Hydroxyacetophenone defenses in white spruce against spruce budworm [PDF]
Evolutionary Applications, 2020 We review a recently discovered white spruce (Picea glauca) chemical defense against spruce budworm (Choristoneura fumiferana) involving hydroxyacetophenones.
Geneviève J. Parent +7 more
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Association genetics of acetophenone defence against spruce budworm in mature white spruce [PDF]
BMC Plant Biology, 2018 Background Outbreaks of spruce budworm (SBW, Choristoneura fumiferana Clem.) cause major recurrent damage in boreal conifers such as white spruce ( Picea glauca [Moench] Voss) and large losses of forest biomass in North America.
Mebarek Lamara +5 more
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Defensive Traits during White Spruce (Picea glauca) Leaf Ontogeny [PDF]
Insects, 2021 Changes during leaf ontogeny affect palatability to herbivores, such that many insects, including the eastern spruce budworm (Choristoneura fumiferana (Clem.)), are specialist feeders on growing conifer leaves and buds.
Antoine-Olivier Lirette, Emma Despland
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Xylem Anatomical Variability in White Spruce at Treeline Is Largely Driven by Spatial Clustering [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2020 The ecological function of boreal forests is challenged by drastically changing climate conditions. Although an increasing number of studies are investigating how climate change is influencing growth and distribution of boreal tree species, there is a ...
Timo Pampuch +4 more
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In vivo function of Pgβglu-1 in the release of acetophenones in white spruce [PDF]
PeerJ, 2017 Eastern spruce budworm (Choristoneura fumiferiana Clemens) (ESBW) is a major forest pest which feeds on young shoots of white spruce (Picea glauca) and can cause landscape level economic and ecological losses.
Melissa H. Mageroy +6 more
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Effects of pH and Mineral Nutrition on Growth and Physiological Responses of Trembling Aspen (Populus tremuloides), Jack Pine (Pinus banksiana), and White Spruce (Picea glauca) Seedlings in Sand Culture [PDF]
Plants, 2020 Responses of trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides), jack pine (Pinus banksiana), and white spruce (Picea glauca) seedlings to root zone pH ranging from 5 to 9 were studied in sand culture in the presence of two mineral nutrition levels. After eight weeks
Feng Xu +2 more
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Functional responses of white spruce to snowshoe hare herbivory at the treeline. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 Herbivores can modify the rate of shrub and treeline advance. Both direct and indirect effects of herbivory may simultaneously interact to affect the growth rates of plants at this ecotone.
Justin Olnes +4 more
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Effects of Competition, Drought Stress and Photosynthetic Productivity on the Radial Growth of White Spruce in Western Canada [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2017 Understanding the complex interactions of competition, climate warming-induced drought stress, and photosynthetic productivity on the radial growth of trees is central to linking climate change impacts on tree growth, stand structure and in general ...
Syed A. Alam +13 more
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Adaptive limitations of white spruce populations to drought imply vulnerability to climate change in its western range [PDF]
Evolutionary Applications, 2019 A cost‐effective climate change adaptation strategy for the forestry sector is to move seed sources to more northern and higher elevation planting sites as part of ongoing reforestation programs.
Zihaohan Sang +4 more
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Mycorrhizae and Rhizobacteria on Precambrian Rocky Gold Mine Tailings: I. Mine-Adapted Symbionts Promote White Spruce Health and Growth [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2018 White spruce [Picea glauca (Moench) Voss] is a commercially valuable boreal tree that has been known for its ability to colonize deglaciated rock tailings.
Martin B. Nadeau +2 more
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