Invasion success of species introduced to novel environments may be facilitated by adaptive
evolution and by phenotypic plasticity. Here we investigate the independent and joint …

Sunflower is well known as an important oilseed crop and also consumed roasted, as a
confectionary and bird feed. The plant has been subjected to the improvement by plant …

Over the last half‐century, crop breeding and agronomic advances have dramatically
enhanced yields in temperate summer‐annual cropping systems. Now, diversification of …

At present, intelligent and sustainable agriculture presupposes a compromise between
maximising crop yield and minimising its risk of genetic vulnerability. Breeding programmes …

Many of our current agricultural crops are natural or agricultural hybrids (between two or
more species), or polyploids (containing more than one genome or set of chromosomes) …

Crop‐wild hybridization occurs in numerous plant species and could alter the genetic
structure and evolutionary dynamics of wild populations. Studying crop‐derived alleles in …

Human society values birds for their intrinsic and aesthetic value as well as the ecosystem
services they provide as pollinators, consumers of pests, and distributors of nutrients and …

Polyploids are essential in plant evolution and species formation, providing a rich genetic
reservoir and increasing species diversity. Complex polyploids with higher ploidy levels …

Modern domestication efforts have occurred in a wide range of species. These efforts have
led to different levels of change from the initial wild populations and market success. In this …

Perennial agriculture has been proposed as an option to improve the sustainability of
cropping systems, by increasing the efficiency of resource use, while also providing …