The evolution of halophytes, glycophytes and crops, and its implications for food security under saline conditions

Halophyte agriculture: Success stories

(2014) Suresh Panta et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Genome Structures and Transcriptomes Signify Niche Adaptation for the Multiple-Ion-Tolerant Extremophyte Schrenkiella parvula

(2014) D.-H. Oh et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

The epichloae: alkaloid diversity and roles in symbiosis with grasses

(2013) Christopher L Schardl et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

Impact of ancestral wheat sodium exclusion genes Nax1 and Nax2 on grain yield of durum wheat on saline soils

(2013) Richard A. James et al.   FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY

Overcompensation in Response to Herbivory in Arabidopsis thaliana: The Role of Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase and the Oxidative Pentose-Phosphate Pathway

(2013) M. H. Siddappaji et al.   GENETICS

Evolution of crop species: genetics of domestication and diversification

(2013) Rachel S. Meyer et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

The Reference Genome of the Halophytic Plant Eutrema salsugineum

(2013) Ruolin Yang et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Répercussion de la polyploïdie artificielle sur la tolérance au stress salin chezTrigonella foenum-graecumL en Tunisie

(2013) Nidhal Marzougui et al.   ACTA BOTANICA GALLICA

Patterns and processes in crop domestication: an historical review and quantitative analysis of 203 global food crops

(2012) Rachel S. Meyer et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Plants Can Benefit from Herbivory: Stimulatory Effects of Sheep Saliva on Growth of Leymus chinensis

(2012) Jushan Liu et al.   PLoS One

Insights into salt tolerance from the genome ofThellungiella salsuginea

(2012) Hua-Jun Wu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Life at the extreme: lessons from the genome

(2012) Dong-Ha Oh et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

Lust for Salt in the Western Amazon

(2011) Robert Dudley et al.   BIOTROPICA

Variation in tolerance to drought among Scandinavian populations of Arabidopsis lyrata

(2011) Nina Sletvold et al.   EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY

Ancestral polyploidy in seed plants and angiosperms

(2011) Yuannian Jiao et al.   NATURE

The genome of the extremophile crucifer Thellungiella parvula

(2011) Maheshi Dassanayake et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Root fungal symbionts interact with mammalian herbivory, soil nutrient availability and specific habitat conditions

(2011) Anna L. Ruotsalainen et al.   OECOLOGIA

Variation in salinity tolerance of four lowland genotypes of quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) as assessed by growth, physiological traits, and sodium transporter gene expression

(2011) Karina Ruiz-Carrasco et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Mapping Salinity Tolerance during Arabidopsis thaliana Germination and Seedling Growth

(2011) Leah DeRose-Wilson et al.   PLoS One

Evolution of halophytes: multiple origins of salt tolerance in land plants

(2010) Timothy J. Flowers et al.   FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY

Copy Number Variation Shapes Genome Diversity in Arabidopsis Over Immediate Family Generational Scales

(2010) Seth DeBolt   Genome Biology and Evolution

Disgusting appetite: Two-toed sloths feeding in human latrines

(2010) Eckhard W. Heymann et al.   MAMMALIAN BIOLOGY

Differential expression of candidate salt-tolerance genes in the halophyte Helianthus paradoxus and its glycophyte progenitors H. annuus and H. petiolaris (Asteraceae)

(2009) Cécile Edelist et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Inducing drought tolerance in plants: Recent advances

(2009) M. Ashraf   BIOTECHNOLOGY ADVANCES

Gene and genome duplications: the impact of dosage-sensitivity on the fate of nuclear genes

(2009) Patrick P. Edger et al.   CHROMOSOME RESEARCH

Strong population structure characterizes weediness gene evolution in the invasive grass speciesBrachypodium distachyon

(2009) ERICA G. BAKKER et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Shedding light on an extremophile lifestyle through transcriptomics

(2009) M. Dassanayake et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Dating the origins of polyploidy events

(2009) Jeff J. Doyle et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Genetic and physiological basis of adaptive salt tolerance divergence between coastal and inlandMimulus guttatus

(2009) David B. Lowry et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Development of salt-resistant maize hybrids: The combination of physiological strategies using conventional breeding methods

(2009) Sven Schubert et al.   PLANT SCIENCE

Sodium shortage as a constraint on the carbon cycle in an inland tropical rainforest

(2009) M. Kaspari et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Plants with double genomes might have had a better chance to survive the Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction event

(2009) J. A. Fawcett et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

More than just orphans: are taxonomically-restricted genes important in evolution?

(2009) Konstantin Khalturin et al.   TRENDS IN GENETICS

The flowering world: a tale of duplications

(2009) Yves Van de Peer et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

ECOLOGICAL REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION OF COAST AND INLAND RACES OFMIMULUS GUTTATUS

(2008) David B. Lowry et al.   EVOLUTION

Improved quality of beneath-canopy grass in South African savannas: Local and seasonal variation

(2008) Anna C. Treydte et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Salinity tolerance in halophytes*

(2008) Timothy J. Flowers et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Importance of Lineage-Specific Expansion of Plant Tandem Duplicates in the Adaptive Response to Environmental Stimuli

(2008) K. Hanada et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY