Bud exudates from twelve clones o f Populus nigra originating from seven countries were analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry and the principal compounds identified. Specimens o f P. nigra var betulifolia differed in bud exudate composition from the other speci­ mens analyzed, and were more similar in exudate composition to P. deltoides than were the other specimens. The range o f bu...

Phytoremediation potentials of four poplar lines, Populus nigra (N-SL clone), Populus canescens, and two transgenic P. canescens clones were investigated using in vitro leaf discs cultures. The transgenic poplars overexpressed a bacterial gene encoding gamma-glutamylcysteine synthetase in the cytosol (11ggs) or in the chlopoplasts (6LgI), and therefore, they contained an elevated level of gluta...

The presence of flavonoid aglycones in bud ex­ cretions has been stressed and they have been stud­ ied in great detail by one of us in the 1970s. Exu­ date flavonoids were reported for members of the genera Aesculus (Hippocastanaceae, [1]), for Alnus, Betula, and Ostrya (Betulaceae, see [2]), for Populus (Salicaceae; see e.g. [3] and ref. therein), for Prunus (Rosaceae, [4]), and for Rhamnus (R...

Dilute acid (DA) and Sulfite Pretreatment to Overcome Recalcitrance of Lignocelluloses (SPORL) pretreatments were directly applied to wood chips of four poplar wood samples of different genotypes (hereafter referred to as poplars; Populus tremuloides Michx. ‘native aspen collection’; Populus deltoides Bartr. ex Marsh Populus nigra L. ‘NE222’ and ‘DN5’; P. nigra Populus maximowiczii A. Henry ‘NM...

Resource managers are challenged with waste disposal and leachate produced from its degradation. Poplar (Populus spp.) trees offer an opportunity for ecological leachate disposal as an irrigation source for managed tree systems. Our objective was to irrigate Populus trees with municipal solid waste landfill leachate or fertilized well water (control) (N, P, K) during the 2005 and 2006 growing s...