Research
HTIRC continues working to advance the science of hardwood trees.
Forests are a substantial terrestrial carbon sink, but anthropogenic changes in land use and climate have considerably reduced the scale of this system. Read Jingjing Liang's article here.
Dr. Shaneka Lawson, a USDA Forest Service Research Plant Physiologist and FNR adjunct assistant professor, has been honored with two awards this fall, from the U.S. Forest Service and the Women of Color STEM Awards respectively.
Read about HTIRC's Brian Beheler in this Behind the Research piece from Purdue College of Agriculture News.
Purdue University and HTIRC’s Douglass Jacobs and Kasten Dumroese, USDA Forest Service, led a team of 19 co-authors in presenting their findings. Many at-risk forest tree species will probably need biotechnology.