The loblolly pine — whose genome is the largest ever sequenced — is the most commercially important tree species in the US and the source of most American paper products. The massive ...

The giant loblolly pine tree that looms over my yard and the yards of the next door neighbor and the neighbor down the driveway, is a pine for the ages. Its four huge arms, each as big around as an ...

Confronting evidence that the global climate is changing rapidly relative to historical trends, researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a new statistical model that, when applied ...

The shoot system of pines contains abundant resin ducts, which harbor oleoresins that play important roles in constitutive and inducible defenses. In a pilot study, we assessed the chemical diversity ...

The ability to predict weather patterns has helped us make clothing choices and travel plans, and even saved lives. Now, researchers in Virginia Tech's College of Natural Resources and Environment are ...

Harvesting wood from weeds? Coaxing lumber from lobelias? Those possibilities aren't as far-fetched as you might think. The two major kinds of plants – woody and herbaceous – are genetically far ...

A new study suggests that pollen from the loblolly pine -- the most commonly planted tree in the southern US -- can still germinate after drifting long distances. The answer could have profound ...

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — Something is killing Arkansas' state tree, the Loblolly pine, and experts are scrambling to find out what it is. The unknown ailment is most noticeably affecting trees in the ...