For decades, transposable elements have been known to produce a wide variety of changes
in plant gene expression and function. This has led to the idea that transposable element …

Highlights•Various molecular biology techniques were applied for DNA barcoding of
botanicals.•Well known genomic regions (matK, ITS, psbA-trnH, rbcL) were used for DNA …

Tobacco rattle virus (TRV)-based virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) is widely used in
various plant species to downregulate the expression of a target plant gene. TRV is a …

The discovery of haploids in higher plants led to the use of doubled haploid (DH) technology
in plant breeding. This article provides the state of the art on DH technology including the …

The genome of potato, a major global food crop, was recently sequenced. The work
presented here details the integration of the potato reference genome (DM) with a new …

The genomic revolution of the past decade has greatly improved our understanding of the
genetic make-up of living organisms. The sequencing of crop genomes has completely …

Cultivated strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa) is octoploid and shows allogamous behaviour.
The present study aims at dissecting this octoploid genome through comparison with its wild …

Metabolomics is playing an increasingly important role in plant science. It aims at the
comprehensive analysis of the plant metabolome which consists both of primary and …

Medicinal plants produce important substrates for their adaptation and defenses against
environmental factors and, at the same time, are used for traditional medicine and industrial …

Rapid adaptation of invasive species to novel habitats has puzzled evolutionary biologists
for decades, especially as this often occurs in the face of limited genetic variability. Although …