A cross-section of a Populus trichocarpa stem imaged under UV light to reveal the vascular tissues involved in wood formation. The glowing cell walls contain lignin, which provides structural strength ...

A new study, led by researchers at the University of Missouri, has uncovered how poplar trees can naturally adjust a key part of their wood chemistry based on changes in their environment. This ...

From left, ORNL's Biruk Feyissa holds a five-month-old poplar tree expressing high levels of the BOOSTER gene, while colleague Wellington Muchero holds a tree of the same age with lower expression of ...

Just a few leaves turning dry and white were enough to worry Aili, who feared disease might spread through the poplar forest. As head of a poplar management station in China's Xinjiang, he has spent ...

Selective breeding of plants can help give them new beneficial traits, but trees have a frustratingly long reproductive cycle. Now, scientists at the University of Georgia have used CRISPR ...

Throughout Madison County, much of our forest is dominated by a tall, pale-barked tree that grows ramrod straight. Often called “yellow poplar” by loggers and sawmill owners, it’s also known as “tulip ...

Tuesday morning, June 6, the tulip poplar tree is in bloom near the Octagon House on the corner of Perham and High streets in Farmington. Pam Harnden/Livermore Falls Advertiser FARMINGTON — A ...

Conventional breeding of trees takes time, but CRISPR gene editing should help speed things up. Now, scientists at North Carolina State University have used CRISPR to adjust the genomes of poplar ...

After 30 years, the NRRI unveiled the Innovatree in late July, and it’s become quite the popular Poplar tree. The Hauser’s Superior View Farm in Ashland said they were sold out of the NRRI’s popular ...

If you’ve seen headlines of tomatoes with a spicy kick and mushrooms that won’t brown, it comes as no surprise genetic engineering is providing a means for us to reshape nature in ways that would ...

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