cDNA library constructed from male flower buds of Populus deltoides Bartr. ex Marsh. According to an analysis of genomic DNA structure and putative protein structure, and a phylogenetic study, PdPI is an ortholog of the Arabidopsis PI gene. Relative-quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction analysis showed that PdPI has a broader expression pattern than PI in Arabidopsis. PdPI was strong...

Incidence of leaf infestation Populus deltoides Bartr. ex Marsh by the Larvae Phalanta phalantha (Drury) was noticed for first time in forest nursery Jharkhand state. The present findings document a new record host plant (Populus deltoides) this lepidopteron insect from Jharkhand. This is enormously important as promising agroforestry tree species and damage potential phalantha.

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...

Remorins play vital roles in signal transduction, energy transformation, ion flow and transport in plants. Upregulation of remorins correlates with dehiscence and cell maturation; however, no studies have been performed to elucidate the function of remorins in tree species. In this study, a Populus deltoides (Marsh.) plasma membrane-binding protein remorin gene (PdREM) was cloned and characteri...

Two hybrid poplar (Populus) clones (the fast-growing clone Beaupré (P. trichocarpa Torr. and Gray x P. deltoides Bartr. ex Marsh.) and the slow-growing clone Robusta (P. deltoides Bartr. ex Marsh. x P. nigra L.)) were grown from hardwood cuttings for one or two growing seasons (1993-1994) in either ambient or elevated (= ambient + 350 micro mol mol(-1)) CO(2) in open-top chambers at the Univers...

Hybridization and introgression are pervasive evolutionary phenomena that provide insight into the selective forces that maintain species boundaries, permit gene flow, and control the direction of evolutionary change. Poplar trees (Populus L.) are well known for their ability to form viable hybrids and maintain their distinct species boundaries despite this interspecific gene flow. We sought to...

Node, internode, and leaf explants of Populus deltoides Bartr. ex Marsh. × Populus deltoides Bartr. ex Marsh. hybrid poplar clone (89 M 066) tissue culture regenerated plantlets were used for direct and indirect somatic embryogenesis. Direct somatic embryos were differentiated on node, internode and leaf explants on Murashige and Skoog basal medium (MS) supplemented with N 6 -Benzyladenine (BA)...