Narcissus - scientific paper just published

[Maggi Young]

Friend Sue sent through this message .... "I’ve just seen this paper – while I don’t pretend to understand it – it seems like it could be a useful tool?"
Well I don't understand it - but some of you might....  see here for an introduction.....
 http://blogs.reading.ac.uk/crg/microsatellite-markers-for-dna-based-identification-of-narcissus-cultivars/

 The first major refereed paper to emerge from Kalman’s thesis was published online today: MICROSATELLITE MARKERS FOR HOOP-PETTICOAT DAFFODILS (NARCISSUS SECT. BULBOCODII; AMARYLLIDACEAE) Applications in Plant Sciences 2016 4 (4): 1500127 - here is the direct link for the paper:

http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.3732/apps.1500127   

[Matt T]

Good to see some papers coming through from this work, but this one only tells us about the technique rather than any findings re. taxonomy   Hopefully there are more papers on the way.
I think there have been three RHS supported PhDs so far (Sections Bulbocodium, Ganymedes and started recently Jonquillae and Apodanthi). Some time before the whole genus is covered...