Chloroplasts are organelles that are derived from a photosynthetic bacterium and have their
own genome. Genome editing is a recently develo** technology that allows for specific …

Commercially important palms (oil palm, coconut, and date palm) are widely grown
perennial trees with tremendous commercial significance due to food, edible oil, and …

Date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) is a major fruit crop of arid regions that were
domesticated∼ 7,000 y ago in the Near or Middle East. This species is cultivated widely in …

For many crops, wild relatives constitute an extraordinary resource for cultivar improvement
[1, 2] and also help to better understand the history of their domestication [3]. However, the …

Date palm is a major crop significantly contributing to the agroecosystems in Saudi Arabia.
There has been vast support and development in the agricultural sector in general and the …

The Arabian Peninsula is known to have a comprehensive and rich endowment of unique
and genetically diverse plant genetic resources. Analysis and conservation of biological …

The primary function of mitochondria is cellular respiration and energy production.
Cytochrome C complex is an essential complex that transports electrons in the respiratory …

Next‐generation sequencing allows access to a large quantity of genomic data. In plants,
several studies used whole chloroplast genome sequences for inferring phylogeography or …

Artemisia annua L. is the main source of artemisinin, an antimalarial drug. High diversity of
morphological characteristics and artemisinin contents of A. annua has affected the stable …

Complete Populus genome sequences are available for the nucleus (P. trichocarpa; section
Tacamahaca) and for chloroplasts (seven species), but not for mitochondria. Here, we …