Whole-genome sequencing of Russian poplars to understand relationships within the genus Populus L.
Journal: Frontiers in Plant Science
Year: 2025

Trees of the genus Populus L. are important both economically and ecologically. They are used to produce high-quality plywood, paper, pulp, bioplastics, and biofuels, as well as for urban landscaping and phytoremediation (Devappa et al., 2015;Porth and El-Kassaby, 2015;Kobolkuti et al., 2019;Melnikova et al., 2019;Huang et al., 2022;Kang and Wei, 2022). Poplars are also promising subjects for the genetic research of trees due to their small genome sizes (about 400 Mb for Populus trichocarpa (Gao