Commercial and non-commercial plants face a variety of environmental stressors that often cannot be controlled. In this study, transgenic hybrid poplar (Populus × euramericana 'Guariento') harboring five effector genes (vgb, SacB, JERF36, BtCry3A and OC-I) were subjected to drought, salinity, waterlogging and insect stressors in greenhouse or laboratory conditions. Field trials were also conduc...

The efficiency of visual grading standards applied to structural timber is often inappropriate, and properties are either under or over-graded. Although not included in the current UNE 56544 standard, machine learning algorithms represent a promising alternative grade timber. general aim this research was compare performance based on defects, non-destructive techniques sawing systems (“cut type...

Free air CO2 enrichment (FACE) experiments in aggrading forests and plantations have demonstrated significant increases in net primary production (NPP) and C storage in forest vegetation. The extra C uptake may also be stored in forest floor litter and in forest soil. After five years of FACE treatment at the EuroFACE short rotation poplar plantation, the increase of total soil C% was larger un...

Among many disposal options of animal carcasses due to animal diseases including foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) and avian influenza (AI), on-farm burial has been the most frequently used one in Korea. Animal carcasses generate contaminants such as ammonium-N and chloride. This study aimed at testing biochar (BC) as a permeable reactive barrier (PRB) material in combination with fast growing tree ...

We investigated the effect of high copper (Cu) concentrations on poplar woody cuttings (Populus× euramericana) clone Adda in order to estimate the degree of metal tolerance. Metal accumulation was also investigated to determine where and to what extent Cu is stored within the plant. Plant responses to Cu were determined comparing biomass growth and photosynthetic potential measured at concentra...

The chemical composition of the cell wall varies between species and even within same species, impacts properties wall. In this study, dynamic compositions xylem walls two black poplar cultivars, Populus × euramericana ‘Zhonglin46’ ‘Neva,’ were investigated in situ using stimulated Raman scattering microscopy (SRS). Meanwhile, pectin structural features examined immunofluorescence methods. resu...