The family Brassicaceae is one of the major groups of the plant kingdom and comprises diverse species of great economic, agronomic and scientific importance, including the model plant Arabidopsis. The sequencing of the Arabidopsis genome has revolutionized our knowledge in the field of plant biology and provides a foundation in genomics and comparative biology. Genomic resources have been utili...

IPGRI Technical Bulletins are published by the International Plant Genetic Resources Institute with the intention of putting forward definitive recommendations for techniques in genetic resources. They are specifically aimed at National Programme and genebank personnel. The International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI) is an autonomous international scientific organization, supported ...

Programmes for conserving genetic resources have collected, received and stored hundreds of thousands of accessions of different cultivated species and their wild and weedy relatives. Collection and regeneration protocols must consider the species (i.e., allogamous, partially allogamous, autogamous and dioecious) to ensure that the sample is representative of the population. Previous studies ha...

NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY: High gasoline prices, global warming, national security, and the limitations of global petroleum resources have reinvigorated worldwide interest in renewable resources as a feedstock for liquid transportation fuels, particularly those derived from cellulose. As a perennial woody plant, hybrid poplar (genus Populus) offers several advantages with regard to cellulosic biofu...

BACKGROUND Habitat fragmentation, water resources and biological characteristics are important factors that shape the genetic structure and geographical distribution of desert plants. Analysis of the relationships between these factors and population genetic variation should help to determine the evolutionary potential and conservation strategies for genetic resources for desert plant populatio...

Recognition of genetic reserves and desirable genes is the basis of breeding programs. So far, in Iran, due to the lack of recognition of genetic resources, a considerable breeding program has not been done on native plants. The study of the genetic diversity of violets as a native plant with ornamental and medicinal uses is the great importance in advancing the breeding goals of this plant. So...

1 Walloon Agricultural Research Centre, Department of Biological Control and Plant Genetic Resources, rue de Liroux, 4, B-5030 Gembloux (Belgium); e-mail: [email protected] 2 Department of Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, 455 Research Drive, Fletcher, North Carolina 28732 (USA) 3 Ecosystem Sciences Division, ESPM, University of California, 151 Hilgard Hall #3110, Berke...