DNA metabarcoding of orchid-derived products reveals widespread illegal orchid trade

• Main Authors: Hugo J. De Boer, Abdolbaset Ghorbani, Vincent Manzanilla, Ancuta Cristina Raclariu, Anna Kreziou, Sarawut Ounjai, Maslin Osathanunkul, Barbara Gravendeel
• Format: Journal
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Agricultural and Biological Sciences; Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Environmental Science; Immunology and Microbiology
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=85029886364&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/56449
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

© 2017 The Author(s) Published by the Royal Society. All rights reserved. In eastern Mediterranean countries orchids continue to be collected from the wild for the production of salep, a beverage made of dried orchid tubers. In this study we used nrITS1 and nrITS2 DNA metabarcoding to identify orchi...