DNA sequences are increasingly used for taxonomic and functional assessment of environmental communities. In mycology, the nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region is the most commonly chosen marker for such pursuits. Molecular identification is associated with many challenges, one of which is low read quality of the reference sequences used for inference of taxonomic and func...

The phylogenetic position of Sophora inhambensis (one of only three species of Sophora that occur in Africa — the others are the widespread S. tomentosa and S. velutina) is inferred from an analysis of internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequences for the core genistoid legumes. This species was thought to be closely related to the Podalyrieae based on chemical data (alkaloids and seed flavonoids...

The compound of essential oil of thyme which was morphologically similar to Thymus pubescens (Lamiaceae) grown at Azarbijan region, was different from pervious reporters. This secondary metabolite extracted from this plant is citronellol which is the main essential oil in the rosa family. These findings showed clear chemical polymorphism with the Th. pubescens taxon that might lead us to new sp...

Plant parasitic nematode genera commonly found associated with sugarcane were collected from trial sites in various regions of the sugar industry. Nucleic acids were extracted and the rDNA internal transcribed spacer 1 (ITS1) region amplified. Identification of the important genera was possible by size differentiation of the amplification products. Sequencing of the ITS1 region was used to conf...