Ascochyta rabiei , the causal agent of Ascochyta blight in chickpea, is a necrotrophic fungus of major economic concern across chickpea-growing regions worldwide. Advances in genome sequencing and transcriptomic profiling have revealed a large set of putative pathogenicity-related genes in the A. rabiei genome, including effectors, secondary metabolite clusters, and carbohydrate-active enzymes. However, most of the candidate p...

Aim Environmental gradients are key drivers of geographic variation in biodiversity, but their interactive effects with landcover are unclear. We tested the hypothesis that landcover can modulate the effect of environmental gradients on species abundance, richness, uniqueness, and spatial turnover and assessed if the shape of this modulation is additive, synergistic, or antagonistic. Location Jordan Rift Valley. Taxon Birds. M...

Consumer trends towards nutrient-rich foods are contributing to global increasing demand for tropical fruit. However, commercial cultivars in the breeding pipeline that are tailored to meet market demand are at risk of possessing reduced fruit flavour qualities. This stems from recurrent prioritised selection for superior agronomic traits and not fruit flavour, which may in turn reduce consumer satisfaction. There is realisati...