Eastern cottonwood (Populus deltoides), one of the largest eastern hardwoods, is short-lived but the fastest-growing commercial forest species in North America. It grows best on moist well-drained ...

Maple, Sycamore, yellow poplar, and sweetgum trees are known for their lobed leaves, ... It's native to North America and found along the East Coast from Connecticut to northern Florida.

Conventional breeding of trees takes time, but CRISPR gene editing should help speed things up. Now, scientists at North Carolina State University have used CRISPR to adjust the genomes of poplar ...

Poplar tree cells were altered with the gene-editing tool CRISPR and around 174 seedlings were planted in NCSU’s greenhouse. After six months of growing (up to a soaring ten feet, says Barrangou ...

Building a better forest tree with CRISPR gene editing Date: July 13, 2023 Source: North Carolina State University Summary: Researchers use CRISPR techniques to modify lignin levels in poplar trees.

Patricia Halsell is distraught about the cutting of a weeping poplar, which had just received Heritage Tree status. The tree’s trunk is on part of her property, but limbs hung over the alley ...