A new study, led by researchers at the University of Missouri, has uncovered how poplar trees can naturally adjust a key part of their wood chemistry based on changes in their environment. This ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. As a farmer in the 1960s and early 1970s, Giles Hue-Williams was ahead of his time. On his farm in Little ...

If you’ve seen headlines of tomatoes with a spicy kick and mushrooms that won’t brown, it comes as no surprise genetic engineering is providing a means for us to reshape nature in ways that would ...

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 ...