Researchers at the University of Maryland genetically modified poplar trees to produce high-performance, structural wood without the use of chemicals or energy intensive processing. Made from ...

Recently, researchers at the University of Maryland also experimented with genetically modifying poplar trees. But this time, they had a different goal in mind. They modified the tree to reduce the ...

Unfortunately there is no treatment for this disease. Carpenter worms or poplar borers This is a wood-boring grub that attacks stressed columnar poplar trees in particular that are usually diseased.

B.C. man uses poplar trees to take recycling to a whole new level Mark Hume Vancouver Published August 4, 2016 ...

Researchers switched off some genes in a poplar tree to make for easier wood fibre extraction, and potentially greater efficiency in the pulping industry. The practice, however, carries biodiversity ...

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 ...

In a surprising twist on plant genetics, researchers have identified a mitochondrial protein that directly regulates wood ...