Chloroplast capture and range extension after hybridization in taro ().

Complete chloroplast genomes of 17 samples from six species of (Araceae) were sequenced, assembled, and aligned together with two previously reported complete genome sequences from taro (). Analysis provides a well-supported phylogenetic tree for taro and closely-related wild species in Southeast Asia. Two chloroplast lineages (CI and CII) form a well-defined haplotype group and are found in cultivated taros known as var.

ANTIBACTERIAL PROPERTY TESTING OF TWO SPECIES OF TROPICAL PLANT LASIANTHUS (RUBIACEAE).

Two tropical plant species, Lasianthus pilosus and Lasianthus stipularis are used in traditional medicine but there have been no published studies of the extracts of these plants against bacteria. In this study, we aimed to determine the antimicrobial activities of the above two plants against two gram-positive and seven gram-negative bacterial strains to determine the potential of these two plant species for possible antimicrobial drug development. The antibacterial activities of the lipophilic extracts of these plants were evaluated by disk diffusion and broth microdilution methods.