Energy crop research advances the fundamentals of forest biology
Conference
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OSTI ID:5916055
The Short Rotation Woody Crops Program sponsors research on tree and crop physiology, genetic improvement, and biotechnology. Genetic improvement of cottonwoods (Populus spp.) has produced clones with average yields of 25 dry Mg/ha/y. Physiological research on cottonwoods and their hybrids have shown that the hybrids were intermediate to their parental types in many characteristics. The goal of this research is to identify individual traits contributing to enhanced growth and to genetically improve these traits. The biotechnological goal is to develop herbicide and pest-resistant hybrid poplars. Models have been developed to describe both individual and stand growth in an effort to determine productivity and identify tree ideotypes that grow well in short-rotation intensive culture systems.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-84OR21400
- OSTI ID:
- 5916055
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-8706194-2; ON: DE87014573
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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