Researchers discover that the horticultural plant L. virgatum has higher fitness and broader habitat tolerances than the invasive plant L. salicaria, potentially leading to rapid evolution and adaptation.
Tag - Cultivation
Fi Gennu
Geographic population structure in an outcrossing plant invasion after centuries of cultivation and recent founding events
Population structure and genetic diversity of plant invasions are the result of evolutionary processes such as natural selection, drift and founding events. Some invasions are also molded by specific human activities...
William Salter
Origins of maize unearthed
I remember being taught about the origins of cultivated maize on my MPhil. It was a mess. Over at the Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog, there’s news about why the results were so messy. It turns out cultivated...
Alun Salt