Hardwood Tree Improvement and Regeneration Center
Research Work Unit NRS-14
Our research mission
is to develop genetic, molecular, and tissue culture technologies and forest and nursery management guidelines for improvement of central hardwood forest productivity. more>>
Our Research Areas
We are :
Developing hardwood (oak and walnut) molecular markers for use in determination of genetic quality and population structure of current natural forests and plantations, and quantitative genes in superior hardwood trees. more>>
Developing vegetative and tissue culture propagation technologies for use in genomics research and mass propagation systems for superior trees. more>>
Developing nursery guides for production of quality seedlings and forest management guides for regeneration and reforestation of degraded agricultural land and riparian zones. more>>
Developing breeding and selection programs for black walnut, black cherry and northern red oak. more>>
Our Latest Products
- Zhou, Huijuan ; Hu, Yiheng ; Ebrahimi, Aziz ; Liu, Peiliang ; Woeste, Keith ; Zhao, Peng ; Zhang, Shuoxin 2021. Whole genome based insights into the phylogeny and evolution of the Juglandaceae. BMC Ecology and Evolution
- Woeste, Keith E.; Pike, Carolyn C.; Warren, James C.; Coggeshall, Mark V 2021. Characterization of stem volume and form tradeoffs in a northern red oak (Quercus rubra) breeding population in early stages of selection. Annals of Forest Science
- Ayala-Jacobo, Lilian M.; Woeste, Keith E.; Jacobs, Douglass F. 2021. Cold Acclimation Increases Freeze Tolerance in Acacia koa, a Tropical Tree Species Occurring over a Wide Elevational Gradient. Forests
- Zhou, Huijuan ; Gao, Xiaoxiao ; Woeste, Keith ; Zhao, Peng ; Zhang, Shuoxin 2021. Comparative Analysis of the Complete Chloroplast Genomes of Four Chestnut Species (Castanea). Forests
- Pang, Kejia ; Woeste, Keith E.; Saunders, Michael R.; McKenna, James R.; Mickelbart, Michael V; Jacobs, Douglass F.; Michler, Charles H. 2021. Rapid growth in clonal Juglans nigra L. is most closely associated with early foliation, robust branch architecture, and protandry. Forest Ecology and Management
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