Development of Genomic Resources in Mexican <i>Bursera</i> (Section: <i>Bullockia:</i> Burseraceae): Genome Assembly, Annotation, and Marker Discovery for Three Copal Species by Yessica Rico, Gustavo P. Lorenzana, Carlos A. Benítez-Pineda, Bode A. Olukolu

“…Moreover, we mapped the filtered reads of each <i>Bursera</i> species against the chloroplast genomes of five Burseraceae species, obtaining consensus sequences ranging from 156 to 160 kb in length. …”
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Molecular phylogeny of mulberries reconstructed from ITS and two cpDNA sequences by Yahui Xuan, Yue Wu, Peng Li, Ruiling Liu, Yiwei Luo, Jianglian Yuan, Zhonghuai Xiang, Ningjia He

“…Methods We sequenced the ITS regions and the chloroplast DNA regions TrnL-TrnF and TrnT-TrnL from 33 mulberry accessions, and performed phylogenetic analyses to explore the evolution of mulberry. …”
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Marine Bacterial Communities in the Xisha Islands, South China Sea by Yihui Wang, Lei Wang, Yongliang Liu, Shengqi Su, Wenjin Hao

“…Alteromonadales, Rhodospirllales, and Chloroplast were identified as the significantly different communities between the surface and bottom (Q value < 0.01). …”
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Polymorphism of alien Erigeron canadensis L. (Asteraceae) along the Trans-Siberian Railway by Maria A. Galkina, Viktoria N. Zelenkova, Andrey Yu. Kurskoy, Mikhail Yu. Tretyakov, Valeriy K. Tokhtar, Yuliya K. Vinogradova

“…All plants have been divided into three haplotypes in accordance to the structure of chloroplast DNA sites (rpl32–trnL and trnL–trnF). The first two haplotypes are represented in the samples from European Russia, the third one includes all samples from the Urals, Western Siberia, the Far East, and all the rest of material collected in European part of Russia. …”
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Phylogenomic Insights into the Phylogeography of <i>Halophila baillonii</i> Asch. by Kor-jent van Dijk, Michelle Waycott, Ed Biffin, Joel C. Creed, Federico J. Albertazzi, Jimena Samper-Villarreal

“…To study their relationship, we used a hybrid capture approach targeting chloroplast loci on samples from Belize, Brazil, and the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. …”
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Monophyly and transoceanic dispersal in the widespread floating club-rush clade, Isolepis subgenus Fluitantes (Cyperaceae) by Jan-Adriaan Viljoen, Terry Hedderson, Charlotte Sletten Bjorå, Muthama Muasya

“…Thus, it is well suited for testing the generality of both the Cape-to-Cairo pattern of dispersal and transoceanic dispersal between southern Africa and Australasia.Material and methods &amp;ndash; We inferred a dated population-level phylogeny based on new sequence data from the nuclear ITS and the chloroplast atpI&amp;ndash;H gene regions. We constructed dispersal&amp;ndash;extinction&amp;ndash;cladogenesis models in Lagrange to infer ancestral areas and to compare the likelihoods of stepping-stone and long-distance modes of dispersal.Key results &amp;ndash; The Fluitantes originated in the Cape about 7 million years ago (mya). …”
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Improvement in growth of plants under the effect of magnetized water by Etimad Alattar, Eqbal Radwan, Khitam Elwasife

“…Also, irrigating plants with magnetized water resulted in a considerable increase in chloroplast pigments (carotenoids, chlorophyll a, and b) and photosynthetic activity. …”
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Is chiropterophily an evolutionary dead end? A phylogenetic test in the pantropical genus Parkia (Leguminosae, Caesalpinioideae, mimosoid clade) by Lorena Oliveira, Doriane Rodrigues, Helen Hopkins, Guthieri Colombo, Michael John Hopkins

“…Material and methods – Using BEAST, we estimated the ages of nodes in a phylogeny based on four chloroplast regions (matK, trnL, psbA-trnH, and rps16-trnQ) and the nuclear region ITS/18S/26S. …”
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Integrated proteomics and metabolomics analysis of rice leaves in response to rice straw return by Shuangshuang Yan, Shengdan Gong, Kexin Sun, Jinwang Li, Hongming Zhang, Jinsheng Fan, Zhenping Gong, Zhongxue Zhang, Chao Yan

“…The results showed that, compared with the S0 treatment, the SR treatment significantly decreased the dry weight of rice plants and non-structural carbohydrate contents and destroyed the chloroplast ultrastructure. In rice leaves of SR treatment, 329 DEPs were upregulated, 303 DEPs were downregulated, 44 DEMs were upregulated, and 71 DEMs were downregulated. …”
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Assembly and comparative analysis of the initial complete mitochondrial genome of Primulina hunanensis (Gesneriaceae): a cave-dwelling endangered plant by Lingling Chen, Xiang Dong, Hang Huang, Haixia Xu, Peninah Cheptoo Rono, Xiuzhen Cai, Guangwan Hu

“…Abstract Background Primulina hunanensis, a troglobitic plant within the Primulina genus of Gesneriaceae family, exhibits robust resilience to arid conditions and holds great horticultural potential as an ornamental plant. The work of chloroplast genome (cpDNA) has been recently accomplished, however, the mitochondrial genome (mtDNA) that is crucial for plant evolution has not been reported. …”
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Genome-wide transcriptional profiling provides clues to molecular mechanisms underlying cold tolerance in chickpea by Alireza Akbari, Ahmad Ismaili, Nazanin Amirbakhtiar, Masoumeh Pouresmael, Zahra-Sadat Shobbar

“…According to the GO enrichment analysis of uniquely down-regulated genes under cold stress in ILC533, photosynthetic membrane, photosystem II, chloroplast part, and photosystem processes were enriched, revealing that the photosynthesis is severely sensitive to cold stress in this sensitive genotype. …”
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Phylogenetic relationships in the southern African genus Drosanthemum (Ruschioideae, Aizoaceae) by Sigrid Liede-Schumann, Guido W. Grimm, Nicolai M. Nürk, Alastair J. Potts, Ulrich Meve, Heidrun E.K. Hartmann

“…Their phylogenetic relationships, however, have not yet been investigated, hampering understanding of monophyletic entities and patterns of geographic distribution. Methods Using chloroplast and nuclear DNA sequence data, we performed network- and tree-based phylogenetic analyses of 73 species of Drosanthemum with multiple accessions for widespread species. …”
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Phylogeny and Flow Cytometry of the Genus <i>Kalidium</i> Moq. (Amaranthaceae s.l.) in Kazakhstan by B. B. Osmonali, P. V. Vesselova, G. M. Kudabayeva, M. V. Skaptsov, A. I. Shmakov, N. Friesen

“…Sequencing of nrITS and two chloroplast fragments were used to build a phylogenetic tree, including sequences from the NCBI database., A phylogenetic tree of species of the genus <i>Kalidium</i> was compiled, which takes previously published data into consideration. …”
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Assembly and Comparative Analysis of the Complete Mitochondrial Genome of Two Species of Calla Lilies (<i>Zantedeschia</i>, Araceae) by Yanbing Guo, Ziwei Li, Shoulin Jin, Shuying Chen, Fei Li, Hongzhi Wu

“…Analyses of codon usage, sequence repeats, gene migration from chloroplast to mitochondrial, and RNA editing were conducted for both <i>Z. aethiopica</i> and <i>Z. odorata</i> mt genomes. …”
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Unraveling the maternal and paternal origins of allotetraploid Vigna reflexo-pilosa by Jayern Lee, Yang Jae Kang, Halim Park, Sangrea Shim, Jungmin Ha, Taeyoung Lee, Moon Young Kim, Suk-Ha Lee

“…By comparing the genomic profiles of V. hirtella and V. trinervia with those of V. reflexo-pilosa, we investigate the complex genomic mechanisms underlying allopolyploid evolution within the genus Vigna. Comparison of the chloroplast genome revealed that V. trinervia is closely related to V. reflexo-pilosa. …”
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Expression dynamics of phytochrome genes for the shade-avoidance response in densely direct-seeding rice by Yongtao Cui, Minhua Zhu, Jian Song, Honghuan Fan, Xiaozheng Xu, Jiayan Wu, Longbiao Guo, Jianjun Wang

“…Furthermore, DDS causes senescence by downregulating the expression of chloroplast synthesis-related genes throughout almost the entire stage. …”
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Climate change will disproportionally affect the most genetically diverse lineages of a widespread African tree species by Paul T. Lyam, Joaquín Duque-Lazo, Frank Hauenschild, Jan Schnitzler, Alexandra N. Muellner-Riehl, Michelle Greve, Henry Ndangalasi, Annerine Myburgh, Walter Durka

“…We used molecular data from 10 nuclear and two chloroplast genomes to identify phylogeographic groups within 746 individuals from 29 populations of Senegalia senegal, a savannah tree species in sub-Saharan Africa. …”
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Genetic evaluation and germplasm identification analysis on ITS2, trnL-F, and psbA-trnH of alfalfa varieties germplasm resources by Yong Wang, Chunbo Xu, Laga Tong, Xiaoming Zhang, Mingjiu Wang

“…Alfalfa cultivars trnL-F and psbA-trnH sequences have apparent differences, showing that chloroplast conservative sequences were independent evolution. …”
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The analysis of lysine succinylation modification reveals the mechanism of oxybenzone damaging of pakchoi (Brassica rapa L. ssp. chinensis) by Shuhao Li, Yuqi Zhou, Yang Xu, Shengxiang Ran, Maomao Hou, Qingming Li, Xin Zhong, Fenglin Zhong

“…Differentially succinylated proteins (DSPs) are distributed mainly in the chloroplast, cytoplasm, and mitochondria and are distributed mainly in primary metabolic pathways, such as reactive oxygen species (ROS) scavenging, stress resistance, energy generation and transfer, photosynthetic carbon fixation, glycolysis, and the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle. …”
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The Phosphoglycerate Kinase (PGK) Gene Family of Maize (<i>Zea mays</i> var. B73) by Julio A. Massange-Sánchez, Luz E. Casados-Vázquez, Sheila Juarez-Colunga, Ruairidh J. H. Sawers, Axel Tiessen

“…B73 genome, predicted to encode proteins targeted to different subcellular compartments: <i>ZmPgk1</i>, <i>ZmPgk2,</i> and <i>ZmPgk4</i> (chloroplast), <i>ZmPgk3</i> (cytosol), and <i>ZmPgk5</i> (nucleus). …”
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