Gene flow from Fraxinus cultivars into natural stands of Fraxinus pennsylvanica occurs range-wide, is regionally extensive, and is associated with a loss of allele richness.

In North America, a comparatively small number of Fraxinus (ash) cultivars were planted in large numbers in both urban and rural environments across the entire range of Fraxinus pennsylvanica Marsh (green ash) over the last 80 years. Undetected cultivar gene flow, if extensive, could significantly lower genetic diversity within populations, suppress differentiation between populations, generate interspecific admixture not driven by long-standing natural processes, and affect the impact of abiotic and biotic threats. In this investigation we generated the first range-wide genetic assessment of F.

Application of somatic embryogenesis for development of emerald ash borer-resistant white ash and green ash varietals.

Emerald ash borer (; EAB) has devastated populations of ash ( spp.) trees in dozens of U.S.

Convergent molecular evolution among ash species resistant to the emerald ash borer.

Recent studies show that molecular convergence plays an unexpectedly common role in the evolution of convergent phenotypes. We exploited this phenomenon to find candidate loci underlying resistance to the emerald ash borer (EAB, Agrilus planipennis), the United States' most costly invasive forest insect to date, within the pan-genome of ash trees (the genus Fraxinus). We show that EAB-resistant taxa occur within three independent phylogenetic lineages.

An Ethnographic Observational Study to Evaluate and Optimize the Use of Respiratory Acoustic Monitoring in Children Receiving Postoperative Opioid Infusions.

Background: Respiratory depression in children receiving postoperative opioid infusions is a significant risk because of the interindividual variability in analgesic requirement. Detection of respiratory depression (or apnea) in these children may be improved with the introduction of automated acoustic respiratory rate (RR) monitoring. However, early detection of adverse events must be balanced with the risk of alarm fatigue.

A technique to screen American beech for resistance to the beech scale insect (Cryptococcus fagisuga Lind.).

Beech bark disease (BBD) results in high levels of initial mortality, leaving behind survivor trees that are greatly weakened and deformed. The disease is initiated by feeding activities of the invasive beech scale insect, Cryptococcus fagisuga, which creates entry points for infection by one of the Neonectria species of fungus. Without scale infestation, there is little opportunity for fungal infection.

Comparisons of protein profiles of beech bark disease resistant and susceptible American beech (Fagus grandifolia).

Background: Beech bark disease is an insect-fungus complex that damages and often kills American beech trees and has major ecological and economic impacts on forests of the northeastern United States and southeastern Canadian forests. The disease begins when exotic beech scale insects feed on the bark of trees, and is followed by infection of damaged bark tissues by one of the Neonectria species of fungi. Proteomic analysis was conducted of beech bark proteins from diseased trees and healthy trees in areas heavily infested with beech bark disease.

Interspecific comparison of constitutive ash phloem phenolic chemistry reveals compounds unique to manchurian ash, a species resistant to emerald ash borer.

The emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis, EAB) is an invasive wood-borer indigenous to Asia and is responsible for widespread ash (Fraxinus spp.) mortality in the U.S.

Interspecific proteomic comparisons reveal ash phloem genes potentially involved in constitutive resistance to the emerald ash borer.

The emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis) is an invasive wood-boring beetle that has killed millions of ash trees since its accidental introduction to North America. All North American ash species (Fraxinus spp.) that emerald ash borer has encountered so far are susceptible, while an Asian species, Manchurian ash (F.