Poplar Plantation near Boardman, OR (IMAGE)

DOE/Joint Genome Institute

Poplar Plantation near Boardman, OR

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Hybrid poplar trees growing in Greenwood Resources plantations near Boardman, OR are shown. These trees have the highest annual productivity of any hardwood species in North America. The research described here is aimed at developing molecular markers to customize poplar for bioenergy production.

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