Since its accidental introduction from Asia, emerald ash borer (EAB), Agrilus planipennis
Fairmaire (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), has killed millions of ash trees in North America. As it …

Recent technological advances in the field of genomics offer conservation managers and
practitioners new tools to explore for conservation applications. Many of these tools are well …

The concept that proteins and small RNAs can move to and function in distant body parts is
well established. However, non-cell-autonomy of small RNA molecules raises the question …

Movement of RNAs between cells of a single plant is well documented, but cross-species
RNA transfer is largely unexplored. Cuscuta pentagona (dodder) is a parasitic plant that …

Background Blunt snout bream (Megalobrama amblycephala) is an herbivorous freshwater
fish species native to China and has been recognized as a main aquaculture species in the …

Tree species world-wide are under increasing threat from diseases and insects, many of
which are non-native. The integrity of our natural, urban and plantation forest ecosystems …

Background Grafting has been widely practiced for centuries in the propagation and
production of many vegetable and fruit species. However, the underlying molecular and …

Background Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas L.[Lam.]) ranks among the top six most
important food crops in the world. It is widely grown throughout the world with high and …

With the rapid increase in production of genetic data from new sequencing technologies, a
myriad of new ways to study genomic patterns in nonmodel organisms are currently …

Background Giant freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii or GFP), is the most
economically important freshwater crustacean species. However, as little is known about its …