Detecting the extrinsic selective pressures shaping genomic variation is critical for a better
understanding of adaptation and for forecasting evolutionary responses of natural …

To succeed in life, living organisms have to adapt to the environmental issues to which they
are subjected. Some plants, defined as hyperaccumulators, have adapted to metalliferous …

Due to an increasing demand for sustainable agricultural practices, the adoption of microbial
volatile organic compounds (VOCs) as antagonists against phytopathogens has emerged as …

Local adaptation is assumed to occur when populations differ in a phenotypic trait or a set of
traits, and such variation has a genetic basis. Here, we introduce Arabidopsis halleri and its …

The oomycete Pythium oligandrum is a soil-inhabiting parasite and predator of both fungi
and oomycetes, and uses hydrolytic enzymes extensively to penetrate and hydrolyze its host …

Metals (trace elements) are essential for plants but become toxic at high concentration.
Remarkably, about 700 species worldwide are able to accumulate large quantities of metals …

It is generally accepted that the spatial distribution of neutral genetic diversity within a
species' native range mostly depends on effective population size, demographic history, and …

The discovery of non-chromosomal circular DNA offers new directions in linking genome
structure with function in plant biology. Glyphosate resistance through EPSPS gene copy …

Sound vibration (SV) is one of the several environmental stimuli that induce physiological
changes in plants including changes in plant immunity. Immune activation is a complicated …

The hyperaccumulation trait allows some plant species to allocate remarkable amounts of
trace metal elements (TME) to their foliage without suffering from toxicity. Utilizing …