For the past 15 years, there has been tremendous interest and technological development
concerning biocomposites. Plant fibres can be derived from a multitude of natural agro …

Secondary cell walls (SCWs) are produced by specialized plant cell types, and are
particularly important in those cells providing mechanical support or involved in water …

We report the draft genome of the black cottonwood tree, Populus trichocarpa. Integration of
shotgun sequence assembly with genetic mapping enabled chromosome-scale …

Abstract SECONDARY WALL-ASSOCIATED NAC DOMAIN PROTEIN1 (SND1) is a master
transcriptional switch activating the developmental program of secondary wall biosynthesis …

Wood is the most important natural and endlessly renewable source of energy and therefore
has a major future role as an environmentally cost-effective alternative to burning fossils …

Trees do not form a natural group but share attributes such as great size, longevity, and high
reproductive output that affect their mode and tempo of evolution. In particular, trees are …

Trees represent the largest terrestrial carbon sink and a renewable source of ligno-cellulose.
There is significant scope for yield and quality improvement in these largely undomesticated …

Completely revised and expanded to reflect the latest advancements in the field,
Polysaccharides: Structural Diversity and Functional Versatility, Second Edition outlines …

The strigolactones are rhizosphere signaling molecules as well as a new class of plant
hormones with a still increasing number of biological functions being uncovered. Here, we …

With the completion of the Populus trichocarpa genome sequence and the development of
various genetic, genomic, and biochemical tools, Populus now offers many possibilities to …