay off with a...

Quinoa climate-adaptation / crop-improvement

Genes behind quinoa's bitter coatings and vivid pigments finally decoded

Quinoa grown in your garden or on drought-stressed farms could soon come in varieties with less bitterness to wash off, more...

Quinoa crop-improvement / plant-signaling

Genome and transcriptome analyses reveal parallel altitude adaptation in Chenopodium.

Highland quinoa plants quietly deleted chunks of their own DNA over generations to survive the Andes—and researchers have now...

Quinoa climate-adaptation / crop-improvement

Is quinoa-farming sustainable in marginal environments? Social, economical and environmental aspects.

Quinoa's ability to grow on salty, drought-prone land could soon give smallholder farmers in some of the world's harshest...

Quinoa climate-adaptation / crop-improvement

Dissecting the ROS signalling component of salinity tolerance: tissue-specific K+/Na+ homeostasis in quinoa and spinach roots.

Quinoa's secret to surviving salty soils could soon be engineered into the vegetables in your garden, helping them survive as...

Quinoa salt-tolerance / crop-improvement