Characterization of sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) germplasm: a critique

Descriptor characterization of sesame accessions regenerated in Georgia, USA gave only a very limited picture of the wealth of sesame diversity, and an inaccurate portrayal of literature pertaining to the crop’s domestication. Background information is far richer than touched upon in Morris’s paper, as elaborated in this appraisal. Patterns of sesame’s genotypic diversity follow geographic lines. Data from parallel approaches: taxonomic, genetic and molecular, identify the wild progenitor of sesame from the taxon Sesamum orientale var. malabaricum Nar.