Population growth, climate change, and increasing human impact on land and aquatic
systems all pose significant challenges for current agricultural practices. Genetic …

Forest trees provide raw materials, help to maintain biodiversity and mitigate the effects of
climate change. Certain tree species can also be used as feedstocks for bioenergy …

Antimicrobial peptides have captured the attention of researchers in recent years because of
their efficiency in fighting against pathogens. These peptides are found in nature and have …

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 …

American chestnut (Castanea dentata) is a classic example of a native keystone species that
was nearly eradicated by an introduced fungal pathogen. This report describes progress …

An invasive fungal pathogen has reduced the American chestnut (Castanea dentata), once
a keystone tree species within its natural range in the eastern United States and Canada, to …

Genetic engineering of trees to improve productivity, wood quality, and resistance to biotic
and abiotic stresses has been the primary goal of the forest biotechnology community for …

Crop losses due to pathogens are a major threat to global food security. Plants employ a
multilayer defense against a pathogen including the use of physical barriers (cell wall) …

Complicated schemes of classical breeding and their drawbacks, environmental risks
imposed by agrochemicals, decrease of arable land, and escalating damages of pests and …

The global rate of wildlife extinctions is accelerating, and the persistence of many species
requires conservation breeding programs. A central paradigm of these programs is to …