By applying advanced plant breeding and biotechnology to dedicated energy crops, we should deliver sustainable energy solutions that (1) displace vast amounts of fossil fuels and provide greater energy security; (2) create new economic opportunities for farmers and rural communities; (3) protect...

The aim of this paper to show how hydrological measurements in forests and grasslands can contribute to the treatment of different areas. The study was carried out in three different forest stands and their surrounding grasslands of the area of the Kiskunság Sandridge, between 2012 and 2015....

Due to the climate change, nowadays many trees and shrubs of Mediterranean origins, are planted outside. We characterized the water condition of the two taxons included in our research and we made conclusions on their stress levels. This useful information can help the users to find the most...

This paper analyses the drought induced growth responses of oak trees, sessile oak (Quercus petraea) and Turkey oak (Q. cerris), along a precipitation gradient in Somogy County. 136 tree-ring samples were analysed and dendroecological metrics were also applied to assess the drought sensitivity of...

Our experiment was set up for two Thuja taxa (Thuja occidentalis 'Smaragd' and 'Brabant'), one deciduous (Cornus alba 'Sibirica') and one evergreen plant (Prunus laurocerasus 'Novita'). The effect of the pot in pot cultivation system was examined, and conventional above ground container production...

Poplars represent high economic value. The aim of the present study was to initiate a research methodology that at first identifies candidate genes encoding enzymes with wood property phenotypic traits, towards the aim of developing a genomics-based breeding technology. As a first step, primer...

The Plant Breeding Scientific Day as a national plant breeding conference was organized annually between 1993 and 2013. During the last 20 years, 2411 scientific lectures and posters were presented (127/year) including basic research 39% and applied ones 61%. The proportions of the main disciplines ...

Plant nutrition significantly influences yield and fruit quality in fruit orchards. In this three-year study (2016-2018), different fertilizer treatments were compared in an intensive sweet cherry orchard. Trees of cultivar 'Carmen' were grafted on Prunus mahaleb 'Cema' rootstock, and were trained...

DNA polymorphisms were generated during evolution by various molecular mechanisms: nucleotide substitutions, insertions and deletions. Sequencing is the best, direct method for detecting the arisen sequence variations, but in plant breeding, it is not always necessary to see together all...

Agrilus planipennis, a species of jewel beetle (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) of Asian origin, which has become one of the most destructive invasive forest insect pests in history following its introduction to North America and European Russia, has served as a model species to understand orientation and ...