Forest trees are dominant components of terrestrial ecosystems that have global ecological
and economic importance. Despite distributions that span wide environmental gradients, …

CRISPR construct design is a key step in the practice of genome editing, which includes
identification of appropriate Cas proteins, design and selection of guide RNAs (gRNAs), and …

In order to uncover the genetic basis of phenotypic trait variation, we used 448 unrelated
wild accessions of black cottonwood (Populus trichocarpa) from much of its range in western …

Background QTL cloning for the discovery of genes underlying polygenic traits has historically
been cumbersome in long-lived perennial plants like Populus. Linkage disequilibrium-…

Plant growth-defense tradeoffs are fundamental for optimizing plant performance and fitness
in a changing biotic/abiotic environment. This process is thought to involve readjusting …

Temperature stress is one of the major abiotic stresses that adversely affect agricultural
productivity worldwide. Temperatures beyond a plant’s physiological optimum can trigger …

Consensus genetic linkage maps provide a genomic framework for quantitative trait loci
identification, map-based cloning, assessment of genetic diversity, association mapping, and …

Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) is a water-use efficient adaptation of photosynthesis
that has evolved independently many times in diverse lineages of flowering plants. We …

The ratio of syringyl (S) and guaiacyl (G) units in lignin has been regarded as a major factor
in determining the maximum monomer yield from lignin depolymerization. This limit arises …

The draft genome of the moss model, Physcomitrella patens, comprised approximately 2000
unordered scaffolds. In order to enable analyses of genome structure and evolution we …