Poplar genetic engineering: promoting desirable wood characteristics and pest resistance

Ectomycorrhizal Colonization and Diversity in Relation to Tree Biomass and Nutrition in a Plantation of Transgenic Poplars with Modified Lignin Biosynthesis

(2013) Lara Danielsen et al.   PLoS One

The Cellulase-Mediated Saccharification on Wood Derived from Transgenic Low-Lignin Lines of Black Cottonwood (Populus trichocarpa)

(2012) Douyong Min et al.   APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Engineering of plants with improved properties as biofuels feedstocks by vessel-specific complementation of xylan biosynthesis mutants

(2012) Pia Damm Petersen et al.   Biotechnology for Biofuels

Can genetic engineering of lignin deposition be accomplished without an unacceptable yield penalty?

(2012) Nicholas D Bonawitz et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Lignin modification improves the biofuel production potential in transgenic Populus tomentosa

(2012) Hongzhi Wang et al.   INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS

Engineering a thermoregulated intein-modified xylanase into maize for consolidated lignocellulosic biomass processing

(2012) Binzhang Shen et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Designed for deconstruction - poplar trees altered in cell wall lignification improve the efficacy of bioethanol production

(2012) Shawn D. Mansfield et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Metabolic engineering of novel lignin in biomass crops

(2012) Ruben Vanholme et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Engineering secondary cell wall deposition in plants

(2012) Fan Yang et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

Biosynthesis and incorporation of side-chain-truncated lignin monomers to reduce lignin polymerization and enhance saccharification

(2012) Aymerick Eudes et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

Gene expression patterns underlying changes in xylem structure and function in response to increased nitrogen availability in hybrid poplar

(2012) LENKA PLAVCOVÁ et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Using Hierarchical Clustering of Secreted Protein Families to Classify and Rank Candidate Effectors of Rust Fungi

(2012) Diane G. O. Saunders et al.   PLoS One

RNA-Seq of Early-Infected Poplar Leaves by the Rust Pathogen Melampsora larici-populina Uncovers PtSultr3;5, a Fungal-Induced Host Sulfate Transporter

(2012) Benjamin Petre et al.   PLoS One

Importance of two consecutive methionines at the N-terminus of a cellulose synthase (PtdCesA8A) for normal wood cellulose synthesis in aspen

(2012) Y. Liu et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Impact of ectomycorrhizal colonization and rust infection on the secondary metabolism of poplar (Populus trichocarpa x deltoides)

(2012) C. Pfabel et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Nitrogen fertilization has differential effects on N allocation and lignin in two Populus species with contrasting ecology

(2012) Dejuan Euring et al.   TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

Fungal soil communities in a young transgenic poplar plantation form a rich reservoir for fungal root communities

(2012) L. Danielsen et al.   Ecology and Evolution

SND2, a NAC transcription factor gene, regulates genes involved in secondary cell wall development in Arabidopsis fibres and increases fibre cell area in Eucalyptus

(2011) Steven G Hussey et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

No trade-off between hydraulic and mechanical properties in several transgenic poplars modified for lignins metabolism

(2011) Hosam Awad et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Meeting the challenge of food and energy security

(2011) A. Karp et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Improvement of fermentable sugar yields of mangium through transgenic overexpression of xyloglucanase

(2011) Tomomi Kaku et al.   JOURNAL OF WOOD SCIENCE

A Comprehensive Analysis of Genes Encoding Small Secreted Proteins Identifies Candidate Effectors inMelampsora larici-populina(Poplar Leaf Rust)

(2011) Stéphane Hacquard et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS

The endo-1,4-β-glucanase Korrigan exhibits functional conservation between gymnosperms and angiosperms and is required for proper cell wall formation in gymnosperms

(2011) Victoria J. Maloney et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Salt stress induces the formation of a novel type of ‘pressure wood’ in two Populus species

(2011) Dennis Janz et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Isoprene emission-free poplars - a chance to reduce the impact from poplar plantations on the atmosphere

(2011) Katja Behnke et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

FTIR-ATR-based prediction and modelling of lignin and energy contents reveals independent intra-specific variation of these traits in bioenergy poplars

(2011) Guanwu Zhou et al.   Plant Methods

Dissection of the Transcriptional Program Regulating Secondary Wall Biosynthesis during Wood Formation in Poplar

(2011) R. Zhong et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Obligate biotrophy features unraveled by the genomic analysis of rust fungi

(2011) S. Duplessis et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Accelerating the domestication of forest trees in a changing world

(2011) Antoine Harfouche et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Poplar as a feedstock for biofuels: A review of compositional characteristics

(2010) Poulomi Sannigrahi et al.   Biofuels Bioproducts & Biorefining-Biofpr

Far-reaching Deleterious Impacts of Regulations on Research and Environmental Studies of Recombinant DNA-modified Perennial Biofuel Crops in the United States

(2010) Steven H. Strauss et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Comparative analysis of secreted protein evolution using expressed sequence tags from four poplar leaf rusts (Melampsora spp.)

(2010) David L Joly et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Advances in modifying lignin for enhanced biofuel production

(2010) Blake A Simmons et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

Relating genetic variation of ecologically important tree traits to associated organisms in full-sib aspen families

(2010) Frauke Kleemann et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

Plant immunity: towards an integrated view of plant–pathogen interactions

(2010) Peter N. Dodds et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

EgMYB1, an R2R3 MYB transcription factor from eucalyptus negatively regulates secondary cell wall formation in Arabidopsis and poplar

(2010) Sylvain Legay et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Innate immunity: has poplar made its BED?

(2010) Hugo Germain et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

The role of abscisic acid and auxin in the response of poplar to abiotic stress

(2010) J. Popko et al.   PLANT BIOLOGY

Antisense Down-Regulation of 4CL Expression Alters Lignification, Tree Growth, and Saccharification Potential of Field-Grown Poplar

(2010) S. L. Voelker et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Feedstocks for Lignocellulosic Biofuels

(2010) C. Somerville et al.   SCIENCE

High nitrogen fertilization and stem leaning have overlapping effects on wood formation in poplar but invoke largely distinct molecular pathways

(2010) F. E. Pitre et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Incidence of Venturia shoot blight in aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) varies with tree chemistry and genotype

(2009) Liza M. Holeski et al.   BIOCHEMICAL SYSTEMATICS AND ECOLOGY

Wood composition and energy content in a poplar short rotation plantation on fertilized agricultural land in a future CO2atmosphere

(2009) ZHI-BIN LUO et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Loosening Xyloglucan Accelerates the Enzymatic Degradation of Cellulose in Wood

(2009) Rumi Kaida et al.   Molecular Plant

Transcriptome Profiling in Hybrid Poplar Following Interactions withMelampsoraRust Fungi

(2009) Aïda Azaiez et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS

Down-Regulation of PoGT47C Expression in Poplar Results in a Reduced Glucuronoxylan Content and an Increased Wood Digestibility by Cellulase

(2009) C. Lee et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Salinity tolerance of Populus

(2009) S. Chen et al.   PLANT BIOLOGY

Sucrose synthase affects carbon partitioning to increase cellulose production and altered cell wall ultrastructure

(2009) H. D. Coleman et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

ZBED6, a Novel Transcription Factor Derived from a Domesticated DNA Transposon Regulates IGF2 Expression and Muscle Growth

(2009) Ellen Markljung et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Lignin content versus syringyl to guaiacyl ratio amongst poplars

(2008) Samar K. Bose et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Research frontiers in climate change: Effects of extreme meteorological events on ecosystems

(2008) Anke Jentsch et al.   COMPTES RENDUS GEOSCIENCE

Bioconversion of lignocellulosic biomass: biochemical and molecular perspectives

(2008) Raj Kumar et al.   JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY & BIOTECHNOLOGY

Improvement of biomass through lignin modification

(2008) Xu Li et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Suppression of 4-Coumarate-CoA Ligase in the Coniferous Gymnosperm Pinus radiata

(2008) A. Wagner et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

RNAi-mediated suppression of p-coumaroyl-CoA 3'-hydroxylase in hybrid poplar impacts lignin deposition and soluble secondary metabolism

(2008) H. D. Coleman et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Pulping performance of transgenic poplar with depressed Caffeoyl-CoA O-methyltransferase

(2008) JianHua Wei et al.   Science Bulletin