Willows are one of the most important tree species for landscaping, biofuel and raw timber. Screening salt-tolerant willow varieties is an effective approach to balance wood supply and demand. However, more salt-tolerant willow varieties are required and little is known regarding the mechanism of salt tolerance at the gene expression level. In this paper, two willow varieties were studies in te...

Salix hookeriana Barratt ex Hook., Hooker's Willow or Yakutat Willow, is illustrated. Its biological characteristics, history in cultivation and distribution are discussed. Infraspecific taxa compared, their distinctions noted.

Street trees are integral components of urban green infrastructure. The importance benefits provided by street has motivated the development various tools to quantify value ecosystem services. i-Tree Eco is a widely applied method for quantifying forest structure, services, and values. Since its first release in 2006, been successfully utilized over 100 countries around world. This study descri...

Coffee and willow are known as valuable sources of biologically active phytochemicals such as chlorogenic acid, caffeine, and salicin. The aim of the study was to determine the interactions between the active compounds contained in water extracts from coffee and bark of willow (Salix purpurea and Salix myrsinifolia). Raw materials and their mixtures were characterized by multidirectional antiox...

Higher water potentials in recovering burned salt-cedar (Tamarix ramosissima) relative to unburned plants and the opposite situation in willow (Salix gooddingii) provide evi­ dence that postfire water stress is reduced in the former but not the latter. Similarly, diurnal patterns ofstomatal con­ duc(ance in these taxa are consistent with the existence of more vigor in burned salt-cedar than wil...

Information is highly scarce about the possible effect of a late spring frost on physiological response buds in ornamental trees. In this study, temperature Changchun at Northeast China was recorded to identify characteristics false by detecting extraordinary warming and sudden freeze early April 2017. Buds six local tree species were investigated for their dynamics biomass, non-structural carb...

Introduction Insect oviposition can enhance plant defenses and decrease quality in response to future feeding damage by hatched larvae. Induced resistance triggered egg deposition its negative effect on insect herbivore performance is known for several annual plants but has been much less studied woody perennials, such as species of the Salicaceae. Here we willow Salix babylonica specialist saw...

While working in his garden in the spring of 1763, English clergyman Edward Stone was positive he had found a cure for malaria. Tasting the bark of a willow (Salix alba), Stone noticed a bitter flavor similar to that of fever tree (Cinchona spp.), the Peruvian plant used to make quinine. He reported his discovery to the Royal Society in London, recommending that willow be tested as an inexpensi...

During the last decades, large-scale land use changes took place in the Hailiutu River catchment, a semiarid area in northwest China. These changes had significant impacts on the water resources in the area. Insights into groundwater and surface water interactions and vegetationwater dependencies help to understand these impacts and formulate sustainable water resources management policies. In ...

The biomass of Salix viminalis is the most highly valued source of green energy, followed by S. schwerinii, S. dasyclados and other species. Significant variability in productivity and leaf rust resistance are noted both within and among willow species, which creates new opportunities for improving willow yield parameters through selection of desirable recombinants supported with molecular mark...