Research toward renewable and sustainable energy has identified specific terpenes
capable of supplementing or replacing current petroleum-derived fuels. Despite being …

Over the past decade, systems biology and plant-omics have increasingly become the main
stream in plant biology research. New developments in mass spectrometry and …

In recent years, forests have been exposed to an unprecedented rise in pests and
pathogens. This, coupled with the added challenge of climate change, renders forest …

Metal tolerance proteins (MTPs) as Me2+/H+ (K+) antiporters participate in the transport of
divalent cations, leading to heavy metal stress resistance and mineral utilization in plants. In …

Societal Impact Statement The increasing occurrence of native and non‐native pests and
diseases of trees in Africa is impacting rural livelihoods, economic development, and …

Galling herbivores induce structural and chemical alterations in their host plant's tissues.
These insects have been the focus of little study in the case of Australian taxa. Leptocybe …

Gibberellins (GAs) are the key regulators controlling plant growth, wood production and the
stress responses in perennial woody plants. The role of GA in regulating the above …

Eucalyptus grandis is a commercially important hardwood species and is known to be
susceptible to a number of pests and pathogens. Determining mechanisms of defense is …

Woody perennial angiosperms (ie, hardwood trees) are polyphyletic in origin and occur in
most angiosperm orders. Despite their independent origins, hardwoods have shared …

Galls are defined as modifications of the normal developmental design of plants, produced
by a specific reaction to the presence and activity of a foreign organism. Although different …