New publications

2024

Depardieu,C., P. Lenz, J. Marion, S. Nadeau, C. Bégin, W. Marchand, M.P. Girardin, A. Gessler, K. Treydte, J. Bousquet, M.M. Savard & N. Isabel. 2024. Contrasting physiological strategies explain heterogeneous responses to severe drought conditions within local populations of a widespread conifer. Science of the Total Environment. In press.

Hung, T.-H., E.T.Y. Wu, P. Zeltins, A. Jansons, A. Ullah, N. Erbilgin, J. Bohlmann, J. Bousquet, I. Birol, S. Clegg & J.J. Mackay. 2024. Long-insert sequence capture detects high copy numbers in the defence beta-glucosidase gene βglu-1 with large variations in Picea glauca but not Picea abies. BMC Genomics 25: 118 (16p.).

Lo, T., L. Coombe, K. Gagalova, A. Marr, R.L. Warren, H. Kirk, P. Pandoh, Y. Zhao, R.A. Moore, A.J. Mungall, C. Ritland, N. Pavy, S.J.M. Jones, J. Bohlmann, J. Bousquet, I. Birol & A. Thomson. 2024. Assembly and annotation of the black spruce genome provide insights on spruce phylogeny and evolution of stress response.  G3 – Genes Genomes Genetics14 (1): jkad247 (16p.).

Tumas, H., J.J. Ilska, S. Gérardi, J. Laroche, S. A’Hara, B. Boyle, M. Janes, P. McLean, G. Lopez, S.J. Lee, J. Cottrell, G. Gorjanc, J. Bousquet, J.A. Woolliams & J.J. MacKay. 2024. High-density genetic linkage mapping in Sitka spruce advances the integration of genomic resources in conifers. G3 – Genes Genomes Genetics. In press.

2023

Galeano, E., E.P. Cappa, J. Bousquet & B.R. Thomas. 2023. Optimizing a regional white spruce tree improvement program: SNP genotyping for enhanced breeding values, genetic diversity assessment, and estimation of pollen contamination. Forests 14: 2212 (18p.).

Nadeau, S., J. Beaulieu, S.A. Gezan, M. PerronJ. Bousquet & P.R.N. Lenz. 2023. Increasing genomic prediction accuracy for unphenotyped fullsib families by modeling additive and dominance effects with large datasets in white spruce. Frontiers in Plant Science 14: 1137834 (24p).

Soro, A., P. Lenz, J.-R. Roussel, F. Larochelle, J. Bousquet & A. Achim. 2023. The phenotypic and genetic effects of drought‑induced stress on apical growth, ring width, wood density and biomass in white spruce seedlings. New Forests 54: 789-811.

Soro, A., P. Lenz, J.-M. Roussel, D. Pothier, J. Bousquet & A. Achim. 2023. The phenotypic and genetic effects of drought-induced stress on wood specific conductivity and anatomical properties in white spruce seedlings, and relationships with growth and wood density. Frontiers in Plant Science 14: 1297314 (17p.).

2022

Beaulieu, J., P. Lenz & J. Bousquet. 2022. Metadata analysis indicates biased estimation of genetic parameters and gains using pedigree information instead of genomic-based approaches in tree breeding. Scientific Reports 12: 3933 (10p.).

Benomar, L., J. Bousquet, M. Perron, J. Beaulieu & M. Lamara. 2022. Tree maladaptation under mid-latitude early spring warming and late cold spells: implications for assisted migration. Frontiers in Plant Science 13: 920852 (12p.).

Duchesne, I., P.R.N. Lenz, M.P. Girardin & N. Isabel. 2022. Translocating seed sources to new geoclimatic environments has limited effect on lumber quality of eastern Canadian white spruce. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 52: 1553–1565.

Gagalova, K., R.L. Warren, L. Coombe, J. Wong, K.M. Nip, M.M. Saint Yuen, J. Whitehill, J.M. Celedon, C. Ritland, G.A. Taylor, D” Cheng, P. Plettner, S.A. Hammond, H. Mohamadi, Y. Zhao, R. A. Moore, A. J. Mungall, B. Boyle, J. Laroche, J. Cottrell, J. Mackay, M. Lamothe, S. Gérardi, N. Isabel, N. Pavy, S.J.M. Jones, J. Bohlmann, J. Bousquet & I. Birol. 2022. Spruce giga-genomes: structurally similar yet distinctive with differentially expanding gene families and rapidly evolving genes. The Plant Journal 111 (17p.) doi:10.1111/tpj.15889

Goessen, R., N. Isabel, C. Wehenkel, N. Pavy, I. Giguère, M.-C. Gros-Louis, L. Touchette, J. Laroche, B. Boyle, L. Tischenko, R. Soolanayakanahally, K. Mock, J. Hernandez-Velasco, S.L. Simental-Rodriguez, J. Bousquet & I. Porth. 2022. Coping with environmental constraints: geographically divergent adaptive genetic evolution and germination plasticity in the transcontinental Populus tremuloides. Plant People Planet 4 (17p.) doi:10.1002/ppp3.10297

Laverdière, J.-P., P. Lenz, S. Nadeau, C. Depardieu, N. Isabel, M. Perron, J. Beaulieu & J. Bousquet. 2022. Breeding for adaptation to climate change: genomic selection for drought response in a white spruce multi-site polycross test. Evolutionary Applications 15: 383-402. 

Rashidi-Jouybari, I., P. Lenz, J. Beaulieu, S. Nadeau, J. Bousquet & A. Achim. 2022. Multi-trait selection for improved solid wood physical and flexural properties in white spruce (Picea glauca). Forestry 95: 492-503.

Soro, A., P. Lenz, M. Hassegawa, J.-R. Roussel, J. Bousquet & A. Achim. 2022. Genetic influence on components of wood density in white spruce. Forestry 75: 153-165.

2021

Bousquet, J., S. Gérardi, G. de Lafontaine, J.P. Jaramillo-Correa, N. Pavy, J. Prunier, P. Lenz & J. Beaulieu. 2021. Spruce population genomics. In Population Genomics: Forest Trees. Ed. O.P. Rajora. Springer. 64p.

Depardieu, C., S. Gérardi, S. Nadeau, G. Parent, J. Mackay, P. Lenz, J. Bousquet & N. Isabel. 2021. Connecting tree-ring phenotypes, association genomics, and transcriptomics to decipher the genomic architecture of drought tolerance in a widespread conifer. Molecular Ecology 30: 3898-3917 (this article was elected for the cover page of the August 2021 issue of the journal, and was also the subject of an editorial comment on pages 3893-95 of the same issue).

Galeano, E., J. Bousquet & B.R. Thomas. 2021. SNP-based analysis reveals unexpected features of genetic diversity, parental contributions and pollen contamination in a white spruce breeding program. Scientific Reports 11: 4990 (14p.)

Girardin, M.P., N. Isabel, X.J. Guo, M. Lamothe, I. Duchesne & P. Lenz. 2021. Annual aboveground carbon uptake enhancements from assisted gene flow in boreal black spruce forests are not long-lasting. Nature Communications 12: 1169 (15p.)

Laoué, J., C. Depardieu, S. Gérardi, M. Lamothe, C. Bomal, A. Azaiez, M.C. Gros-Louis, J. Laroche, B. Boyle, A. Hammerbacher, N. Isabel & J. Bousquet. 2021. Combining QTL mapping and transcriptomics to decipher the genetic architecture of phenolic compounds metabolism in the conifer white spruce. Frontiers in Plant Science 112: 793 (20p.)

Soro, A., P. Lenz, M. Hassegawa, J.-R. Roussel, J. Bousquet & A. Achim. 2021. Genetic influence on components of wood density in white spruce. Forestry 75. 13p.

Thiffault, N., P. Raymond, J.-M. Lussier, I. Aubin, S. Roy-Tardif, A. D’Amato, F. Doyon, B. Lafleur, M. Perron, J. Bousquet, N. Isabel, S. Carles, P. Lupien & A. Malenfant. 2021. Adaptive silviculture for climate change: from concepts to reality. The Forestry Chronicle 97: 13-27

Thiffault, N., P. Raymond, J.-M. Lussier, I. Aubin, S. Roy-Tardif, A. D’Amato, F. Doyon, B. Lafleur, M. Perron, J. Bousquet, N. Isabel, S. Carles, P. Lupien & A. Malenfant. 2021. Sylviculture d’adaptation aux changements climatiques: des concepts à la réalité. The Forestry Chronicle 97: 28-42


2020

Beaulieu, J., S. Nadeau,  C. Ding, J. M. Celedon, A. Azaiez, C. Ritland, J‐P. Laverdière, M. Deslauriers, G. Adams, M. Fullarton, J. Bohlmann, P.R.N. Lenz  & J. Bousquet . 2020. Genomic selection for resistance to spruce budworm in white spruce and relationships with growth and wood quality traits. Evolutionary Applications (in press).

Chamberland, V., F. Robichaud, M. Perron, N, Gélinas, J. Bousquet & J. Beaulieu. 2020. Conventional versus genomic selection for white spruce improvement: a comparison of costs and benefits of plantations on Québec public lands. Tree Genetics and Genomes 16: 17 (16p.).

Depardieu, C., M.P. Girardin, S. Nadeau, P. Lenz, J. Bousquet & N. Isabel. 2020. Adaptive genetic variation to drought in a widely distributed conifer suggests a potential for increasing forest resilience in a drying climate. New Phytologist 227: 427–439.

Isabel, N., J.A. Holliday & S.N. Aitken. 2020. Forest genomics: advancing climate adaptation, forest health, productivity and conservation. Presentation of the Evolutionary Applications Special Issue of January 2020. Evolutionary Applications 13: 3-10.

Jackman, S.D., L. Coombe, R.L. Warren, H. Kirk, E. Trinh, T. McLeod, S. Pleasance, P. Pandoh, Y. Zhao, R.J. Coope, J. Bousquet, J. Bohlmann, S.J.M. Jones & I. Birol. 2020. Complete mitochondrial genome of a gymnosperm, Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis), indicates a complex physical structure. Genome Biology and Evolution (in press).

Lenz, P.R.N., S. Nadeau, M.-J. Mottet, M. PerronN. IsabelJ. Beaulieu & J. Bousquet. 2020. Multi-trait genomic selection for weevil resistance, growth and wood quality traits in Norway spruce. Evolutionary Applications 13: 76-94.

Lenz, P.R.N., S. Nadeau, A. Azaïez, S. Gerardi, M. Deslauriers, M. PerronN. IsabelJ. Beaulieu & J. Bousquet. 2020. Genomic prediction for hastening and improving efficiency of forward selection in conifer polycross mating designs: an example from white spruce. Heredity 124: 562-578.

Lo, T., L. Coombe, D. Lin, R. Warren, H. Kirk, P. Pandoh, Y. Zhao, R. Moore, A. Mungall, C. Ritland, J. Bousquet, S. Jones, J. Bohlmann, A. Thomson & I. Birol. 2020. Complete chloroplast genome sequence of a black spruce (Picea mariana) from Eastern Canada. Microbiology Resource Announcements (in press).

Parent, G., C. Méndez-Espinoza, I. Giguère, M. Mageroy, M. Charest, E. Bauce, J. Bohlmann & J. Mackay. 2020. Hydroxyacetophenone defenses in white spruce against spruce budworm. Evolutionary Applications 13: 62-75.


2019

Hassegawa, M., M. Savard, P.R.N. Lenz, E. Duchateau, N. Gelinas, J. Bousquet & A. Achim. 2019. White spruce wood quality for lumber products: priority traits and their enhancement through tree improvement. Forestry. 93: 16-37.

Lin, D.L. CoombeS. JackmanK. Gagalova, R. Warren, S Hammond, H. McDonald, H. Kirk, P. Pandoh, Y. Zhao, R. Moore, A. Mungall, C. Ritland, T. Doerksen, B. Jaquish, J. Bousquet, S. Jones, J. Bohlmann & I. Birol. 2019. Complete chloroplast genome sequence of an Engelmann spruce (Picea engelmannii) genotype from western Canada. Microbiology Resource Announcements. 8(24):e00382-19 (3p).

Lin, D., L. Coombe, S. Jackman, K. Gagalova, R. Warren, S Hammond, H. McDonald, H. Kirk, P. Pandoh, Y. Zhao, R. Moore, A. Mungall, C. Ritland, N. Isabel, B. Jaquish, J. Bousquet, S. Jones, J. Bohlmann & I. Birol. 2019. Complete chloroplast genome sequence of a white spruce (Picea glauca) genotype from eastern Canada. Microbiology Resource Announcements. 8(23): e00381-19 (4p.).

Tran, H., S. Kanzaki, L. Triest, I. Hormoza, N.J. Kuk, R. Ming, J. BousquetD. Khasa & P. Van Damme. 2019. Analysis of genetic diversity analysis of lychee (Litchi chinensis Sonn.) and wild forest relatives in the Sapindaceae from Vietnam using microsatellites. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution. 66: 1653-1669.

Van Ghelder, C., G.J. Parent, P. Rigault, J. Prunier, I. Giguère, S. Caron, J. Stival Sena, A. Deslauriers, J. Bousquet, D. Esmenjaud & J. Mackay. 2019. The large repertoire of conifer NLR resistance genes includes drought responsive and highly diversified RNLs. Scientifc Reports. 9: 11614 (13p.).

Warren, R.L., L. Coombe, H. Mohamadi, J. Zhang, B. Jaquish, N. Isabel, S.J.M. Jones, J. Bousquet, J. Bohlmann & I. Birol. 2019. NtEdit: scalable genome assembly polishing. Bioinformatics. 35: 4430-4432.


2018

Azaiez, A., N. Pavy, S. Gérardi, J. Laroche, B. Boyle, F. Gagnon, M-J. Mottet, J. Beaulieu & J. Bousquet. 2018. A catalog of annotated high-confidence SNPs from exome capture and sequencing reveals highly polymorphic genes in Norway spruce (Picea abies). BMC Genomics 19: 942 (13p.).

Benomar, L., MS. Lamhamedi, S. Pepin, A. Rainville, M-C. Lambert, HA. Margolis, J. Bousquet & J. Beaulieu. 2018. Thermal acclimation of photosynthesis and respiration of southern and northern white spruce seed sources tested along a regional climatic gradient indicates limited potential to cope with temperature warming. Annals of Botany 121: 443-457.

Gamal El-Dien, O., B. Ratcliffe, J. Klápště, I. Porth, C. Chen & YA. El-Kassaby. 2018. Multienvironment genomic variance decomposition analysis of open-pollinated Interior spruce (Picea glauca x engelmanii). Molecular Breeding 38:26 (16 p.).

Housset, J. M., S. Nadeau, N. Isabel, C. Depardieu, I. Duchesne, P. Lenz,
& M.P. Girardin. 2018. Tree rings provide a new class of phenotypes for genetic
associations that foster insights into adaptation of conifers to climate
change. New Phytologist. 218:630–645.

Lamara, M., G.J. Parent, I. Giguère, J. Beaulieu, J. Bousquet & J.J. MacKay. 2018. Association genetics of acetophenone defence against spruce budworm in mature white spruce. BMC Plant Biology 18: 231 (15p.).

Otis Prud’homme, G., MS. Lamhamedi, L. Benomar, A. Rainville, J. DeBlois, J. Bousquet & J. Beaulieu. 2018. Ecophysiology and growth of white spruce seedlings from various seed sources along a climatic gradient support the need for assisted
migration. Frontiers in Plant Science 8: 2214 (17p.).

Porth, I., R. White, B. Jaquish & K. Ritland. 2018. Partial correlation analysis of transcriptomes helps detangle the growth and defense network in spruce. New Phytologist (in press). DOI: 10.1111/nph.15075.

Prunier, J., I. Giguère, N. Ryan, R. Guy, R. Soolanayakanahally, N. Isabel, J. MacKay & I. Porth. 2018. Gene copy number variations involved in balsam poplar (Populus balsamifera L.) adaptive variations. Molecular Ecology (in press). DOI: 10.1111/mec.14836.

Stival Sena, J., I. Giguère, P. Rigault, J. Bousquet & J. MacKay. 2018. Expansion of the dehydrin family in the Pinaceae is associated with considerable structural diversity and drought-responsive expression. Tree Physiology 38: 442-456.


2017

Du, R., S. Niu, Y. Liu, X. Sun, I. Porth, YA. El-Kassaby & W. Li. 2017. The gibberellin GID1-DELLA signalling module exists in evolutionary ancient conifers. Scientific Reports 7: 16637 (11p.).

De Lafontaine, G. & J. Bousquet. 2017. Asymmetry matters: genomic assessment of directional biases in gene flow between hybridizing spruces . Ecology and Evolution 7: 3883-3893.

Godbout, J., L. Tremblay, C. Levasseur, P. Lavigne, A. Rainville, J. MacKay, J. Bousquet & N. Isabel. 2017. Development of a traceability system based on a SNP array for large-scale production of high-value white spruce (Picea glauca). Frontiers in Plant Science 8: 1264 (13p.).

Lenz, P., J. Beaulieu, S. Clément, S. Mansfield, M. Desponts & J. Bousquet. 2017. Factors affecting the accuracy of genomic selection for growth and wood quality traits in an advanced-breeding population of black spruce (Picea mariana). BMC Genomics 18: 335 (17p.).

McKown, AD., J. Klápště, RD. Guy, RY. Soolanayakanahally, J. La Mantia, I. Porth, O. Skyba, F. Unda, CJ. Douglas, YA. El-Kassaby, RC. Hamelin, SD. Mansfield & QCB. Cronk. 2017. Sexual homomorphism in dioecious trees: extensive tests fail to detect sexual dimorphism in Populus. Scientific Reports 7: 1831 (14p.).

Pavy, N., M. Lamothe, B. Pelgas, F. Gagnon, I. Birol, J. Bohlmann, J. Mackay, N. Isabel & J. Bousquet. 2017. A high resolution reference genetic map positioning 8.8K genes for the conifer white spruce: structural genomics implications and correspondence with physical distance. The Plant Journal 90: 189-203.

Prunier, J., S. Caron, M. Lamothe, S. Blais, J. Bousquet, N. Isabel & J. Mackay. 2017. Gene copy number variations and adaptive evolution: the genomic architecture of gene CNVs revealed by genetic mapping and their adaptive role in a non domesticated species, white spruce. Molecular Ecology 26: 5989-6001.

Prunier, J., S. Caron & J. MacKay. 2017. CNVs into the wild: screening the genomes of conifer trees (Picea spp.) reveals fewer gene copy number variations in hybrids and links to adaptation. BMC Genomics 18:97.

Ratcliffe, B., O. Gamal El-Dien, E.P. Cappa, I. Porth, J. Klápště, C. Chen & Y. A. El-Kassaby. 2017. Single-step BLUP with varying genotyping effort in open-pollinated Picea glauca. G3: 7 (33p.).

Thistlethwaite, FR., B. Ratcliffe, J. Klápště, I. Porth, C. Chen, MU. Stoehr & YA. El-Kassaby. 2017. Genomic prediction accuracies in space and time for height and wood density of Douglas-fir using exome capture as the genotyping platform. BMC Genomics 18: 930 (16p.).


2016

Benomar, L., M. S. Lamhamedi, A. Rainville, J. Beaulieu, J. Bousquet & H.A. Margolis. 2016. Genetic adaptation versus ecophysiological plasticity of photosynthetic-related traits in young Picea glauca trees along a regional climatic gradient. Frontiers in Plant Science 7: 48 (15p.).

Gamal El-Dien O., B. Ratcliffe, J. Klápště, I. Porth, C. Chen & Y. A. El-Kassaby. 2016. Implementation of the Realized Genomic Relationship Matrix to Open-Pollinated White Spruce Family Testing for Disentangling Additive from Non-additive Genetic Effects. G3 6: 743-753.

Herath, P., S. Beauseigle, B. Dhillon, D.I. Ojeda, G. Bilodeau, N. Isabel, M.-C. Gros-Louis, H. Kope, S. Zeglen, R.C. Hamelin & N. Feau. 2016. Anthropogenic signature in the incidence and distribution of an emerging pathogen of poplars. Biological Invasions 18: 1147-1161.

Jackman, S.D., R. Warren, E. Gibb, B.P. Vandervalk, J. Mohanadi, J. Chu, A. Raymond, S. Pleasance, R. Coope, M.R. Wildung, C. Ritland, J. Bousquet, SJM Jones, JC Bohlmann & I. Birol. 2016. Organellar genomes of white spruce (Picea glauca): Assembly and annotation. Genome Biology and Evolution 8: 29-41.

Lamara, M., E. Raherison, P. Lenz, J. Beaulieu, J. Bousquet & J. MacKay. 2016. Genetic architecture of wood properties based on association analysis and co-expression networks in white spruce. New Phytologist 210: 240-255.

Niu S, H. Yuan, X. Sun, I. Porth, Y. Li, Y.A. El-Kassaby & W. Li. 2016. A transcriptomics investigation into pine reproductive organ development. New Phytologist 209: 1278–1289.

Park, Y.S., J. Beaulieu & J. Bousquet. 2016. Multi-varietal forestry integrating genomic selection and somatic embryogenesis. In Y.-S. Park, J. Bonga & H.K. Moon (eds). Vegetative Propagation of Forest Trees. National Institute of Forest Science, Seoul, South Korea. Pp. 302-322 (invited).

Pavy, N., F. Gagnon, A. Deschênes, B. Boyle, J. Beaulieu & J. Bousquet. 2016. Development of highly reliable in silico SNP resource and genotyping assay from exome capture and sequencing: an example from black spruce (Picea mariana). Molecular Ecology Resources 16: 588–598.

Prunier J., J-P. Verta & J.J. MacKay. 2016. Conifer genomics and adaptation: at the crossroads of genetic diversity and genome function. New Phytologist 209: 44-62.

Villeneuve, I., M.S. Lamhamedi, L. Benomar, A. Rainville, J. Deblois, J. Beaulieu, J. Bousquet, M.-C. Lambert & H.A Margolis. 2016. Morpho-physiological variation of white spruce seedlings from various seed sources and implications for deployment under climate change. Frontiers in Plant Science 7: 1450 (15p.).

Warren, É., G. de Lafontaine, S. Gérardi, S. Senneville, J. Beaulieu, M. Perron, J.P. Jaramillo-Correa & J. Bousquet. 2016. Joint inferences from cytoplasmic DNA and fossil data provide evidence for glacial vicariance and contrasted postglacial dynamics in tamarack, a transcontinental conifer. Journal of Biogeography 43: 1227-1241.


2015

Beaulieu, J. & J. Bousquet. 2015. Genomic selection – Potential and current limits of application in boreal conifer breeding programs. In Proc. 34th Meeting of the Canadian Forest Genetics Association, Univ. of New Brunswick, Fredericton, August 17-20. Part II. Ed. D. Simpson. Canadian Forest Service, Fredericton. 10p.

Benomar, L., M.S. Lamhamedi, I. Villeneuve, A. Rainville, J. Beaulieu, J. Bousquet &  H.A. Margolis. 2015. Fine-scale geographic variation in photosynthetic-related traits of Picea glauca seedlings indicates local adaptation to climate. Tree Physiology 35: 864-878.

Carles, S., D. Boyer-Groulx, M.S. Lamhamedi, A. Rainville, J. Beaulieu, P.Y. Bernier, J. Bousquet & H.A. Margolis. 2015. Family variation in the morphology and physiology of white spruce (Picea glauca) seedlings in response to elevated CO2 and temperature. Journal of Sustainable Forestry 34: 169-198.

Cinget, B., G. de Lafontaine, S. Gérardi & J. Bousquet. 2015. Integrating phylogeography and paleoecology to investigate the origin and dynamics of hybrid zones: insights from two widespread North American firs. Molecular Ecology 24: 2856-2870.

Cinget, B., S. Gérardi,  J. Beaulieu & J. Bousquet. 2015. Less pollen-mediated gene flow for more signatures of glacial lineages: congruent evidence from balsam fir cpDNA and mtDNA for multiple refugia in eastern and central North America. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0122815 (25p.).

De Lafontaine, G., J. Prunier, S. Gérardi & J. Bousquet. 2015. Tracking the progression of speciation: variable patterns of introgression across the genome provide insights on the species delimitation between progenitor-derivative spruces (Picea mariana × P. rubens). Molecular Ecology 24: 5229-5247.

Floate K.D., J. Godbout, M.K. Lau, N. Isabel & T.G. Whitham. 2015. Plant-herbivore interactions in a trispecific hybrid swarm of Populus: assessing support for hypotheses of hybrid bridges, evolutionary novelty and genetic similarity. New Phytologist 209: 832-844.

Hornoy, B., N. Pavy, S. Gérardi, J. Beaulieu & J. Bousquet. 2015. Genetic adaptation to climate in white spruce involves small to moderate allele frequency shifts in functionally diverse genes. Genome Biology and Evolution 7: 3269–3285.

Jaramillo-Correa, J.P., S. Gérardi, J. Beaulieu, F.T. Ledig & J. Bousquet. 2015. Inferring and outlining past population declines with linked microsatellites: a case study in two spruce species. Tree Genetics & Genomes 11: 9 (12p.).

Lupi, C., G. Larocque, A. DesRochers, M. Labrecque, A. Mosseler, J. Major, J. Beaulieu, M.F. Tremblay, A.M. Gordon, B.R. Thomas, A. Vezina, H. Bouafif, D. Cormier, D. Sidders, R. Krygier, N. Thevathasan, M. Riopel & B. Ferland-Raymond.  2015. Evaluating sampling designs and deriving biomass equations for young plantations of poplar and willow clones. Biomass and Bioenergy, 83: 196-205.

Mageroy, M.H., G. Parent, G. Germanos, I. Giguère, N. Delvas, H. Maaroufi, E. Bauce, J. Bohlmann & J.J. Mackay. 2015. Expression of the β-glucosidase gene Pgβglu-1 underpins natural resistance of white spruce against spruce budworm. The Plant Journal 81: 68-80.

Mamashita, T., G.R. Larocque, A. DesRochers, J. Beaulieu, B.R. Thomas, A. Mosseler, J. Major & D. Sidders. 2015. Short-term growth and morphological responses to nitrogen availability and plant density in hybrid poplars and willows. Biomass and Bioenergy, 81: 88-97.

Mvolo, C.S., A. Koubaa, J. Beaulieu, A. Cloutier & M.J. Mazerolle. 2015. Variation in wood quality in white spruce (Picea glauca (Moench) Voss). Part I. Defining the juvenile-mature wood transition based on tracheid length. Forest 6: 183-202.

Nadeau, S., J. Godbout, M. Lamothe, M.-C. Gros-Louis, N. Isabel & K. Ritland. 2015. Contrasting patterns of genetic diversity across the ranges of Pinus monticola and P. strobus: A comparison between eastern and western North American postglacial colonization histories. American Journal of Botany 102: 1342-1355.

Porth, I., J. Klapste, A.D. McKown, J. La Mantia, R.D. Guy, P.K. Ingvarsson, R. Hamelin, S.D. Mansfield, J. Ehlting, C.J. Douglas & Y.A. El-Kassaby. 2015. Evolutionary quantitative genomics of Populus trichocarpa. PLoS ONE 10(11): e0142864 (25p.).

Prunier, J., G. Tessier, J. Bousquet & J. Mackay. 2015. From genotypes to phenotypes: expression levels of genes encompassing adaptive SNPs in black spruce. Plant Cell Reports 34: 2111-2125 (15p.).

Raherison E.S., I. Giguère, S. Caron, M. Lamara & J.J. MacKay. 2015. Modular organization of the white spruce (Picea glauca) transcriptome reveals functional organization and evolutionary signatures. New Phytologist 207: 172-187.

Taft, S., A. Najar, J. Godbout, J. Bousquet & N. Erbilgin. 2015. Variations in foliar monoterpenes across the range of jack pine reveal three widespread chemotypes: implications to host expansion of invasive mountain pine beetle. Frontiers in Plant Science 6: 342 (12p.).

Warren R.L., C.I Keeling, M.M. Yuen, A. Raymond, G.A. Taylor, B.P. Vandervalk, H. Mohamadi, D. Paulino, R. Chiu, S.D. Jackman, G. Robertson, C. Yang, M. Hoffmann, D. Weigel, D.R. Nelson, C. Ritland, N. Isabel, B. Jaquish, A. Yanchuk, J. Bousquet, S.J. Jones, J. MacKay, I. Birol & J. Bohlmann. 2015. Improved white spruce (Picea glauca) genome assemblies and annotation of large gene families of conifer terpenoid and phenolic defense metabolism. The Plant Journal 83: 189-212.

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Two new publications on drought resilience in white spruce

Drought response was investigated in a large cohort of white spruce multiclonal seedlings for multiple growth and wood anatomy traits, in part to better understand the effects on hydraulicity. The results indicate that genetic selection to improve resilience to drought at the juvenile stage would be possible, when the young trees are most susceptible to such stress after reforestation. Full publications available at the following links (1) (2).

  1. Improving genomic selection in several ways to maximize the efficiency of its application to spruces Comments Off on Improving genomic selection in several ways to maximize the efficiency of its application to spruces
  2. FastTRAC II launching informative project videos on March 21st, International Day of Forests Comments Off on FastTRAC II launching informative project videos on March 21st, International Day of Forests
  3. Important progress in genomic prediction applied to spruces Comments Off on Important progress in genomic prediction applied to spruces
  4. Analysis of spruce genomes reveals important evolutionary mechanisms related to adaptation Comments Off on Analysis of spruce genomes reveals important evolutionary mechanisms related to adaptation
  5. Limits of climate change adaptation in forest trees Comments Off on Limits of climate change adaptation in forest trees
  6. Trembling aspen, a widespread species genetically diverse and heterogeneous throughout its range Comments Off on Trembling aspen, a widespread species genetically diverse and heterogeneous throughout its range
  7. Improving drought response through genomic selection Comments Off on Improving drought response through genomic selection
  8. A new article on the genetic basis of drought adaptation in white spruce elected for the cover of the journal Molecular Ecology Comments Off on A new article on the genetic basis of drought adaptation in white spruce elected for the cover of the journal Molecular Ecology
  9. Two new articles on the genomics of phenolic defence compounds in white spruce, as well as the detection by genomic means of pollen contamination and the impact of selection in a white spruce seed orchard from Alberta Comments Off on Two new articles on the genomics of phenolic defence compounds in white spruce, as well as the detection by genomic means of pollen contamination and the impact of selection in a white spruce seed orchard from Alberta