Primers used in the present study for DNA barcoding analyses.

<p>Primers used in the present study for DNA barcoding analyses.</p

List of Italian commercialized black and green tea packages analyzed in the present study (N and V samples, respectively).

<p>Information for each accession about the marketing quality (high, medium and low), sales network (D = discount supermarket; H = herbalist shop; S = supermarket; P = drugstore), price (ϵ) {(A), < 1 ϵ; (B), 1 < ϵ < 2; (C), 2 < ϵ < 4; (D), 4 < ϵ < 6; (E), > 6 ϵ} and molecular results for <i>rbc</i>L and <i>rps</i>7-<i>trn</i>V^(GAC) sequences (presence of a SNP in the 68 bp coding region of <i>rbc</i>L, A = adenine, C = cytosine; <i>rps</i>7-<i>trn</i>V^(GAC), 239 bp = <i>Camellia sinensis</i>, 226 bp = <i>C</i>. <i>pubicosta</i>; in smaller font, the nucleotide/fragment less represented).</p