Late blight, caused by Phytophthora infestans, is an ongoing threat to potato and tomato
crop production worldwide and considerable fundamental and applied research is …

Invasive species offer excellent model systems for studying rapid evolutionary change. In
this context, molecular markers play an important role because they provide information …

We compared the levels and distribution of genetic diversity in Eurasian and North American
populations of Brachypodium sylvaticum (Huds.) Beauv.(false brome), a newly invasive …

As highly polymorphic DNA markers become increasingly available for a wide range of plant
and animal species, there will be increasing opportunities for applications to forensic …

Abstract Hypochaeris palustris (Phil.) De Wild. is a species growing in the southern Andean
chain. To elucidate potential Pleistocene refugia and recolonization routes in the southern …

Abstract The Lactucinae or Lactuca alliance include approximately 200 species distributed
across the Northern Hemisphere and Africa. They were not recognised as a separate …

Programs for monitoring biological diversity over time are needed to detect changes that can
constitute threats to biological resources. The convention on biological diversity regards …

The occurrence of populations exhibiting high genetic diversity in predominantly selfing
species remains a puzzling question, since under regular selfing genetic diversity is …

The mating system of a plant is the prime determinant of its population genetic structure.
However, mating system effects may be modified by postzygotic mechanisms like inbreeding …

Using the wind-dispersed plant Mycelis muralis, we examined how landscape fragmentation
affects variation in seed traits contributing to dispersal. Inverse terminal velocity of field …