BACKGROUND AND AIMS The phylogenetic relationships among 27 vetch species belonging to the subgenus Cracca of the genus Vicia were studied in comparison with three species of Lathyrus section Lathyrus on the basis of isozyme variation. METHODS Isozymes encoded by 15 putative loci of ten enzymes were resolved by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and isozyme variation was analysed by using par...

Morphological differentiation of gall tissues induced on plants may play a role to characterize the real taxonomic position of the gall inducer. We verified this hypothesis with galls induced by Rectinasus buxtoni on Pistacia palaestina. There is controversy about the taxonomic localization of genus Rectinasus: in one classification it is situated with the genera Forda and Paracletus while in a...

Genetic diversity in perennial Salvia judaica Boiss (Judean sage) and palaestina Benth (Palestinian species using touch-up directed amplification of minisatellite region DNA (TU-DAMD) has been performed two separated sets; the first set (set A) initial annealing temperature was increased from 50 °C to 55 °C, whereas, second one B), it 60 by 0.5 °C/cycle during 10 PCR cycles. Fifteen DAMD primer...