New developments in the field of genomic technologies and their relevance to conservation management

G Segelbacher, M Bosse, P Burger, P Galbusera… - Conservation …, 2022 - Springer
Recent technological advances in the field of genomics offer conservation managers and
practitioners new tools to explore for conservation applications. Many of these tools are well …

Targeted plant improvement through genome editing: from laboratory to field

D Miladinovic, D Antunes, K Yildirim, A Bakhsh… - Plant cell reports, 2021 - Springer
Key message This review illustrates how far we have come since the emergence of GE
technologies and how they could be applied to obtain superior and sustainable crop …

Achievements and challenges of genomics-assisted breeding in forest trees: From marker-assisted selection to genome editing

S Ahmar, P Ballesta, M Ali, F Mora-Poblete - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Forest tree breeding efforts have focused mainly on improving traits of economic importance,
selecting trees suited to new environments or generating trees that are more resilient to …

Evaluating the efficiency of gRNAs in CRISPR/Cas9 mediated genome editing in poplars

T Bruegmann, K Deecke, M Fladung - International journal of molecular …, 2019 - mdpi.com
CRISPR/Cas9 has become one of the most promising techniques for genome editing in
plants and works very well in poplars with an Agrobacterium-mediated transformation …

Haplotype‐resolved genome assembly of Populus tremula × P. alba reveals aspen‐specific megabase satellite DNA

R Zhou, JW Jenkins, Y Zeng, S Shu, H Jang… - The Plant …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Populus species play a foundational role in diverse ecosystems and are important
renewable feedstocks for bioenergy and bioproducts. Hybrid aspen Populus tremula× P …

Genome editing in trees: from multiple repair pathways to long-term stability

WP Bewg, D Ci, CJ Tsai - Frontiers in plant science, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The CRISPR technology continues to diversify with a broadening array of applications that
touch all kingdoms of life. The simplicity, versatility and species-independent nature of the …

CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing: an unexplored frontier for forest pathology

EN Dort, P Tanguay, RC Hamelin - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2020 - frontiersin.org
CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing technology has taken the scientific community by storm since its
development in 2012. First discovered in 1987, CRISPR/Cas systems act as an adaptive …

Multi-faceted CRISPR-Cas9 strategy to reduce plant based food loss and waste for sustainable bio-economy–a review

P Hemalatha, EM Abda, S Shah, SV Prabhu… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Currently, international development requires innovative solutions to address imminent
challenges like climate change, unsustainable food system, food waste, energy crisis, and …

A thermal modification technique combining bulk densification and heat treatment for poplar wood with low moisture content

X Wang, D Tu, C Chen, Q Zhou, H Huang… - … and Building Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
This study aimed to obtain the most suitable process parameters of the bulk densification
and heat treatment for the modification of poplar wood with a moisture content of …

CRISPR/Cas9 Disruption of MYB134 and MYB115 in Transgenic Poplar Leads to Differential Reduction of Proanthocyanidin Synthesis in Roots and Leaves

Y Liu, D Ma, CP Constabel - Plant and Cell Physiology, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Proanthocyanidins (PAs) are common specialized metabolites and particularly abundant in
trees and woody plants. In poplar (Populus spp.), PA biosynthesis is stress-induced and …