David M. Spooner

TL;DR: Preliminary phylogenetic analyses support a monophyletic origin of the landrace cultivars from the northern component of this complex in Peru, rather than from multiple independent origins from various northern and southern members.

TL;DR: A high-quality chromosome-scale assembly and analysis of the carrot genome is reported, the first sequenced genome to include a comparative evolutionary analysis among members of the euasterid II clade, and a candidate gene, DCAR_032551, is identified that conditions carotenoid accumulation (Y) in carrot taproot and is coexpressed with several isoprenoid biosynthetic genes.

TL;DR: The geographic distribution of wild potatoes (Solanaceae sect. Petota) was analyzed using a database of 6073 georeferenced observations and species richness is highest between 8° and 20° S and around 20° N.

TL;DR: The chloroplast DNA restriction site analysis results support the controversial, but previously suggested, treatment of Lycopersicon as congeneric with Solanum in subgenus Potatoe and suggest that Cyphomandra should be included within SolAnum.

TL;DR: This volume presents a brief synopsis of NGS technologies and the development of exemplary applications of such methods in the fields of molecular marker development, hybridization and introgression, transcriptome investigations, phylogenetic and ecological studies, polyploid genetics, and applications for large genebank collections.