Rising temperatures and extreme heat events threaten rice production. Half of the global
population relies on rice for basic nutrition, and therefore developing heat-tolerant rice is …

Mass outbreaks of the European spruce bark beetle, Ips typographus, have caused
devastating damage to Norway spruce-dominated forests in Central Europe. Biotic and …

Fusarium verticillioides is one of the most common phytopathogenic fungi affecting maize
production, worldwide. The early identification of F. verticillioides infection in maize could be …

Norway spruce is an ecologically and commercially important species, which currently
suffers from climate change and is expected to decline because of heat and drought stress …

Despite significant advances to harvest index and interception efficiency, photosynthesis
has remained largely unimproved through conventional breeding approaches. However …

An assemblage of tree species with different crown properties creates heterogeneous
environments at the canopy level. Changes of functional leaf traits are expected, especially …

Norway spruce has a wide natural distribution range, harboring substantial physiological
and genetic variation. There are three altitudinal ecotypes described in this species. Each …

Foliar reflectance is readily used in evaluating physiological status of agricultural crops and
forest stands. However, in the case of forest trees, underlying genetics of foliar spectral …

Within-population phenotypic variation can be used as a proxy for adaptive potential and
individual performance in forest plantations and natural populations. Such variation can be …

Knowledge of the heritability, genetic advance, and stability of key traits, such as the height
to the first fruit, trunk circumference, number of marketable fruit, wasted fruit, fruit weight, fruit …