The Evolution of an Invasive Plant, Sorghum halepense L. (‘Johnsongrass’)

The Evolution of an Invasive Plant, Sorghum halepense L. (‘Johnsongrass’)

From noble beginnings as a prospective forage, polyploid Sorghum halepense (‘Johnsongrass’) is both an invasive species and one of the world’s worst agricultural weeds. Formed by S. bicolor x S. propinquum hybridization, we show S. halepense to have S. bicolor-enriched allele composition and strikin...

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Main Authors: Andrew H. Paterson, WenQian Kong, Robyn M. Johnston, Pheonah Nabukalu, Guohong Wu, William L. Poehlman, Valorie H. Goff, Krista Isaacs, Tae-Ho Lee, Hui Guo, Dong Zhang, Uzay U. Sezen, Megan Kennedy, Diane Bauer, Frank A. Feltus, Eva Weltzien, Henry Frederick Rattunde, Jacob N. Barney, Kerrie Barry, T. Stan Cox, Michael J. Scanlon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Genetics
Subjects:
invasion biology
polyploidy
evolutionary novelty
weed
crop
rhizome
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fgene.2020.00317/full

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