Hybridization has long been recognized as a fundamental evolutionary process in plants
but, until recently, our understanding of its phylogenetic distribution and biological …

Poplar (Populus spp.) is a high-value crop for wood and biomass production and a model
organism for tree physiology and genomics. The early release, in 2006, of the complete …

Allium crop breeding remains severely hindered due to the lack of high-quality reference
genomes. Here we report high-quality chromosome-level genome assemblies for three key …

In lineages of allopolyploid origin, sets of homoeologous chromosomes may coexist that
differ in gene content and syntenic structure. Presence or absence of genes and …

Wood is the most important natural and endlessly renewable source of energy. Despite the
ecological and economic importance of wood, many aspects of its formation have not yet …

When challenged by similar environmental conditions, phylogenetically distant taxa often
independently evolve similar traits (convergent evolution). Meanwhile, adaptation to extreme …

In the current study, a macro fungus was collected and identified by using morphological
and molecular tools to study the ITS region, which has been described as a universal …

Understanding drivers of terrestrial fungal communities over large scales is an important
challenge for predicting the fate of ecosystems under climate change and providing critical …

Plant microbiomes are assembled and modified through a complex milieu of biotic and
abiotic factors. Despite dynamic and fluctuating contributing variables, specific host …

Populus species play a foundational role in diverse ecosystems and are important
renewable feedstocks for bioenergy and bioproducts. Hybrid aspen Populus tremula× P …