Forest ecosystems provide important ecological services and resources, from habitat for
biodiversity to the production of environmentally friendly products, and play a key role in the …

Neurodegenerative diseases (NDDs) are the main cause of dementia in the elderly, having
no cure to date, as the currently available therapies focus on symptom remission. Most …

With climate change, the pressure on tree breeding to provide varieties with improved
resilience to biotic and abiotic stress is increasing. As such, pest resistance is of high priority …

Phenological shifts, induced by global warming, can lead to mismatch between closely
interacting species. The eastern spruce budworm, Choristoneura fumiferana, an important …

In species with large and complex genomes such as conifers, dense linkage maps are a
useful resource for supporting genome assembly and laying the genomic groundwork at the …

Tree improvement programs often focus on improving productivity-related traits; however,
under present climate change scenarios, climate change-related (adaptive) traits should …

Conifers are long-lived and slow-evolving, thus requiring effective defences against their fast-
evolving insect natural enemies. The copy number variation (CNV) of two key acetophenone …

Natural products from the useful native species Flourensia fiebrigii SF Blake (Asteraceae,
Heliantheae) were obtained from an Argentinean collection of Cañon del Ocre at 2750 m asl …

Main conclusion Monoterpenes and phenolics play distinct roles in defending white spruce
trees from insect defoliators. Monoterpenes contribute to the toxicity of the foliage, deterring …

In this study, 24 compounds were isolated from the stem bark of Picea jezoensis var.
komarovii (VN Vassil.) WC Cheng & LK Fu, comprising seven flavonoids (1–7), four …