Everything about Populus

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

1. Read the overview: PopulusA 5-minute orientation
2. Skim a recent paper: The AP2/ERF transcription factor PtoERF15 confers drought tolerance via JA‐mediated signaling in PopulusInfluential work since 2022
3. Pick up a classic book: AspenThe most-reprinted book on the subject
4. Read the landmark paper: The Genome of Black Cottonwood, Populus trichocarpa (Torr. & Gray)Cited 3,824 times
5. Go sideways: Short rotation coppiceA closely related topic
6. Go sideways: Energy forestryA closely related topic

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

• The Genome of Black Cottonwood, Populus trichocarpa (Torr. & Gray)

  G. A. Tuskan, S. DiFazio, S. Jansson · 2006 · Science · 3,824 citations

• Populus : A Model System for Plant Biology

  Stefan Jansson, Carl J. Douglas · 2007 · Annual Review of Plant Biology · 597 citations

• Novel and Mechanical Stress–Responsive MicroRNAs in Populus trichocarpa That Are Absent from Arabidopsis

  Shanfa Lu, Ying-Hsuan Sun, Rui Shi · 2005 · The Plant Cell · 525 citations

• Lignin content in natural Populus variants affects sugar release

  Michael H. Studer, Jaclyn D. DeMartini, Mark F. Davis · 2011 · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 516 citations

• Distinct Microbial Communities within the Endosphere and Rhizosphere of Populus deltoides Roots across Contrasting Soil Types

  Neil R. Gottel, Hector F. Castro, Marilyn Kerley · 2011 · Applied and Environmental Microbiology · 498 citations

• Expansion and Diversification of thePopulusR2R3-MYB Family of Transcription Factors

  Olivia Wilkins, Hardeep Nahal, Justin Foong · 2008 · Plant Physiology · 475 citations

• Chilling of Dormant Buds HyperinducesFLOWERING LOCUS Tand Recruits GA-Inducible 1,3-β-Glucanases to Reopen Signal Conduits and Release Dormancy inPopulus

  Päivi L.H. Rinne, Annikki Welling, Jorma Vahala · 2011 · The Plant Cell · 474 citations

• Increase in leaf temperature opens stomata and decouples net photosynthesis from stomatal conductance in Pinus taeda and Populus deltoides x nigra

  Josef Urban, Miles W. Ingwers, Mary Anne McGuire · 2017 · Journal of Experimental Botany · 464 citations

🆕 Influential since 2022

• The AP2/ERF transcription factor PtoERF15 confers drought tolerance via JA‐mediated signaling in Populus

  Lingfei Kong, Qin Song, Hongbin Wei · 2023 · New Phytologist · 136 citations

• The super-pangenome of Populus unveils genomic facets for its adaptation and diversification in widespread forest trees

  Tingting Shi, Xinxin Zhang, Yukang Hou · 2024 · Molecular Plant · 112 citations

• Flavones enrich rhizosphere Pseudomonas to enhance nitrogen utilization and secondary root growth in Populus

  Jiadong Wu, Sijia Liu, Haoyu Zhang · 2025 · Nature Communications · 98 citations

• FLOWERING LOCUS T paralogs control the annual growth cycle in Populus trees

  Domenique André, Alice Marcon, Keh Chien Lee · 2022 · Current Biology · 95 citations

• Deciphering the Multi-Chromosomal Mitochondrial Genome of Populus simonii

  Changwei Bi, Yanshu Qu, Jing Hou · 2022 · Frontiers in Plant Science · 88 citations

📚 Books worth reading

• AspenNorbert V. DeByle, Robert P. Winokur · 1985
• 📕Growth of nitrogen-fertilized and thinned quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.)Donald A Perala · 1989
• 📕Growth of nitrogen-fertilized and thinned quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.)Donald A. Perala · 1989
• 📕Self-thinning and stockability of the Circumboreal aspens (Populus tremuloides Michx., and P. tremula L.)Donald A Perala · 1999
• 📕Self-thinning and stockability of the Circumboreal aspens (Populus tremuloides Michx., and P. tremula L.)Donald A. Perala · 1999
• 📕Quaking aspenKenneth A. Brinkman · 1975
• 📕Quaking aspenE. P. Meinecke · 1929
• Hypoxylon canker of aspenR.L. Anderson · 1979

Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.

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