As tree species vary extensively in genome size, complexity, and resource development,
reduced representation methods have been increasingly employed for the generation of …

The global change scenarios highlight the urgency of clarifying the mechanisms driving the
determination of wood traits in forest trees. Coniferous xylem is characterized by the …

Background Genomic selection (GS) is a promising approach for decreasing breeding cycle
length in forest trees. Assessment of progeny performance and of the prediction accuracy of …

Aim Marginal tree populations, either those located at the edges of the species' range or in
suboptimal environments, are often a valuable genetic resource for biological conservation …

Trees have long life cycles and become reproductively active only after several years. The
progress of tree breeding programs is therefore strongly dependent on the time needed to …

Pines are some of the most ecologically and economically important tree species in the
world, and many have enormous natural distributions or have been extensively planted …

Resistance to herbivores and pathogens is considered a key plant trait with strong adaptive
value in trees, usually involving high concentrations of a diverse array of plant secondary …

The effect of past environmental changes on the demography and genetic diversity of
natural populations remains a contentious issue and has rarely been investigated across …

Forest ecosystems are increasingly challenged by extreme events, for example, drought,
storms, pest attacks, and fungal pathogen outbreaks, causing severe ecological and …

In species with large and complex genomes such as conifers, dense linkage maps are a
useful resource for supporting genome assembly and laying the genomic groundwork at the …