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Check out these two great interviews given by our Director Dr. Lada to the Startup Canada crew on there country wide tour this past March.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BI1hYvb9pCg

Startup Canada - Christmas Tree Research Centre 3/20/2012 - YouTube

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Media and Publications

Research Presentations

MacDonald, M.T., Rajasekaran, L.R. 2008. Cold acclimation can benefit only the clones with poor needle retention duration (NAD) in Balsam fir. Hort Sci 43: 1273.

MacDonald, M.T., Rajasekaran, L.R. , Martynenko, A.I., Dorais, M., Pepin, S., Desjardins, Y. 2009. Ethylene modulates needle abscission in root-detached Balsam fir. Hort Science 44: 1142.

Research Publications

MacDonald, M.T., Lada, R.R., Dorais, M., Peppin, S. 2011. Endogenous and exogenous ethylene induces needle abscission and cellulase activity in post-harvest balsam (Abies balsamea L.). Trees 25: 947-952.

MacDonald, M.T., Lada, R.R., Martynenko, A.I., Dorais, M., Peppin, S. 2011. Ethylene exposure duration affects postharvest needle abscission in balsam fir (Abies balsamea L.). HortScience 46(2): 260-264.

Veitch, R.S., Lada, R.R., MacDonald, M.T. 2011. Effect of light emitting diodes (LEDs) on post-harvest needle retention of balsam fir (Abies balsamea L.). J. Appl. Hort. (in press)

MacDonald, M.T., Lada, R.R., Martynenko, A., Dorais, M., Peppin, S., Dejarns, Y. 2010. Ethylene triggers needle abscission in root-detached balsam fir. Trees (May 2010).

Lada, R.R. and Terence J. Blake. 1998. Early growth invigoration of jack pine seedlings by natural plant growth regulators. Trees 12: 420-423.

Borsos-Matovina, V., Blake, T.J., Lada, R.R. 1998. The effect of Ambiol on the growth and tolerance of Pinus banksiana and Picea mariana seedlings exposed to abiotic stresses. In Proc. International conference in Forestry, Sault Ste Marie, 1998

Rajasekaran R. Lada, Liu Jianwei, Vera Borsos-Matovina and Terence J. Blake. 1997. Natural plant growth regulators improve growth and drought tolerance of jack pine seedlings. Proc. of International Conference in Forestry and Wood Science, Belgrade, Sep 1997.

Islam, A. M.F.Sc. 1999. Antistress, antioxidant compounds in enhancing drought acclimation in white pines.

Bob Occran. 2004. Physiology of drought acclimation due to natural antistress, antioxidants. University of Toronto.

Abstracts

Thesis

Mason T. MacDonald Ph.D. - PHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF ETHYLENE IN NEEDLE ABSCISSION OF ROOT-DETACHED BALSAM FIR (ABIES BALSAMEA (L.) MILL.) - NSAC/Laval University (Co-Directors - R. Lada; Martine Dorais) -2010

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