Many at-risk forest tree species will probably need biotechnology along with traditional tree-breeding approaches to survive, according to insights published in the July issue of the journal New ...

PULLMAN, Wash. - A meeting in a forest between a biologist and a mathematician could lead to thicker, faster growing trees. "Mathematicians like translating biological processes into numbers," said ...

A fast-track method of breeding disease-resistant ash trees has been developed by researchers leading efforts to conserve the species. Researchers at the John Innes Center, who have adapted the embryo ...

A research team developed and validated a liquid SNP chip named 'HbGBTS80K', which includes 80,080 SNPs evenly distributed across 18 chromosomes. This SNP chip effectively distinguished 404 rubber ...

A breakthrough in pine tree breeding will help forests to adapt to climate change and bioenergy use. The technique can create new tree variants in half the time it take for current breeding methods ...

Howell — Jason Hartman stabbed a flat spade into the ground at a Livingston County orchard on a hot April morning, moving just enough earth to tuck the roots of a 2-year-old red pine sapling into the ...