Selecting for water use efficiency, wood chemical traits and biomass with genomic selection in a Eucalyptus breeding program

JM Bouvet, CGM Ekomono, O Brendel… - Forest Ecology and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The selection of ideotypes combining high biomass production, high water use efficiency
(WUE) and adequate wood properties is a major challenge in improving forest trees for …

Quercus ilex L. dieback is genetically determined: Evidence provided by dendrochronology, δ13C and SSR genotyping

F Alderotti, F Sillo, L Brilli, F Bussotti, M Centritto… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Quercus ilex L. dieback has been reported in several Mediterranean forests, revealing
different degree of crown damages even in close sites, as observed in two Q. ilex forest …

Maternal environment regulates morphological and physiological traits in Eucalyptus grandis

M Vivas, V Rolo, MJ Wingfield, B Slippers - Forest ecology and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The phenotype of a plant can be shaped by the biotic and abiotic conditions to which their
parents are subjected. This phenotypic plasticity known as maternal environmental effect …

Are differences among forest tree populations in carbon isotope composition an indication of adaptation to drought?

O Brendel, D Epron - Tree Physiology, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Plants have developed different strategies to cope with a reduced water availability in the
soil (Levitt 1980). Drought resistance of forest trees is mainly a question of survival and …

Comparative Genomics Analyses Reveal Extensive Chromosome Colinearity and Novel Quantitative Trait Loci in Eucalyptus

F Li, C Zhou, Q Weng, M Li, X Yu, Y Guo, Y Wang… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Dense genetic maps, along with quantitative trait loci (QTLs) detected on such maps, are
powerful tools for genomics and molecular breeding studies. In the important woody genus …

Understanding the genetic bases of adaptation to soil water deficit in trees through the examination of water use efficiency and cavitation resistance: maritime pine as …

C Plomion, J Bartholomé, L Bouffier… - Journal of Plant …, 2016 - hal.science
This article provides a comprehensive view on the existing knowledge related to adaptation
to soil water deficit in maritime pine, a conifer species widely planted in the southwestern …

Genetics and genomics of tree architecture

E Costes, JM Gion - Advances in Botanical Research, 2015 - Elsevier
Even though the repetitive and decentralized nature of plant organogenesis confers a large
plasticity to plants, their architecture is highly organized throughout ontogeny and at different …

Carbon isotope composition of biomass and water use efficiency in young plants of Jatropha curcas L. under irrigated or water deficit conditions

FP Gomes, H Griffiths, LMC Gomes… - South African Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Jatropha curcas L. is a non-food crop quoted as a promising natural feedstock for biodiesel
production in tropical and subtropical regions. Although an efficient mechanism of drought …

林木分子育种研究的基因组学信息资源述评

甘四明 - 南京林业大学学报(自然科学版), 2020 - nldxb.njfu.edu.cn
分子育种是指利用与性状相关的DNA 标记进行选育, 也称标记辅助选择或标记辅助育种,
广义上还包括基因工程育种和基因组学辅助育种. 林木分子育种为早期选择和加速育种提供了极 …

Dissimilar stem and leaf hydraulic traits suggest varying drought tolerance among co-occurring Eucalyptus grandis × E. urophylla clones

CJ Crous, I Greyling, MJ Wingfield - Southern Forests: a Journal of …, 2018 - journals.co.za
In South Africa, there is currently a phenomenon where a Eucalyptus grandis× E. urophylla
clone is dying on a large scale, whereas co-occurring clones in the same plantation area …