While seed‐propagated crops have contributed many evolutionary insights, evolutionary
biologists have often neglected clonally propagated crops. We argue that widespread …

Background Plant domestication occurred independently in four different regions of the
Americas. In general, different species were domesticated in each area, though a few …

The Amazon is one of the few independent centres of plant domestication in the world, yet
archaeological and ethnographic evidence suggest a relatively recent transition to …

The emergence of sedentism and agriculture in Amazonia continues to sit uncomfortably
within accounts of South American pre-Columbian history. This is partially because deep …

Oat (Avena sativa L.) yield and quality on the northern Great Plains are consistently reduced
by frequent drought and wild oat (Avena fatua L.) competition. Wild oat cannot be selectively …

Palaeoecologists argue that the vegetation of Amazonia has changed markedly since the
late Pleistocene and show that forest fires have been increasingly more common since the …

Recent work reviewed here offers new insights into the evolution of manioc (Manihot
esculenta) under domestication and contributes to current scientific efforts aimed at …

Restoration is normally conducted with the goal of creating plant populations that establish,
survive, successfully reproduce, contribute to ecosystem function and persist in the long …

Light conditions provide important information about the best time and place for seedling
establishment. Photoinhibition of seed germination (PISG), defined as the partial or …

We demonstrate a novel case of selection for heterozygosity in nature, involving inadvertent
human selection on a population of domesticated plants. Amerindian farmers propagate …