Populus is a genus of 25–30 species of deciduous flowering plants in the family Salicaceae, native to most of the Northern Hemisphere. English names variously applied to different species include poplar, aspen, and cottonwood.
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Populus trichocarpa
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Populus deltoides
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Populus fremontii
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Populus alba
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Populus nigra
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Populus angustifolia
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Populus tremuloides
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Scientists discovered how poplar trees steer a growth hormone to the exact cells that build wood, and how that same system lets trees reinforce their trunks when leaning or exposed to wind.
If you've ever wished your garden's beneficial soil microbes would kick into gear right when your tomatoes need them, this is...
The next time wind bends the sapling you planted last spring, its trunk is running an internal electrical report on exactly...
The leaf pile you rake into your compost bin isn't just yard waste, it's the same kind of organic matter that researchers used...
The microbes clinging to a poplar's roots help the tree pull nutrients from soil and resist stress, and these newly cataloged...
The leaning trunk or wind-bent branch in your yard is quietly rewriting its own wood chemistry in real time, dialing lignin...
The apples, poplars, and grapevines in orchards and windbreaks near you could one day be bred for disease resistance or...
If you hike the Virgin River corridor near Zion, the broad, triangular-leaved cottonwoods lining the water are Frémont...
If you've ever grafted or bred plants and wondered why offspring favor one parent's traits over the other, this cottonwood...
The drought-stressed tree in your yard or the salt-stressed seedling on your patio isn't improvising some new survival...
Black cottonwoods are one of the fastest-growing native trees in western North America, and every confirmed sighting like this...
If you're hiking or gardening near Bear Lake, this confirms the shimmering, coin-shaped leaves you're seeing overhead are...
The poplar, pine, or eucalyptus stands you hike through could someday be bred for drought resistance in a fraction of the time...
The difference between a tree that grows narrow and upright versus one that spreads wide comes down to genetic switches like...
The next time you notice how differently a eucalyptus trunk feels from an oak's, a gene like this one is part of the reason,...
If you've ever watched tomatoes wilt in a summer dry spell, this points to a gene that could someday get bred or engineered...
The next time you tap a maple or admire a tree's tough bark, you're seeing the output of a single gene family that also...
Every fence post, sheet of paper, and shade tree on your street relies on a wood-building process that this research just...
The next breakthrough in drought-tolerant crops or disease-resistant trees may hinge on lab techniques like this one, which...
Poplars are among the fastest-growing trees used for biofuels and carbon sequestration, and sharper gene-editing tools mean...
Poplar trees line city streets, buffer agricultural fields, and anchor riparian corridors across temperate regions, and the...
Poplar trees planted along old industrial corridors and contaminated lots could be doing far more cleanup work than previously...
Poplar trees planted along roadsides and in contaminated urban soils face wildly fluctuating zinc levels — understanding how...
If you're planting a food forest or hedgerow, the herbs and perennials you tuck between your trees aren't just filling space —...
Poplar groves planted to clean up zinc-contaminated industrial sites depend on underground fungal partners to survive — and...
The trees lining salinized roadsides and degraded farmland edges aren't just enduring the salt — some are quietly recruiting...
Poplar trees planted for bioenergy or windbreaks on salted roadsides and degraded farmland could soon be bred to thrive where...
The wild black cottonwood trees lining Pacific Northwest rivers and riparian trails are silently shaped by invisible yeast...
Poplar trees planted along roadsides and in restored wetlands are quietly recruiting their own bacterial allies through root...
Tansy, bittersweet nightshade, and black poplar each mount a chemically distinct defense when bugs and dry spells hit together...
Poplar and other fast-growing trees used in bioenergy and timber production could be precisely engineered for softer lignin —...
Willow and poplar trees lining your local stream or planted as windbreaks face a growing threat from stealth pathogens that...
Poplar trees lining your streets or growing along riverbanks are quietly directing underground bacterial communities using...
Phosphorus-starved soils limit the growth of trees in parks, urban forests, and managed woodlands, so boosting trees' natural...
Chlorinated solvents from dry cleaners and industrial sites quietly seep into the groundwater that feeds your tap, and...
Better gene-editing tools bring us closer to crops that can survive drought, resist pests, or tolerate herbicides — meaning...
Trees in your local park or forest aren't just passively growing side by side — they're engaged in a complex, sex-driven...
Researchers developed an eco-friendly composite hydrogel that delivers fungicide more effectively to plant leaves while...
Trees in your local park, the wood in your furniture, and the paper in your books all depend on the same biological process...
It opens a path to developing disease-resistant citrus trees and faster-growing poplars without the 'GMO' label — meaning...
Researchers developed an eco-friendly composite hydrogel that delivers fungicide more e...
Poplar trees lining your streets or growing along riverbanks are quietly directing underground ba...
Trees in your local park or forest aren't just passively growing side by side — they're engaged i...
It opens a path to developing disease-resistant citrus trees and faster-growing poplars without t...
If you're planting a food forest or hedgerow, the herbs and perennials you tuck between your tree...
Better gene-editing tools bring us closer to crops that can survive drought, resist pests, or tol...
If you've ever watched tomatoes wilt in a summer dry spell, this points to a gene that could some...
If you've ever wished your garden's beneficial soil microbes would kick into gear right when your...
Poplar trees planted along roadsides and in contaminated urban soils face wildly fluctuating zinc...
The trees lining salinized roadsides and degraded farmland edges aren't just enduring the salt — ...
Poplar groves planted to clean up zinc-contaminated industrial sites depend on underground fungal...
Phosphorus-starved soils limit the growth of trees in parks, urban forests, and managed woodlands...
Willow and poplar trees lining your local stream or planted as windbreaks face a growing threat f...
Poplar trees planted along roadsides and in restored wetlands are quietly recruiting their own ba...
Poplar trees line city streets, buffer agricultural fields, and anchor riparian corridors across ...
The drought-stressed tree in your yard or the salt-stressed seedling on your patio isn't improvis...
Poplar and other fast-growing trees used in bioenergy and timber production could be precisely en...
Poplar trees planted along old industrial corridors and contaminated lots could be doing far more...
Poplar trees planted for bioenergy or windbreaks on salted roadsides and degraded farmland could ...
The way a leaning tree in your yard thickens up on one side to right itself is driven by this exa...
The leaf pile you rake into your compost bin isn't just yard waste, it's the same kind of organic...
The apples, poplars, and grapevines in orchards and windbreaks near you could one day be bred for...
If you've ever grafted or bred plants and wondered why offspring favor one parent's traits over t...
Every fence post, sheet of paper, and shade tree on your street relies on a wood-building process...
The poplar, pine, or eucalyptus stands you hike through could someday be bred for drought resista...
The difference between a tree that grows narrow and upright versus one that spreads wide comes do...
The next time you tap a maple or admire a tree's tough bark, you're seeing the output of a single...
The next time wind bends the sapling you planted last spring, its trunk is running an internal el...
Poplars are among the fastest-growing trees used for biofuels and carbon sequestration, and sharp...
The next time you notice how differently a eucalyptus trunk feels from an oak's, a gene like this...
Chlorinated solvents from dry cleaners and industrial sites quietly seep into the groundwater tha...
The next breakthrough in drought-tolerant crops or disease-resistant trees may hinge on lab techn...
