Plant breeders face multiple global challenges that affect food security, productivity,
accessibility, and nutritional quality. One major challenge for plant breeders is developing …

Genome size is a biodiversity trait that shows staggering diversity across eukaryotes, varying
over 64,000-fold. Of all major taxonomic groups, land plants stand out due to their …

Abstract The Pladias (Plant Diversity Analysis and Synthesis) Database of the Czech Flora
and Vegetation was developed by the Pladias project team in 2014–2018 and has been …

We have witnessed an explosion in our understanding of the evolution and structure of plant
genomes in recent years. Here, we highlight three important emergent realizations:(1) that …

Plant genomes vary in size and complexity, fueled in part by processes of whole-genome
duplication (WGD; polyploidy) and subsequent genome evolution. Despite repeated …

Polyploidy, the multiplication of chromosome sets above the diploid state, is arguably as
prevalent in plants as any other eukaryotic group. Over the past century, polyploidy has …

Understanding the drivers of geological‐scale patterns in plant macroevolution is limited by
a hesitancy to use measurable traits of fossils to infer palaeoecophysiological function. Here …

Living gymnosperms comprise only a little more than 1000 species, but represent four of the
five main lineages of seed plants, including cycads, ginkgos, gnetophytes and conifers. This …

Angiosperm genome sizes (GS) range c. 2400‐fold, and as nucleic acids are amongst the
most phosphorus‐(P) and nitrogen (N)‐demanding cellular biomolecules, we test the …

The recent release of genomic sequences for 3000 rice varieties provides access to the
genetic diversity at species level for this crop. We take advantage of this resource to unravel …