The widely successful use of synthetic herbicides over the past 70 years has imposed strong
and widespread selection pressure, leading to the evolution of herbicide resistance in …

Studies of mechanisms of resistance to glyphosate have increased current understanding of
herbicide resistance mechanisms. Thus far, single‐codon non‐synonymous mutations of …

Background Transposable elements are major evolutionary forces which can cause new
genome structure and species diversification. The role of transposable elements in the …

It has long been recognized that hybridization and polyploidy are prominent processes in
plant evolution. Although classically recognized as significant in speciation and adaptation …

The green lineage (Viridiplantae) comprises the green algae and their descendants the land
plants, and is one of the major groups of oxygenic photosynthetic eukaryotes. Current …

A subject of extensive study in evolutionary theory has been the issue of how neutral,
redundant copies can be maintained in the genome for long periods of time. Concurrently …

Late embryogenesis abundant (LEA) proteins are large groups of hydrophilic proteins with
major role in drought and other abiotic stresses tolerance in plants. In-depth study and …

Herbicides with new modes of action (MOA s) are badly needed due to the rapidly evolving
resistance to commercial herbicides, but a new MOA has not been introduced in over 20 …

Silver birch (Betula pendula) is a pioneer boreal tree that can be induced to flower within 1
year. Its rapid life cycle, small (440-Mb) genome, and advanced germplasm resources make …

Autopolyploidy is more common in plants than traditionally assumed, but has received little
attention compared with allopolyploidy. Hence, the advantages and disadvantages of …