Ash, catalpa, maple, redbud, and yellow poplar are the most frequently infected trees in the landscape but rarely in natural forest conditions. This disease can become a serious problem on ...

"This method offers a clear and practical path." Researchers announce game-changing breakthrough on quest to create new-age ...

Tree farmers can see economic returns in 10 to 12 years. Hybrid poplar research has reduced the disease problems. There are now commercially available disease-resistant trees. Hybrids are easy to ...

Some Western Washington poplar trees are turning brown just weeks after leafing out this spring and most will probably never be green again. Horticulturists say a deep lesion called a canker is ...

As climate change fuels the spread of plant diseases worldwide ... have developed a new method to genetically improve poplar trees without introducing foreign DNA into its genome.

Poplar trees edited to have less lignin could reduce ... mental health, and infectious diseases. When Jocelyn’s done writing for the day, you’ll find her flying through the air in an aerial ...

Poplar trees are one of the fastest-growing trees ... the rapid growth and disease resistant makes it perfect for those types of applications. As well, we have partnerships going on using our ...

Gene editing tools like CRISPR are revolutionizing plant science by allowing precise and targeted improvements to plant traits, such as wood quality, disease ... But trees like poplar take years ...

The work could vastly increase cultivation of the black cottonwood, a fast-growing poplar ... of the tree, optimally tuned to grow faster and longer, better resist insects and disease and require ...

In this episode of ID That Tree, Purdue Extension forester Lenny Farlee introduces the Balsam Poplar. This species is found in the North Woods of Northern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan ...