Abstract: A new and distinctly salt and boron tolerant poplar tree cultivar named ‘RRR Yellow’, is particularly distinguishable by its ability to tolerate and grow in soil with high concentrations of salt, boron and selenium. The ‘RRR Yellow’ cultivar was originally discovered as a naturally occuring branch sport through stringent selection of cultivated poplar trees, and potentially from isolation of a single unique sapling or sport that exhibited high levels of salt and boron tolerance necessary for survival, and then propagated.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 26, 2012
Date of Patent:
November 24, 2015
Assignees:
California State University, Fresno, RedRock Ranch, USDA
Inventors:
Gary Banuelos, John Diener, James Prince