to produce plants for use in urban managed forests, conservation plantings, or reintroduction into natural areas for species recovery efforts. For these reasons, developing horticultural skills based on experimental results can provide opportunities
plant. Forest dieback as a result of increasing drought intensities has frequently been reported worldwide, from semiarid areas in Australia to Algeria in North Africa, and to Costa Rica in Latin America ( Allen et al., 2010 ; Hartmann et al., 2015
New Zealand, but only two do agricultural research: Lincoln University, near Christchurch, and Massey University in Palmerston North. There are nine CRIs: AgResearch, Crop and Food Research, Institute of Environmental Science and Research (ESR), Forest
force in the study of xylem cavitation J. Expt. Bot. 48 665 674 Buckstrup, M. Bassuk, N. 2009 Creating the urban forest: The bare root method. Cornell Univ. Urban Hort. Inst., Ithaca, NY Comas, L. Bouma, T. Eissenstat, D. 2002 Linking root traits to
, the National Institute of Forest Research has cross-bred S. caprea and S. gracilistyla to develop high biomass productivity varieties. A study using PCA to analyze 21 flower characteristics (12 for female flowers and nine for male) showed that S
By 2050, ≈70% of humans are expected to live in urban areas ( Dye, 2008 ). Urbanization has exposed humans to more artificial elements. Continuous exposure to these environments exacerbates human stress levels. Increases in stress levels caused by
urban environment than indigenous species ( Williams et al., 2015 ). The built environment also is a factor influencing invasive plants, such as changes resulting from land subdivision and greater human presence exacerbating the vulnerability of
urban and suburban landscapes. Across this range, flowering dogwoods have been severely affected by dogwood anthracnose [ Discula destructiva ( Redlin, 1991 )] and powdery mildew [ Erysiphe pulchra ( Li et al., 2009 )]. Because of the importance of
incidents of brown spot, sooty blotch, and aphids were observed. This cultivar was authorized by the Forest Variety Certification Committee of China in 2022. Description Among existing Lagerstroemia germplasm, ‘Ning Xiang 3’ most resembles ‘Fen
Jiangsu. A few incidents of Cercospora leaf spot, sooty mold, and aphids were observed. This cultivar was authorized by the Forest Variety Certification Committee of China in 2022. Description Among existing Lagerstroemia germplasm, ‘Ning Xiang