A key action of the new Global Biodiversity Framework is the maintenance of genetic
diversity in all species to safeguard their adaptive potential. To achieve this goal, a …

Chestnuts are multipurpose trees that grow mainly in the Northern Hemisphere due to their
aptitude for fruit and wood production. These trees are vastly significant for the economy and …

The main threats to chestnut in Europe are climate change and emerging pathogens.
Although many works have separately addressed the impacts on chestnut of elevated …

As an ornamental plant, Fatsia japonica has been widely used in gardens. From April 2021
to 2022, a disease that caused the wilting and root rot of F. japonica in a large area was …

Currently, one-third of global food production, accounting for 1.3 billions tons, goes wasted
due to major humanitarian and environmental challenges. In such a scenario, the circular …

Sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa) and American chestnut (C. dentata) have been explicitly
linked to ancient, historical, and contemporary cultures while enhancing ecological services …

The development of a checklist of non-native aquatic plants in the Brantas River is very
important from an ecological perspective. The checklist of non-native aquatic plants provides …

Abstract The American chestnut (Castanea dentata) is imperiled due primarily to two
diseases caused by nonnative pathogens, notably chestnut blight and Phytophthora root rot …

With the advent of affordable and more accurate third-generation sequencing technologies,
and the associated bioinformatic tools, it is now possible to sequence, assemble, and …

Plants draw from various genetically controlled defenses to protect against herbivores and
pathogens. The efficacy of alternative defenses can vary with the biology and phylogeny of …