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Background and aims - Ochna holstii and its allies represent an ecologically important group in a variety of lowland to montane habitats in tropical eastern and southern Africa. Identifying and delimiting species within this group has proved challenging due to a lack of variation in morphological...

Author(s)
Shah, T.; Mashimba, F. H.; Suleiman, H. O.; Mbailwa, Y. S.; Savolainen, V.; Larridon, I.; Darbyshire, I.
Publisher
Royal Botanical Society of Belgium
Publication
Plant Ecology and Evolution, 2023, 156, 2, pp 174-200
Abstract

Background and aims - Specimens of a new tree species in the genus Drypetes (Putranjivaceae) distributed in Cameroon and eastern Nigeria, D. stevartii, were associated with D. verrucosa, another tree species endemic to Gabon, due to its warty fruits and to the overall morphological resemblances of...

Author(s)
Quintanar, A.; Sonké, B.; Simo-Droissart, M.; Barberá, P.; Libalah, M.; Harris, D. J.
Publisher
Royal Botanical Society of Belgium
Publication
Plant Ecology and Evolution, 2023, 156, 2, pp 160-173
AbstractFull Text

Alnus glutinosa (L.) Gaertn. and Alnus incana (L.) Moenx. grow naturally in Lithuania, and their ranges overlap. They are considered ecologically and economically important species of forest trees. The objective of our study was to determine plant bioactive compounds, such as total phenolic (TPC)...

Author(s)
Jurkšienė, G.; Sirgedaitė-Šėžienė, V.; Juškauskaitė, A.; Baliuckas, V.
Publisher
MDPI AG
Publication
Forests, 2023, 14, 1,
News Article

A new study by a team of researchers at the University of Birmingham have found that trees which are subjected to elevated levels of CO2 were able to...

Date
February 2023
Miscellaneous

Manual on experimental design, setup and maintenance of field trials in forest tree breeding Experimental trial sites to test provenances, progenies and clones are a key instrument in forest tree breeding. Past experiences have shown that each institute and person of responsibility treats...

Author(s)
Liesebach, M.; Ahrenhövel, W.; Janssen, A.; Karopka, M.; Rau, H. M.; Rose, B.; Schirmer, R.; Schneck, D.; Schneck, V.; Steiner, W.; Schüler, S.; Wolf, H.
Publisher
Johann Heinrich von Thünen Institute (vTI)
Publication
Thünen Report, 2018, 49, pp 80 pp.
AbstractFull Text

The past three decades have seen considerable research into the molecular genetics and genomics of forest trees, and a variety of new tools and methods have emerged that could have practical applications in applied breeding programs. Applied breeders may lack specialized knowledge required to...

Author(s)
Whetten, R. W.; Jayawickrama, K. J. S.; Cumbie, W. P.; Martins, G. S.
Publisher
MDPI AG
Publication
Forests, 2023, 14, 2,

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