Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Yellow poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera) is considered one of the tallest ...

A cross-section of a Populus trichocarpa stem imaged under UV light to reveal the vascular tissues involved in wood formation. The glowing cell walls contain lignin, which provides structural strength ...

Conventional breeding of trees takes time, but CRISPR gene editing should help speed things up. Now, scientists at North Carolina State University have used CRISPR to adjust the genomes of poplar ...