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 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 ...

Long-lived woody perennial plants, such as forest trees, offer the possibility of understanding fundamental aspects of plant biology, such as the genetic basis of longevity and adaptation to the ...

A drive through the sprawling campus of the Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding (IFGTB) is an outing with Nature. You can take in the view of the towering trees, watch birds and butterflies ...

More than seven lakh hectares is under rubber tree plantation in India. Currently, rubber growers are facing difficult times with decline in rubber prices, reduced returns and high labour costs. New ...

More than 300 trees have been removed in Bettendorf as part of a project to build a new Interstate 74 bridge connecting the city with Moline, Illinois.The Quad-City Times newspaper reports the trees ...

A meeting in a forest between a biologist and a mathematician could lead to thicker, faster growing trees. A meeting in a forest between a biologist and a mathematician could lead to thicker, faster ...