Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Yellow poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera) is considered one of the tallest ...

Two genome-edited poplar trees on the right, and one wild-type tree on the left. Credit: University of Maryland Trees play a big role in the fight against climate change: They can soak up carbon ...

When our son was younger, he would collect the bright yellow leaves as they dropped from the towering tulip poplars in our yard in the fall. He considered them golden treasures and insisted on taping ...

COLUMBIA, Miss. — A new study, led by researchers at the University of Missouri, has uncovered how poplar trees can naturally adjust a key part of their wood chemistry based on changes in their ...

Researchers seeking to improve production of ethanol from woody crops have a new resource in the form of an extensive molecular map of poplar tree proteins. Researchers seeking to improve production ...

Researchers at the University of Maryland genetically modified poplar trees to produce high-performance, structural wood without the use of chemicals or energy intensive processing. Made from ...

Recent work shows that the plant microbiome - the microorganisms in a plant and its immediate environment - influences plant health, survival, and fitness. The initial assembly of the microbiome is ...

image: At left, overall dominance of microbiome assembly processes (see legend) for archaea and bacteria (A) and fungi (C). Right, relative dominance of same assembly processes in each habitat-sample ...

Made from traditional wood, engineered wood is often seen as a renewable replacement for traditional building materials like steel, cement, glass and plastic. It also has the potential to store carbon ...