TY  - JOUR
A1  - Witzel, Katja
A1  - Neugart, Susanne
A1  - Ruppel, Silke
A1  - Schreiner, Monika
A1  - Wiesner, Melanie
A1  - Baldermann, Susanne
T1  - Recent progress in the use of 'omics technologies in brassicaceous vegetables
JF  - Frontiers in plant science
N2  - Continuing advances in 'omics methodologies and instrumentation is enhancing the understanding of how plants cope with the dynamic nature of their growing environment. 'Omics platforms have been only recently extended to cover horticultural crop species. Many of the most widely cultivated vegetable crops belong to the genus Brassica: these include plants grown for their root (turnip, rutabaga/swede), their swollen stem base (kohlrabi), their leaves (cabbage, kale, pak choi) and their inflorescence (cauliflower, broccoli). Characterization at the genome, transcript, protein and metabolite levels has illustrated the complexity of the cellular response to a whole series of environmental stresses, including nutrient deficiency, pathogen attack, heavy metal toxicity, cold acclimation, and excessive and sub optimal irradiation. This review covers recent applications of omics technologies to the brassicaceous vegetables, and discusses future scenarios in achieving improvements in crop end-use quality.
KW  - genomics
KW  - transcriptomics
KW  - metabolomics
KW  - proteomics
KW  - crop
KW  - microbiomics
Y1  - 2015
U6  - https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2015.00244
SN  - 1664-462X
VL  - 6
PB  - Frontiers Research Foundation
CY  - Lausanne
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Warren, Ben H.
A1  - Simberloff, Daniel
A1  - Ricklefs, Robert E.
A1  - Aguilee, Robin
A1  - Condamine, Fabien L.
A1  - Gravel, Dominique
A1  - Morlon, Helene
A1  - Mouquet, Nicolas
A1  - Rosindell, James
A1  - Casquet, Juliane
A1  - Conti, Elena
A1  - Cornuault, Josselin
A1  - Maria Fernandez-Palacios, Jose
A1  - Hengl, Tomislav
A1  - Norder, Sietze J.
A1  - Rijsdijk, Kenneth F.
A1  - Sanmartin, Isabel
A1  - Strasberg, Dominique
A1  - Triantis, Kostas A.
A1  - Valente, Luis M.
A1  - Whittaker, Robert J.
A1  - Gillespie, Rosemary G.
A1  - Emerson, Brent C.
A1  - Thebaud, Christophe
T1  - Islands as model systems in ecology and evolution: prospects fifty years after MacArthur-Wilson
JF  - Ecology letters
N2  - The study of islands as model systems has played an important role in the development of evolutionary and ecological theory. The 50th anniversary of MacArthur and Wilson's (December 1963) article, An equilibrium theory of insular zoogeography', was a recent milestone for this theme. Since 1963, island systems have provided new insights into the formation of ecological communities. Here, building on such developments, we highlight prospects for research on islands to improve our understanding of the ecology and evolution of communities in general. Throughout, we emphasise how attributes of islands combine to provide unusual research opportunities, the implications of which stretch far beyond islands. Molecular tools and increasing data acquisition now permit re-assessment of some fundamental issues that interested MacArthur and Wilson. These include the formation of ecological networks, species abundance distributions, and the contribution of evolution to community assembly. We also extend our prospects to other fields of ecology and evolution - understanding ecosystem functioning, speciation and diversification - frequently employing assets of oceanic islands in inferring the geographic area within which evolution has occurred, and potential barriers to gene flow. Although island-based theory is continually being enriched, incorporating non-equilibrium dynamics is identified as a major challenge for the future.
KW  - Community assembly
KW  - diversification
KW  - ecosystem functioning
KW  - genomics
KW  - island biogeography
KW  - islands as model systems
KW  - speciation
Y1  - 2015
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.12398
SN  - 1461-023X
SN  - 1461-0248
VL  - 18
IS  - 2
SP  - 200
EP  - 217
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell
CY  - Hoboken
ER  -