When seeds from a rare tree are difficult or impossible to obtain, what's a conservationist to due? Grafting may be the answer to the protection of a species endemic to the southern Mariana Islands.
An in vitro propagation protocol has been developed using nodal explants from a mature 'elite' tree of Acacia sinuata. Tissue browning was circumvented by soaking surface-disinfected explants in a ...
African umbrella acacia trees grow more during droughts, contrasting with the conservative splendid thorn acacia, a study in The Plant Journal shows.