Recent advances in plant genomics and molecular biology have revolutionized our
understanding of plant genetics, providing new opportunities for more efficient and …

Cereal agriculture originated with the domestication of barley and early forms of wheat in the
Fertile Crescent. There has long been speculation that barley was domesticated more than …

The chile of Mesoamerica, Capsicum annuum, is one of five domesticated chiles in the
Americas. Among the chiles, it varies the most in size, form, and color of its fruits. Together …

Abstract The Fertile Crescent represents the center of origin and earliest known place of
domestication for many cereal crops. During the transition from wild grasses to domesticated …

Aim Current evidence from temperate studies suggests that ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi
require overland routes for migration because of their obligate symbiotic associations with …

Phytophthora infestans (Mont.) de Bary caused the 19th century Irish Potato Famine. We
assessed the genealogical history of P. infestans using sequences from portions of two …

Microhexura montivaga is a miniature tarantula‐like spider endemic to the highest peaks of
the southern Appalachian mountains and is known only from six allopatric, highly disjunct …

The arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Glomus mosseae is commonly found in agricultural
fields. The cosmopolitan species is found in Africa, Europe, America, Asia and Australia …

Isolates of Phytophthora infestans (n= 178) were collected in 2002 to 2009 from the eastern
United States, Midwestern United States, and eastern Canada. Multilocus genotypes were …

Aspergillus flavus is the major producer of carcinogenic aflatoxins (AFs) in crops worldwide.
Natural populations of A. flavus show tremendous variation in AF production, some of which …