To maximize utilization of our forest resources, detailed knowledge of wood property
variation and the impacts this has on end-product performance is required at multiple scales …

Forest tree breeding efforts have focused mainly on improving traits of economic importance,
selecting trees suited to new environments or generating trees that are more resilient to …

Although genome‐wide association studies (GWAS) have provided valuable insights into
the decoding of the relationships between sequence variation and complex phenotypes …

Genome‐wide association studies (GWAS) in plants typically suffer from limited statistical
power. An alternative to the logistical and cost challenge of increasing sample sizes is to …

Norway spruce (Picea abies) is by far the most important timber species in Europe, but its
outstanding role in future forests is jeopardized by its high sensitivity to drought. We …

Eucalyptus globulus (Labill.) is one of the most important cultivated eucalypts in temperate
and subtropical regions and has been successfully subjected to intensive breeding. In this …

The agricultural and forestry productivity of Mediterranean ecosystems is strongly threatened
by the adverse effects of climate change, including an increase in severe droughts and …

Key message BayesR and MLM association map** approaches in common wheat
landraces were used to identify genomic regions conferring resistance to Yr, Lr, and Sr …

The evolutionary trajectory of a population both influences and is influenced by
characteristics of its genome. A disjunct population, for example is likely to exhibit genomic …

Background Increasing our understanding of the genetic architecture of complex traits,
through analyses of genotype-phenotype associations and of the genes/polymorphisms …