Yifan Wei,Jing Deng,Huan Tang et al. Yifan Wei et al.

Efforts to protect germplasm resources of Fraxinus hupehensis (Oleaceae), an endangered species endemic to Dahong Mountain, Hubei Province, China, are facing difficulties due to the deep dormancy of its seeds. To elucidate the molecular reg...

Mehmet S Özçelik,Rafael Poyatos Mehmet S Özçelik

Quercus and Pinus are amongst the most economically and ecologically relevant genera of woody species across northern hemisphere forests. Mixed pine-oak woodlands are also abundant in temperate and Mediterranean regions. The recent shift to...

Wensen Shi,Jianglin Luo,Jiacong Li et al. Wensen Shi et al.

Diseases caused by pathogenic microorganisms impair plant growth, leading to reduced crop yields. While the molecular mechanisms of plant disease response are well understood in annual herbaceous species, they remain largely unknown in pere...

Bethanie M Natalie,Elise Krespan,Yao Xiao et al. Bethanie M Natalie et al.

Efficient production and processing of poplar biomass feedstock requires costly pretreatments and enzyme additives. Transgenic alterations of poplar can reduce the need for these inputs by increasing biomass, improving lignocellulose qualit...

Siyuan Wang,Louise H Comas,Peter B Reich et al. Siyuan Wang et al.

Exploring why species of different plant growth forms can coexist in the same forest is critical for understanding the long-term community stability, but poorly studied on this from root ecological strategies. The aim of this study was to e...

Melanie Brunn,Carsten W Mueller,Nikhil R Chari et al. Melanie Brunn et al.

Root carbon (C) exudation plays a central role in nutrient acquisition, microbially-mediated organic matter decomposition, and many other critical ecosystem processes. While it is well-known that roots respond strongly to belowground resour...

Mengge Li,Qimeng Heng,Xinyang Yan et al. Mengge Li et al.

To reveal the pattern of heterosis in cadmium (Cd) bio-accumulation of poplar and whether the heterosis can promote the phytoremediation efficiency of Cd-polluted soil, the poplar hybrid variety QB-5 (I-101 × 84K) and its female parent I-1...

E L Shedd,M A Cavaleri,C Külheim et al. E L Shedd et al.

Plant economic theory argues that growth strategies maximize either the rate or longevity of return per resource investment in a unidimensional trade-off. Belowground trade-offs may not mimic those aboveground due to soil resource heterogen...

Junzhou Liu,Uri Hochberg,Asaf Alon et al. Junzhou Liu et al.

Droughts during dry seasons may pose a greater threat to Mediterranean forests under climate change. Effective desiccation avoidance strategies include reduced water loss rates, enhanced tissue water storage capacity, and greater root water...