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HOME PROJECT PERSONNEL RIESEBERG LAB UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA INDIANA UNIVERSITY COMPOSITAE GENOME PROJECT |
Agricultural weeds and invasive plants are defined by their propensity to establish new (and unwanted) populations. These colonization events afford us opportunities to study adaptation to changes in environmental conditions, and to learn about the types of traits that are favored during invasion. We are exploring adaptation in weedy and invasive plants of the Compositae family, a family that includes many of the world's most notorious colonizers. To do this, we are taking a comparative approach: examining changes in sequence variation, gene expression, and phenotype between invading populations and their progenitors. We have been
developing genomic resources and/or exploring adaptation in
the species list below, with contributions from:
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Tribe: Cardueae  |
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| Centaurea diffusa diffuse knapweed |
Centaurea maculosa spotted knapweed  |
Centuarea solstitialis yellow starthistle  |
Cirsium arvense Canada thistle  |
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Tribe: Cichorioideae |
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| Cichorium intybus chicory  |
Taraxacum officinale dandelion  |
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Tribe: Heliantheae |
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| Ambrosia artemisiifolia ragweed |
Helianthus annuus common sunflower  |
Helianthus ciliarus Texas blueweed  |
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