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
- LaBonte, Nicholas R.; Zhao, Peng ; Woeste, Keith 2018. Signatures of Selection in the Genomes of Chinese Chestnut (Castanea mollissima Blume): The Roots of Nut Tree Domestication. Frontiers in Plant Science
- Zhao, Peng ; Zhou, Huijuan ; Coggeshall, Mark ; Reid, Bill ; Woeste, Keith 2018. Discrimination and assessment of black walnut (Juglans nigra L.) cultivars using phenology and microsatellite markers (SSRs). Canadian Journal of Plant Science
- Hefty, Andrea R.; Aukema, Brian H.; Venette, Robert C.; Coggeshall, Mark V; McKenna, James R.; Seybold, Steven J. 2018. Reproduction and potential range expansion of walnut twig beetle across the Juglandaceae. Biological Invasions
- Lee, Jun Hyung; Pijut, Paula M. 2018. Optimization of Agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation of Fraxinus nigra and development of black ash for possible emerald ash borer resistance. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC)
- ?LaBonte, Nicholas R.; Jacobs, James ; Ebrahimi, Aziz ; Lawson, Shaneka ; Woeste, Keith 2018. Data mining for discovery of endophytic and epiphytic fungal diversity in short-read genomic data from deciduous trees. Fungal Ecology. 9 p.
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