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  • Open Access
519 Views
28 Pages

20 December 2025

Cryopreservation is vital for conserving the elite germplasm of the hybrid poplar Populus davidiana × P. tremuloides, which is difficult to propagate conventionally. This study established optimized vitrification and encapsulation–vitrifi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
7,770 Views
22 Pages

Wood Quality and Growth Characterization across Intra- and Inter-Specific Hybrid Aspen Clones

  • James F. Hart,
  • Francis De Araujo,
  • Barb R. Thomas and
  • Shawn D. Mansfield

30 September 2013

Trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) is one of the most abundant poplar species in North America; it is native, displays substantial breadth in distribution inhabiting several geographical and climatic ecoregions, is notable for its rapid gro...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,332 Views
13 Pages

8 October 2018

To evaluate the efficacy of the gene-deletor system in aspen, we evaluated the system for foreign gene removal in a hybrid aspen clone, INRA 353-53 (Populus tremula × P. tremuloides). The recombinase flipping DNA (FLP) gene was under the contro...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,909 Views
12 Pages

27 May 2020

Responses of trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides), jack pine (Pinus banksiana), and white spruce (Picea glauca) seedlings to root zone pH ranging from 5 to 9 were studied in sand culture in the presence of two mineral nutrition levels. After eight w...

  • Review
  • Open Access
23 Citations
11,959 Views
17 Pages

Sudden Aspen Decline: A Review of Pattern and Process in a Changing Climate

  • Jack A. Singer,
  • Rob Turnbull,
  • Mark Foster,
  • Charles Bettigole,
  • Brent R. Frey,
  • Michelle C. Downey,
  • Kristofer R. Covey and
  • Mark S. Ashton

9 August 2019

The American quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) and its close relative, the Eurasian quaking aspen (Populus tremula L.), cover a realm that is perhaps the most expansive of all tree species in the world. In North America, sudden aspen decline...

  • Article
  • Open Access
69 Citations
15,777 Views
19 Pages

9 January 2008

In this paper we compare leaf traits and spectral reflectance for sunlit andshaded leaves of Populus tremuloides and Populus balsamifera during autumnsenescence using information derived from an Analytical Spectral Devise (ASD) FullRange spectrometer...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,851 Views
14 Pages

2 November 2023

Striving for climate neutrality and wider implementation of climate change mitigation measures including tree introduction in agricultural land, request for approaches and general allometric models for estimating carbon (C) stock in tree above-ground...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
4,534 Views
16 Pages

Productivity, Growth Patterns, and Cellulosic Pulp Properties of Hybrid Aspen Clones

  • Marzena Niemczyk,
  • Piotr Przybysz,
  • Kamila Przybysz,
  • Marek Karwański,
  • Adam Kaliszewski,
  • Tomasz Wojda and
  • Mirko Liesebach

24 May 2019

Research Highlights: This research provides a firm basis for understanding the improved aspen hybrid performance that aims at facilitating optimal clone selection for industrial application. Background and Objectives: Rapid growth and wood properties...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,500 Views
18 Pages

Impact of Plant-Associated Bacteria on the In Vitro Growth and Pathogenic Resistance against Phellinus tremulae of Different Aspen (Populus) Genotypes

  • Greta Striganavičiūtė,
  • Jonas Žiauka,
  • Vaida Sirgedaitė-Šėžienė and
  • Dorotėja Vaitiekūnaitė

Aspens (Populus tremula and its hybrids), economically and ecologically important fast-growing trees, are often damaged by Phellinus tremulae, a rot-causing fungus. Plant-associated bacteria can be used to increase plant growth and resistance; howeve...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
12 Citations
7,023 Views
12 Pages

9 February 2016

Roadside processing of wood biomass leaves chip piles of varying size depending upon whether they were created for temporary storage, spillage, or equipment maintenance. Wood chips left in these piles can generate leachate that contaminates streams w...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8,579 Views
23 Pages

Abaxial Greening Phenotype in Hybrid Aspen

  • Julia S. Nowak,
  • Carl J. Douglas and
  • Quentin C.B. Cronk

24 April 2013

The typical angiosperm leaf, as in Arabidopsis, is bifacial consisting of top (adaxial) and bottom (abaxial) surfaces readily distinguishable by the underlying cell type (palisade and spongy mesophyll, respectively). Species of the genus Populus have...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
2,567 Views
14 Pages

The Impact of Pesticide Use on Tree Health in Riparian Buffer Zone

  • K. Hanková,
  • P. Maršík,
  • T. Zunová and
  • R. Podlipná

28 February 2023

The result of the enormous usage of pesticides in agriculture is the contamination of soil and water bodies surrounding the fields. Therefore, creating buffer zones to prevent water contamination is very useful. Chlorpyrifos (CPS) is the active subst...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,739 Views
23 Pages

1 October 2018

Commercially available autonomous photochemical reflectance index (PRI) sensors are a new development in the remote sensing field that offer novel opportunities for a deeper exploration of vegetation physiology dynamics. In this study, we evaluated t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
6,610 Views
12 Pages

Effect of Auxins and Associated Metabolic Changes on Cuttings of Hybrid Aspen

  • Shao Peng Yan,
  • Rui Hua Yang,
  • Fang Wang,
  • Li Na Sun and
  • Xing Shun Song

10 April 2017

In the present study, an attempt was made to induce rooting from single-node cuttings of hybrid aspen (Populus tremula L. × P. tremuloides Michx.) with different concentrations of Indole-3-acetic acid (IAA), Indole-3-Butytric acid (IBA) and 1-Naphthy...

  • Article
  • Open Access
986 Views
17 Pages

Oil sands mining in northeastern Alberta, Canada, has disturbed large areas of the northern boreal forest which must be restored to pre-disturbance levels through reclamation. The oil sands tailings have high pH and elevated levels of Na+ which are h...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
5,432 Views
19 Pages

21 January 2020

This study explored the underground interactions between black spruce and trembling aspen in pure and mixed stands to understand how their soil resource use help these species coexist in the boreal mixedwoods of Western Quebec. We analyzed species-sp...

  • Article
  • Open Access
49 Citations
14,254 Views
18 Pages

Adaptation of Forest Management Regimes in Southern Sweden to Increased Risks Associated with Climate Change

  • Narayanan Subramanian,
  • Johan Bergh,
  • Ulf Johansson,
  • Urban Nilsson and
  • Ola Sallnäs

25 December 2015

Even though the growth rates of most tree species in Sweden is expected to increase in the near future as a result of climate change, increased risks of damage by storms and various pests and pathogens, notably root rot and bark beetles, may also occ...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,291 Views
14 Pages

Heterogeneous Expression of Arabidopsis Subclass II of SNF1-Related Kinase 2 Improves Drought Tolerance via Stomatal Regulation in Poplar

  • Borislav Horvat,
  • Yuhei Shikakura,
  • Misato Ohtani,
  • Taku Demura,
  • Akira Kikuchi,
  • Kazuo N. Watanabe and
  • Taichi Oguchi

22 January 2024

Abscisic acid (ABA) is the most important phytohormone involved in the response to drought stress. Subclass II of SNF1-related kinase 2 (SnRK2) is an important signaling kinase related to ABA signal transduction. It regulates the phosphorylation of t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
6,888 Views
20 Pages

Plant Lipid Bodies Traffic on Actin to Plasmodesmata Motorized by Myosin XIs

  • Manikandan Veerabagu,
  • Laju K Paul,
  • Päivi LH Rinne and
  • Christiaan van der Schoot

20 February 2020

Late 19th-century cytologists observed tiny oil drops in shoot parenchyma and seeds, but it was discovered only in 1972 that they were bound by a half unit-membrane. Later, it was found that lipid bodies (LBs) arise from the endoplasmic reticulum. Se...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,416 Views
27 Pages

31 August 2021

Environmental concerns and economic pressures on forest ecosystems have led to the development of sustainable forest management practices. As a consequence, forest managers must evaluate the long-term effects of their management decisions on potentia...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,060 Views
22 Pages

Enhancing Soil Quality of Short Rotation Forest Operations Using Biochar and Manure

  • Ruirui Zhao,
  • Yong Liu,
  • Deborah S. Page-Dumroese,
  • R. Kasten Dumroese and
  • Kai Wang

8 December 2022

Biochar and manure may be used to enhance soil quality and productivity for sustainable agriculture and forestry operations. However, the response of surface and belowground wood decomposition (i.e., soil processes) and nutrient flux to soil amendmen...

  • Article
  • Open Access
243 Views
21 Pages

Intensive agriculture, ecosystem degradation, and declining soil quality highlight the urgent need for sustainable land use strategies. The cultivation of short-rotation woody crops (SRC), combined with fertilization using sewage sludge digestate (SS...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,529 Views
13 Pages

Evaluation of Major Physical and Mechanical Properties of Trembling Aspen Lumber

  • Dawei Wang,
  • Mengyuan Zhang,
  • Meng Gong and
  • Ying-Hei Chui

17 June 2024

Trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides) is one of the major species within Populus, a predominant genus of hardwoods in North America. However, its utilization has been limited to pulp and paper or wood-based composite boards. This study aimed at evalu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,527 Views
16 Pages

25 June 2023

Outbreaks of defoliator insects are important natural disturbances in boreal forests, but their increasing frequency under warming climate conditions is of concern. Outbreak events can shape ecosystem dynamics with cascading effects through trophic n...

  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
4,651 Views
17 Pages

Responses of Aspen Leaves to Heatflecks: Both Damaging and Non-Damaging Rapid Temperature Excursions Reduce Photosynthesis

  • Katja Hüve,
  • Irina Bichele,
  • Hedi Kaldmäe,
  • Bahtijor Rasulov,
  • Fernando Valladares and
  • Ülo Niinemets

30 May 2019

During exposure to direct sunlight, leaf temperature increases rapidly and can reach values well above air temperature in temperate forest understories, especially when transpiration is limited due to drought stress, but the physiological effects of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,477 Views
23 Pages

Simulating the Long-Term Response of Forest Succession to Climate Change in the Boreal Forest of Northern Ontario, Canada

  • Guy R. Larocque,
  • F. Wayne Bell,
  • Eric B. Searle,
  • Stephen J. Mayor,
  • Thomas Schiks and
  • Parvin Kalantari

13 August 2024

The effect of climate change on forest dynamics is likely to increase in importance in the forthcoming decades. For this reason, it is essential to predict the extent to which changes in temperature, precipitation, and atmospheric CO2 might affect th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,216 Views
15 Pages

9 March 2022

Forest managers need site productivity estimates for tree species growing in mixed stands. Models developed in the past are generally for pure stands and don’t factor in the effects of climate change on site productivity. Therefore, site index...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
6,226 Views
17 Pages

8 June 2017

Well site development associated with oil sands exploration is common in boreal mixedwood forests of northern Alberta, Canada, and necessitates reforestation to accommodate other land uses. Little is known about the impact of soil and debris handling...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,271 Views
12 Pages

8 February 2022

Fast growing Eucalyptus grandis W. Hill ex Maiden (EG), E. amplifolia Naudin (EA), Corymbia torelliana (F.Muell.) K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson (CT), and Populus deltoides W.Bartram ex Marshall (PD) may be deployed in Short Rotation Woody Crop (SRWC)...