Article
Adaptive mechanisms and genomic plasticity for drought tolerance identified in European black poplar (Populus nigra L.).
Tree physiology - 1 Jul 2016
Viger Maud, Smith Hazel K, Cohen David, Dewoody Jennifer, Trewin Harriet, Steenackers Marijke, Bastien Catherine, Taylor Gail
Abstract excerpt
Summer droughts are likely to increase in frequency and intensity across Europe, yet long-lived trees may have a limited ability to tolerate drought. It is therefore critical that we improve our understanding of phenotypic plasticity to drought in natural populations for ecologically and economically important trees such as Populus nigra L. A common garden experiment was conducted using ∼500 wild P. nigra trees,...
Topics
- Adaptation, Physiological
- Biomass
- Down-Regulation
- Droughts
- France
- Gene Expression
- Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
- Genes, Plant
- Genome, Plant
- Genotype
- Italy