An updated checklist of the vascular flora alien to Italy

G Galasso, F Conti, L Peruzzi… - Plant Biosystems-An …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
An updated inventory of the vascular flora alien to Italy, providing details on the occurrence
at regional level, is presented. The checklist includes 1597 species, subspecies, and …

Healthy and resilient cereals and pseudo-cereals for marginal agriculture: molecular advances for improving nutrient bioavailability

JP Rodríguez, H Rahman, S Thushar… - Frontiers in genetics, 2020 - frontiersin.org
With the ever-increasing world population, an extra 1.5 billion mouths need to be fed by
2050 with continuously dwindling arable land. Hence, it is imperative that extra food come …

A second update to the checklist of the vascular flora alien to Italy

G Galasso, F Conti, L Peruzzi… - Plant Biosystems-An …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Critical and updated alien species inventories are crucial to properly manage and contrast
biological invasions. After 6 years, a second update to the inventory of the vascular flora …

Prospects and potentials of underutilized leafy Amaranths as vegetable use for health-promotion

U Sarker, YP Lin, S Oba, Y Yoshioka… - Plant Physiology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Climate change causes environmental variation worldwide, which is one of the most serious
threats to global food security. In addition, more than 2 billion people in the world are …

From zero to hero: the past, present and future of grain amaranth breeding

DC Joshi, S Sood, R Hosahatti, L Kant… - Theoretical and Applied …, 2018 - Springer
Key message Grain amaranth is an underutilized crop with high nutritional quality from the
Americas. Emerging genomic and biotechnological tools are becoming available that allow …

Genetics and breeding for climate change in Orphan crops

SN Kamenya, EO Mikwa, B Song, DA Odeny - Theoretical and Applied …, 2021 - Springer
Climate change is rapidly changing how we live, what we eat and produce, the crops we
breed and the target traits. Previously underutilized orphan crops that are climate resilient …

RADseq dataset with 90% missing data fully resolves recent radiation of Petalidium (Acanthaceae) in the ultra‐arid deserts of Namibia

EA Tripp, YHE Tsai, Y Zhuang… - Ecology and …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Deserts, even those at tropical latitudes, often have strikingly low levels of plant diversity,
particularly within genera. One remarkable exception to this pattern is the genus Petalidium …

Parallel ddRAD and genome skimming analyses reveal a radiative and reticulate evolutionary history of the temperate bamboos

C Guo, PF Ma, GQ Yang, XY Ye, Y Guo… - Systematic …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Rapid evolutionary radiations are among the most challenging phylogenetic problems,
wherein different types of data (eg, morphology and molecular) or genetic markers (eg …

Multiple modes of convergent adaptation in the spread of glyphosate-resistant Amaranthus tuberculatus

JM Kreiner, DA Giacomini, F Bemm… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
The selection pressure exerted by herbicides has led to the repeated evolution of herbicide
resistance in weeds. The evolution of herbicide resistance on contemporary timescales in …

Single-molecule sequencing and Hi-C-based proximity-guided assembly of amaranth (Amaranthus hypochondriacus) chromosomes provide insights into genome …

DJ Lightfoot, DE Jarvis, T Ramaraj, R Lee, EN Jellen… - BMC biology, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Background Amaranth (Amaranthus hypochondriacus) was a food staple among
the ancient civilizations of Central and South America that has recently received increased …