Complexities underlying the breeding and deployment of Dutch elm disease resistant elms

JA Martín, J Domínguez, A Solla, CM Brasier… - New Forests, 2021 - Springer
Dutch elm disease (DED) is a vascular wilt disease caused by the pathogens Ophiostoma
ulmi and Ophiostoma novo-ulmi with multiple ecological phases including pathogenic …

Restoration of threatened species: a noble cause for transgenic trees

SA Merkle, GM Andrade, CJ Nairn, WA Powell… - Tree Genetics & …, 2007 - Springer
Some of the first applications of transgenic trees in North America may be for the
conservation or restoration of threatened forest trees that have been devastated by fungal …

Breeding and scientific advances in the fight against Dutch elm disease: Will they allow the use of elms in forest restoration?

JA Martín, J Sobrino-Plata, J Rodríguez-Calcerrada… - New Forests, 2019 - Springer
Elms (Ulmus spp.) were once dominant trees in mixed broadleaf forests of many European
territories, mainly distributed near rivers and streams or on floodplains. Since ancient times …

Hardwood tree biotechnology

SA Merkle, CJ Nairn - In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology-Plant, 2005 - Springer
Due to the commercial importance of some conifer species, advances in conifer
biotechnology often appear to overshadow equally significant advances in the …

Transgenic American elm shows reduced Dutch elm disease symptoms and normal mycorrhizal colonization

AE Newhouse, F Schrodt, H Liang, CA Maynard… - Plant Cell Reports, 2007 - Springer
Abstract The American elm (Ulmus americana L.) was once one of the most common urban
trees in eastern North America until Dutch-elm disease (DED), caused by the fungus …

Biotechnological efforts for preserving and enhancing temperate hardwood tree biodiversity, health, and productivity

PM Pijut, SS Lawson, CH Michler - In Vitro Cellular & Developmental …, 2011 - Springer
Hardwood tree species in forest, plantation, and urban environments (temperate regions of
the world) are important biological resources that play a significant role in the economy and …

Elm defence against herbivores and pathogens: morphological, chemical and molecular regulation aspects

K Büchel, T Fenning, J Gershenzon, M Hilker… - Phytochemistry …, 2016 - Springer
Elms (Ulmus spp.) have long been appreciated for their environmental tolerance, landscape
and ornamental value, and the quality of their wood. Although elm trees are extremely hardy …

Somatic embryogenesis and plant regeneration from leaves of Ulmus minor Mill.

P Conde, J Loureiro, C Santos - Plant Cell Reports, 2004 - Springer
Somatic embryogenesis from mature elm (Ulmus minor Mill.) in vitro-cloned material is
possible. Embryogenic callus was obtained from leaves inoculated on two different MS …

[PDF][PDF] New horizons in Dutch elm disease control

CM Brasier - Report on forest research, 1996 - cdn.forestresearch.gov.uk
Dutch elm disease (DED) first appeared in north-west Europe around 1910, and much of the
seminal work on its causes was carried out between 1919 and 1934 by several outstanding …

Genetic transformation in commercial Tasmanian cultivars of opium poppy, Papaver somniferum, and movement of transgenicpollen in the field

JA Chitty, RS Allen, AJ Fist, PJ Larkin - Functional Plant Biology, 2003 - CSIRO Publishing
We report a new transformation protocol for the pharmaceutically important opium poppy,
Papaver somniferum L.; the protocol allows transformation for the first time of high yielding …