Do poplar plantations enhance organic carbon stocks in arable soils? A comprehensive study from Northern Italy.

Soil organic carbon (SOC) depletion, primarily driven by land use change, is a global challenge influenced by factors such as climate, plant cultivation, and adopted management practices. Poplar plantations (PP), predominantly used for plywood and bioenergy production in the Mediterranean, have shown carbon (C) potential capture as biomass. However, their contribution to SOC and climate change mitigation remains understudied.

Responses to Drought Stress in Poplar: What Do We Know and What Can We Learn?

Poplar ( spp.) is a high-value crop for wood and biomass production and a model organism for tree physiology and genomics. The early release, in 2006, of the complete genome sequence of was followed by a wealth of studies that significantly enriched our knowledge of complex pathways inherent to woody plants, such as lignin biosynthesis and secondary cell wall deposition.