Molecular Physiology and Biotechnology of Trees

Francisco M Cánovas is a Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Málaga University where he has been responsible of the Research Facilities and the Functional Genomics Unit. At the present time he is the head of the Molecular Biology Laboratory, coordinator of the PhD program in Molecular and Cellular Biology, and Director of a research group in Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology. His research interests are related to the Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Genomics and Biotechnology of nitrogen metabolism.

1. Genomics of forest trees Nathaniel Robert Street 2. Resources for conifer functional genomics at the omics era Rafael A. Cañas, M. Belen Pascual, Fernando N. de la Torre, Concepcion Avila and Francisco M. Cánovas 3. The ectomycorrhizal contribution to tree nutrition Adeline Becquer, Carmen Guerrero-Galán, Janice L. Eibensteiner, Gabriella Houdinet, Heike Bücking, Sabine D. Zimmermann and Kevin Garcia 4. Nitrogen storage and cycling in trees Gen Li and Gary D. Coleman 5. Embryology in conifers Sara von Arnold, David Clapham and Malin Abrahamsson 6. Activity of the shoot apical and cambial meristems: Coordination and responses to environmental signals Rita Teresa Teixeira, Xiaoyan Sheng and Amy M. Brunner 7. Digging in wood: New insights in the regulation of wood formation in tree species Eduardo L.O.Camargo, Raphaël Ployet , Hua Cassan-Wang, Fabien Mounet and Jacqueline Grima-Pettenati 8. Cell wall pectins in tree growth and woody biomass utilization Scott A. Harding and Chung-Jui Tsai 9. Applications of transgenic approaches in developing an understanding of drought tolerance in poplar Edward G. Kirby and Juan-Jesús Molina-Rueda 10. Phytoremediation with trees Luis Gomez, Angela Contreras, David Bolonio, Julia Quintana, Luis Onate-Sanchez and Irene Merino