Grasses, legumes and green plant wastes represent a ubiquitous feedstock for developing a
bioeconomy in regions across Europe. These feedstocks are often an important source of …

The world population is expected to reach an estimated 9.2 billion by 2050. Therefore, food
production globally has to increase by 70% in order to feed the world, while total arable …

The systematics of grasses has advanced through applications of plastome phylogenomics,
although studies have been largely limited to subfamilies or other subgroups of Poaceae …

Chloroplast DNA sequence data are a versatile tool for plant identification or barcoding and
establishing genetic relationships among plant species. Different chloroplast loci have been …

Background Date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.), a member of Arecaceae family, is one of the
three major economically important woody palms—the two other palms being oil palm and …

Background Bambusoideae is the only subfamily that contains woody members in the grass
family, Poaceae. In phylogenetic analyses, Bambusoideae, Pooideae and Ehrhartoideae …

The grass family Poaceae, with 11500 species, is economically, ecologically, and
evolutionarily one of the most successful species-rich groups. Because of this, it represents …

Invasive individuals from the pest species Jacobaea vulgaris show different allocation
patterns in defence and growth compared with native individuals. To examine if these …

Comparative chloroplast genome analyses are mostly carried out at lower taxonomic levels,
such as the family and genus levels. At higher taxonomic levels, chloroplast genomes are …

The genus Lespedeza (tribe: Desmodieae) consists of about 40 species that have high
medicinal and economic value. However, in this genus, using morphological characters, the …