[HTML][HTML] Epigenetics for crop improvement in times of global change

I Kakoulidou, EV Avramidou, M Baránek… - Biology, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Research on plant epigenetics aims to understand how endogenous,
biotic, and abiotic factors regulate plant development and growth independent of changes in …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of climate change on greek forests: A review

PP Koulelis, N Proutsos, AD Solomou, EV Avramidou… - Atmosphere, 2023 - mdpi.com
This study reviews the impacts of climate change on Greek forests, analysing factors such as
climate trends, forest management, biodiversity, genetics, insects, and wildfires, using data …

Old and ancient trees are life history lottery winners and vital evolutionary resources for long-term adaptive capacity

CH Cannon, G Piovesan, S Munné-Bosch - Nature Plants, 2022 - nature.com
Trees can live for many centuries with sustained fecundity and death is largely stochastic.
We use a neutral stochastic model to examine tree demographic patterns that emerge over …

Environmental hormesis in living systems: The role of hormetic trade-offs

EA Erofeeva - Science of the Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Hormesis (low-dose stimulation and high-dose inhibition) can be accompanied by hormetic
trade-offs, that is, stimulation of some traits and inhibition (trade-off 1) or invariability (trade …

RNAi suppression of DNA methylation affects the drought stress response and genome integrity in transgenic poplar

MD Sow, AL Le Gac, R Fichot, S Lanciano… - New …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Trees are long‐lived organisms that continuously adapt to their environments, a process in
which epigenetic mechanisms are likely to play a key role. Via downregulation of the …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic diversity of Norway spruce ecotypes assessed by GBS-derived SNPs

J Korecký, J Čepl, J Stejskal, Z Faltinová, J Dvořák… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
We investigated the genetic structure of three phenotypically distinct ecotypic groups of
Norway spruce (Picea abies) belonging to three elevational classes; namely, low …

[HTML][HTML] Multiomics Molecular Research into the Recalcitrant and Orphan Quercus ilex Tree Species: Why, What for, and How

AM Maldonado-Alconada, MÁ Castillejo… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The holm oak (Quercus ilex L.) is the dominant tree species of the Mediterranean forest and
the Spanish agrosilvopastoral ecosystem,“dehesa.” It has been, since the prehistoric period …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring the Role of ICTs and Communication Flows in the Forest Sector

AV Gavilanes Montoya, DD Castillo Vizuete, MV Marcu - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
The forestry sector has used technology to improve productivity and increase service quality,
reducing labor in many processes. In this sense, Information and Communication …

[HTML][HTML] Priming of Plant Defenses against Ophiostoma novo-ulmi by Elm (Ulmus minor Mill.) Fungal Endophytes

C Martínez-Arias, J Sobrino-Plata, L Gil… - Journal of Fungi, 2021 - mdpi.com
Some fungal endophytes of forest trees are recognized as beneficial symbionts against
stresses. In previous works, two elm endophytes from the classes Cystobasidiomycetes and …

[HTML][HTML] Epigenetic variation: A major player in facilitating plant fitness under changing environmental conditions

VR Rajpal, P Rathore, S Mehta, N Wadhwa… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Recent research in plant epigenetics has increased our understanding of how epigenetic
variability can contribute to adaptive phenotypic plasticity in natural populations. Studies …