Background and Aims According to the Grant–Stebbins model of pollinator-driven
divergence, plants that disperse beyond the range of their specialized pollinator may adapt …

Interrogating the ecological and geographic factors that influence population divergence
dynamics can reveal why some groups of organisms diversify more prolifically than others …

Potato virus Y (PVY) is a major agricultural disease that reduces crop yields worldwide.
Different strains of PVY are associated with differing degrees of pathogenicity, of which the …

Extraction of DNA from plant tissue is often problematic, as many plants contain high levels
of secondary metabolites that can interfere with downstream applications, such as the PCR …

Targeted high-throughput sequencing using hybrid-enrichment offers a promising source of
data for inferring multiple, meaningfully resolved, independent gene trees suitable to …

Background The disproportionate species richness of the world's biodiversity hotspots could
be explained by low extinction (the evolutionary “museum”) and/or high speciation (the “hot …

 Abstract Estimates of the number of vascular plant species currently under threat of
extinction are shockingly high, with the highest extinction rates reported for narrow-range …

Erica L. is the largest of the 'Cape'clades that together comprise around half of the
disproportionately high species richness of the Cape Floristic Region (CFR) of South Africa …

Chilli leaf curl disease caused by whitefly transmitted begomoviruses is an important
constraint to chilli (Capsicum anuum L.) cultivation in India. Tomato leaf curl Joydebpur virus …

Whilst most of the immense species richness of heathers (Calluna, Daboecia and Erica:
Ericeae; Ericaceae) is endemic to Africa, particularly the Cape Floristic Region, the oldest …