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ArticleScientific reports2026

High-throughput phenomic survey of seed morphological diversity in common and tartary buckwheat germplasm.

Ji Eun Park, Bo Hwan Kim, Gyung Deok Han, Wook Kim, Piya Kittipadakul, Supachai Vuttipongchaikij, Faheem Shehzad Baloch, Hyun Jo, Jinhyun Ahn, Yong Suk Chung

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Ji Eun Park *National Agrobiodiversity Center, RDA, Jeonju, 54875, Republic of Korea.
Bo Hwan Kim *Institute of Life Science and Natural Resources, Korea University, Seoul, 02841, Republic of Korea.
Gyung Deok HanBiology and Agriculture Lab, Department of Practical Arts Education, Cheongju National University of Education, Cheongju, 28690, Republic of Korea.
Wook KimInstitute of Life Science and Natural Resources, Korea University, Seoul, 02841, Republic of Korea.
Piya KittipadakulDepartment of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Kasetsart University, 50 Ngam Wong Wan Road, Chatuchak, Bangkok, 10900, Thailand.
Supachai VuttipongchaikijDepartment of Genetics, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, 50 Ngam Wong Wan Road, Chatuchak, Bangkok, 10900, Thailand.
Faheem Shehzad BalochDepartment of Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, Mersin University, Mersin, Turkey.
Hyun JoDepartment of Applied Biosciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 41566, Republic of Korea.
Jinhyun AhnDepartment of Management Information Systems, Jeju National University, Jeju, 63243, Republic of Korea. jha@jejunu.ac.kr.
Yong Suk ChungDepartment of Plant Resources and Environment, Jeju National University, Jeju, 63243, Republic of Korea. yschung@jejunu.ac.kr.

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Korea Institute of Marine Science and Technology promotion RS-2025-02303933National Research Foundation of Korea RS-2024-00348897
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Abstract

Buckwheat (Fagopyrum spp.) germplasm represents an underutilized source of morphological diversity for crop improvement. This study presents a high-throughput phenomic survey quantifying five seed morphological traits (area, length, width, circularity, roundness) across 563 RDA genebank accessions (519 common buckwheat (F. esculentum), 44 Tartary buckwheat (F. tataricum) using standardized imaging. Common buckwheat exhibits larger seeds (area: 21.12 ± 4.04 mm²) with lower coefficients of variation (CVs: 17.9%), while Tartary buckwheat shows smaller seeds (14.80 ± 3.23 mm²) with higher CVs (20.1%) and greater shape dispersion (PC2 variance: 3.73 vs. 1.06). Principal component analysis confirms species-level morphological separation and documents exploitable polymorphism, including notched/slender/round/rice morphotypes in F. tataricum. These standardized phenotypic baselines support genebank curation, accession ranking by seed size/shape extremes, and prioritization for multi-environment trials and genetic studies.

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FagopyrumPhenomicsSeedsGenetic VariationPhenotypePrincipal Component AnalysisCommon buckwheatImage-based phenotypingPopulation phenotypic variationSeed morphologyTartary buckwheat

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PMCPMC13230958

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