Background: Bio-indicator systems are vital in terms of monitoring of pollutants around the
world. The impact of environmental change can be monitored by employing the responsive …

The search for universal plant DNA barcodes has proved to be a big challenge. A single
locus (or combination of several loci) that can be used for species identification has yet to be …

Toona ciliata is an important timber species but is recognized as an endangered species at
level II in China. Its genetic conservation is of increasing concern. Provenance trials and …

On Madagascar, the illegal and unsustainable exploitation and illegal international trade of
Dalbergia (rosewood) precious woods remain a serious conservation problem. Members of …

The internal transcribed spacers (ITS) exhibit concerted evolution by the fast
homogenization of these sequences at the intragenomic level. However, the rate and …

Senna alexandrina (Fabaceae) is a globally recognized medicinal plant for its laxative
properties as well as the only source of sennosides, and is highly exported bulk herb from …

DNA barcoding is used as a universal tool for delimiting species boundaries in
taxonomically challenging groups, with different plastid and nuclear regions (rbcL, matK, ITS …

Introduction Indian senna (Senna alexandrina Mill.)(formerly Cassia angustifolia Vahl.) is an
important medicinal plant of the family Fabaceae. The leaves and pods of Indian senna yield …

Biodiversity across the globe is threatened. Rapid surveying and monitoring techniques are
required to understand the origin of the threats to biodiversity and to enable conservation …

The high demand of medicinal plants and their unrestricted collection have rendered many
of these as rare or endangered. The restrictions imposed on their collection and trade are …