DNA Barcoding for Minor Crops and Food Traceability

Table 1

List of studies dealing with DNA barcoding identification of minor crops.

DNA barcoding application	Minor crop/food product	Notes	References
Traceability of minor crops in the food supply chain	Aromatic plants	Identification of spices from fresh samples to manufactured or processed products	[22, 43–47]
	Legumes	Legume seeds traceability	[48, 49]
	Herbal infusions	Traceability of tea products	[50]
	Fruit	Identification and traceability of mango	[51]
		Identification of Citrus species	[52]
		Identification of Goji	[53]
		Identification of berries	[54]
	Vegetables	Identification of Capsicum cultivars	[55]
	Medical plant and food supplements	Traceability of medicinal plants	[56–58]
Commercial frauds and dangerous substitutions	Aromatic products	Identification of spices adulterants	[59, 60]
	Vegetal flour	Identification of buckwheat in commercial foodstuffs	[61]
	Legumes	Seed admixture and adulteration	[62, 63]
	Fruit	Identification and adulteration of fruit-based products	[60, 64]
	Oil	Oil adulteration	[65]
	Medicinal plants/food supplements	Dangerous substitution of Solanum lyratum with Aristolochia mollissima	[66]
		Adulteration of herbal products	[67]
	Tea	Contamination of tea products	[68]
Molecular identification of minor crops in complex matrices	Natural health products	Identification of pharmaceutical plants in commercial products	[69]
	Juice and vegetal beverages	Juice authentication	[70–72]
	Honey	Identification of pollen and plant residuals	[73]
	Jams or yogurt	Identification of fruit in commercial products	[74, 75]
	Food supplements	Identification of allergenic plants	[76, 77]