Evolution of the Cotton Genus, Gossypium, and Its Domestication in the Americas

CR Viot, JF Wendel - Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Gossypium, the cotton genus, includes∼ 50 species distributed in tropical and sub-tropical
regions of all continents except Europe. Here we provide a synopsis of the evolutionary …

Plant phylogeny as a window on the evolution of hyperdiversity in the tropical rainforest biome

WL Eiserhardt, TLP Couvreur, WJ Baker - New Phytologist, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Contents Summary 1408 I. Introduction 1408 II. A brief history of hypotheses 1410 III. Age of
TRF biome and lineages 1411 IV. Frequency of immigration from other biomes 1413 V …

Peace in Colombia is a critical moment for Neotropical connectivity and conservation: Save the northern Andes–Amazon biodiversity bridge

N Clerici, C Salazar, C Pardo‐Díaz… - Conservation …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Colombia is one of the most biodiverse countries in the world that has historically and is
currently experiencing extensive deforestation and habitat fragmentation. Here we show …

Evolution of ectomycorrhizal symbiosis in plants

L Tedersoo, MC Brundrett - Biogeography of mycorrhizal symbiosis, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Knowledge about the mycorrhizal root traits of plants is critical for understanding
ecosystem processes from landscape to global scale. In spite of> 130 years of research …

The climatic challenge: Which plants will people use in the next century?

JS Borrell, S Dodsworth, F Forest… - Environmental and …, 2020 - Elsevier
More than 31,000 useful plant species have been documented to fulfil needs and services
for humans or the animals and environment we depend on. Despite this diversity, humans …

Population genomic analyses of the chocolate tree, Theobroma cacao L., provide insights into its domestication process

OE Cornejo, MC Yee, V Dominguez… - Communications …, 2018 - nature.com
Domestication has had a strong impact on the development of modern societies. We
sequenced 200 genomes of the chocolate plant Theobroma cacao L. to show for the first …

Domestication of the Amazonian fruit tree cupuaçu may have stretched over the past 8000 years

M Colli-Silva, JE Richardson, EG Neves… - … Earth & Environment, 2023 - nature.com
Amazonia, one of the largest and most biodiverse ecosystems on Earth, is a significant yet
less-known arena for ancient plant domestication. Here, we traced the origins of cupuaçu …

The genome of Shorea leprosula (Dipterocarpaceae) highlights the ecological relevance of drought in aseasonal tropical rainforests

KKS Ng, MJ Kobayashi, JA Fawcett… - Communications …, 2021 - nature.com
Hyperdiverse tropical rainforests, such as the aseasonal forests in Southeast Asia, are
supported by high annual rainfall. Its canopy is dominated by the species-rich tree family of …

Plastome evolution and phylogenetic relationships among Malvaceae subfamilies

JH Wang, MJ Moore, H Wang, ZX Zhu, HF Wang - Gene, 2021 - Elsevier
Malvaceae sl is the largest family of Malvales, comprising more than 4225 species. Within
Malvaceae, the phylogenetic relationships among subfamilies remain controversial. To …

Three de novo assembled wild cacao genomes from the Upper Amazon

O Nousias, J Zheng, T Li, LW Meinhardt, B Bailey… - Scientific Data, 2024 - nature.com
Theobroma cacao, the chocolate tree, is indigenous to the Amazon basin, the greatest
biodiversity hotspot on earth. Recent advancement in plant genomics highlights the …