Biotechnology offers a holistic approach to restoring endangered forest tree species

Butternut tree with stem canker

image: Douglass Jacobs, the Fred M. van Eck professor of forest biology at Purdue University, with a butternut tree that has become infected with canker. Butternut is on the list of endangered forest tree species likely to need biotechnology alongside traditional tree farming approaches to avoid extinction. visualization Moreover Credit: Purdue Agricultural Communications Photo/Tom Campbell … Read more

Professor Tongming Yin’s team from Nanjing Forestry University’s State Key Laboratory for Tree Genetics and Breeding proposed the role of MSL-lncRNAs in causing sexual lability of female poplars

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image: Floral characteristics of A. thaliana wild type (a) and transgenic plants (bg). visualization Moreover Credit: Horticultural Research Labile expression of sex has been frequently reported by empirical observation in a variety of People species, but the underlying genetic mechanism remains largely unknown. This article was originally posted on Horticultural research with title: The proposed … Read more

Biotechnology offers a holistic approach to restoring endangered forest tree species

Biotechnology offers a holistic approach to restoring endangered forest tree species

FOREST MANAGEMENT… The solution depends on regulators, scientists and public support PUBLISHED ON July 6, 2023 Douglass Jacobs, the Fred M. van Eck professor of forest biology at Purdue University, with a butternut tree that was infected with canker. Butternut is on the list of endangered forest tree species likely to need biotechnology alongside traditional … Read more

The study links tree genetics to biodiversity patterns

The study links tree genetics to biodiversity patterns

A cottonwood grove nestled along a river near the Grand Canyon. Areas like this are important to wildlife in the Southwest, but development and water consumption demands, along with stress from climate change, threaten this habitat. A new study offers a model for reforestation efforts in these areas, however, which could make aspen groves more … Read more