Forest tree genomics: 10 achievements from the past 10 years and future prospects

Plomion, Christophe; Bastien, Catherine; Bogeat‐Triboulot, Marie‐Béatrice; Bouffier, Laurent; Déjardin, Annabelle; Duplessis, Sébastien; Fady, Bruno; Heuertz, Myriam; Gac, Anne-Laure Le; Provost, Grégoire Le; Legué, Valérie; Lelu‐Walter, Marie‐Anne; Leplé, Jean‐Charles; Maury, Stéphane; Morel, Alexandre; Oddou‐Muratorio, Sylvie; Pilate, Gilles; Sanchez, Léopoldo; Scotti, Ivan; Scotti‐Saintagne, Caroline; Segura, Vincent; Trontin, Jean-François; Vacher, Corinne

doi:10.1007/s13595-015-0488-3

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“…Advances in Fagaceae genomics are providing new tools and methodologies for understanding the molecular processes of tree species adaptation to the main challenges (reviewed by Plomion et al 2015). The climate changes and associated threats, as well as the introduction and spread of new disease agents, could rapidly deteriorate Mediterranean Fagaceae forests.…”

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Mycorrhization of Fagaceae Forests Within Mediterranean Ecosystems

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et al. 2017

Mycorrhiza - Function, Diversity, State of the Art

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Mediterranean Fagaceae forests are valuable due to their ecological and socioeconomic aspects. Some profitable plant species, such as Castanea (timber and chestnut), Quercus (timber and cork), and Fagus (timber), encounter in this habitat the excellent edaphoclimatic conditions to develop. All Fagaceae plants are commonly associated to ECM fungal species, which are found in these forests in quite stable communities, mainly enriched in Russulaceae and Telephoraceae species. Currently, the Mediterranean Basin is considered as one of the global biodiversity hotspots, since many of their endemic plant species are not found elsewhere and are now under threat. Due to climate changing and introduction of disease agents, Fagaceae forests are facing an adaptation challenge to both biotic and abiotic threats. Although ECM communities are highly disturbed by climate factors and tree disease incidence, they could play an important role in increasing water availability to the plant and also improving plant tree defense against pathogens. Recent advances, namely, on genomics and transcriptomics, are providing tools for increasing the understanding of Fagaceae mycorrhization process and stress responses to biotic and abiotic stresses. Such studies can provide new information for the implementation of the most adequate management policies for protecting threaten Mediterranean forests.

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Section: Advances For Mediterranean Fagaceae Ecm Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Mycorrhization of Fagaceae Forests Within Mediterranean Ecosystems

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Baptista

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Mycorrhiza - Function, Diversity, State of the Art

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“…This accelerates the process of and thereby shortens the time needed for tree breeding, testing and plantation establishment. Over the past decade, advances in forest genomics have facilitated our understanding of the structure, function and evolution of tree genomes, including conifer genomes in the last few years [25,26]. These recent advances have the potential to enhance traditional tree breeding and will undoubtedly contribute to increase forest productivity.…”

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Nitrogen Economy and Nitrogen Environmental Interactions in Conifers

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Efficient acquisition, assimilation and economy of nitrogen are of special importance in trees that must cope with seasonal periods of growth and dormancy over many years. The ability to accumulate nitrogen reserves and to recycle N determine to a great extent the growth and production of forest biomass. The metabolic relevance of two key amino acids, arginine and phenylalanine, as well as other processes potentially involved in the nitrogen economy of conifers are discussed in the current review. During their long life cycles, conifers not only cope with cyclical annual and long-term changes in the environment but also interact with other organisms such as herbivores and symbionts. The interactions of biotic and abiotic factors with conifer nitrogen metabolism will also be outlined in this review.

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“…However, they face major threats including habitat loss and degradation, invasive alien species, disturbance from frequent fire, over-harvesting, pollution, changes in pollinators or dispersers populations, and climate change (Balmford et al, 2001;Davies et al, 2011). Understanding how trees respond to these impacts would require an integrative approach of which genomic science has a potentially major role to play (Plomion et al, 2016).…”

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“…These species serve as models for exploring various processes in molecular genetics, functional biology, evolutionary biology, phenotypic and genotypic adaptation, physiology and organismal development (Tuskan et al, 2006;Plomion et al, 2016). Although the tropics have exceptionally high tree diversity -with Africa alone having c. 50 times more native tree species than temperate Europe (Slik et al, 2015) -tree genomic research in this region lags behind that of temperate ones.…”

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