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Genetic and Biochemical Diversity in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (MAPs)
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Genetic and Biochemical Diversity in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (MAPs)

A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Genetics, Genomics and Biotechnology".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2024) | Viewed by 3471

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Martina Grdiša

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Department of Seed Science and Technology, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Interests: medicinal and aromatic plants; insecticide and repellent plants; plant genetic resources conservation; molecular methods in biodiversity analysis
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Dr. Filip Varga

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Department of Seed Science and Technology, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Interests: spatial genetics; molecular methods in biodiversity analysis; biochemical diversity; influence of ecology on biochemical profiles of plant species

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Medicinal and aromatic plants (MAPs) have been assigned great value throughout human history due to their use in medicine, gastronomy and various cultural practices, and due to the great level of diversity in both the MAP taxa and the secondary metabolites they produce. The production of most secondary metabolites is the result of a plant’s response to biotic and abiotic stresses in its environment, often leading to the natural evolution of distinct biochemical profiles in parts of the MAP geographical range. In addition to ecological variation, underlying genetic variation is another important determinant of biochemical diversity in plants. With the development of new bioinformatics-based approaches and new sequencing technologies (e.g., next-generation sequencing) in recent years, we are currently witnessing a great increase in the study of genetic diversity, especially in MAPs. Given the global climate changes we are experiencing today, research into the association between the biochemical and genetic variability of MAPs, both natural and cultivated, and their relationship to environmental conditions, is more important than ever before.

This Special Issue welcomes manuscripts that advance knowledge in and the understanding of plant biochemical and/or genetic diversity, particularly in the context of adaptation to environmental change. Topics in this Special Issues may include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • Variability in the chemical composition of MAPs
  • Biochemical diversity of MAPs
  • Genetic diversity and structure of MAPs
  • Relationship between genotypes and chemotypes of MAPs
  • Spatio-ecological factors affecting biochemical and genetic diversity in MAPs.

Dr. Martina Grdiša
Dr. Filip Varga
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • medicinal and aromatic plants (MAPS)
  • secondary metabolites
  • biochemical diversity
  • chemotypes
  • genetic diversity and structure
  • population genetics
  • spatial genetics
  • association mapping
  • ecological factors affecting chemical and/or genetic diversity

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Asymmetric Introgression and Cryptic Natural Hybridization between Two Species of Teucrium Section Polium (Lamiaceae) on the Balkan Peninsula
by Dmitar Lakušić, Miloš Zbiljić, Zlatko Šatović, Nevena Kuzmanović and Zlatko Liber
Plants 2024, 13(12), 1617; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13121617 - 11 Jun 2024
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In this work, we analyzed the morphology and genetic structure of Teucrium montanum, T. capitatum and their hybrid T. × rohlenae from three syntopic populations. A morphometric study showed that the parents and their hybrids exhibited continuous morphological variation, with the hybrid [...] Read more.
In this work, we analyzed the morphology and genetic structure of Teucrium montanum, T. capitatum and their hybrid T. × rohlenae from three syntopic populations. A morphometric study showed that the parents and their hybrids exhibited continuous morphological variation, with the hybrid positioned exactly between the parents. Genetic analysis revealed that plants morphologically identified as T. × rohlenae are fertile hybrids that produce hybrid swarms dominated by later-generation hybrids. This suggests that introgression, rather than speciation, is the more likely outcome of hybridization between these plant species. The extent and direction of gene flow between the two species differed markedly between the three syntopic localities. At the Trilj locality, it was clearly unidirectional, with T. capitatum playing the dominant role. At the Sićevo locality, gene flow was slightly asymmetric, favoring the genetic background of T. capitatum, while at the Sliven site, it was completely asymmetric in the opposite direction. The extreme case of unidirectional gene flow was observed at the Trilj locality where plants morphologically identified as T. montanum could not be genetically distinguished from T. capitatum. This suggests that interspecific hybridization occurred long ago, leading to introgression and cryptic hybrids, blurring of species boundaries and generating evolutionary noise. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Genetic and Biochemical Diversity in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (MAPs))
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Induction of Monoterpenoid Oxindole Alkaloids Production and Related Biosynthetic Gene Expression in Response to Signaling Molecules in Hamelia patens Plant Cultures
by Ana Luisa López-Vázquez, Edgar Baldemar Sepúlveda-García, Elizabeth Rubio-Rodríguez, Teresa Ponce-Noyola, Gabriela Trejo-Tapia, Josefina Barrera-Cortés, Carlos M. Cerda-García-Rojas and Ana C. Ramos-Valdivia
Plants 2024, 13(7), 966; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13070966 - 27 Mar 2024
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Hamelia patens (Rubiaceae), known as firebush, is a source of bioactive monoterpenoid oxindole alkaloids (MOAs) derived from monoterpenoid indole alkaloids (MIAs). With the aim of understanding the regulation of the biosynthesis of these specialized metabolites, micropropagated plants were elicited with jasmonic acid (JA) [...] Read more.
Hamelia patens (Rubiaceae), known as firebush, is a source of bioactive monoterpenoid oxindole alkaloids (MOAs) derived from monoterpenoid indole alkaloids (MIAs). With the aim of understanding the regulation of the biosynthesis of these specialized metabolites, micropropagated plants were elicited with jasmonic acid (JA) and salicylic acid (SA). The MOA production and MIA biosynthetic-related gene expression were evaluated over time. The production of MOAs was increased compared to the control up to 2-fold (41.3 mg g DW−1) at 72 h in JA-elicited plants and 2.5-fold (42.4 mg g DW−1) at 120 h in plants elicited with SA. The increment concurs with the increase in the expression levels of the genes HpaLAMT, HpaTDC, HpaSTR, HpaNPF2.9, HpaTHAS1, and HpaTHAS2. Interestingly, it was found that HpaSGD was downregulated in both treatments after 24 h but in the SA treatment at 120 h only was upregulated to 8-fold compared to the control. In this work, we present the results of MOA production in H. patens and discuss how JA and SA might be regulating the central biosynthetic steps that involve HpaSGD and HpaTHAS genes. Full article
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