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Barnd, B.D., Pijut, P.M., and Ginzel, M. 2008. Insects affecting hardwood tree plantings. USDA-Forest Service, Northern Research Station, Hardwood Tree Improvement and Regeneration Center, and Purdue University, Department of Forestry and Natural Resources. FNR-227-W.

Liu, X. and Pijut, P.M. 2008. Plant regeneration from in vitro leaves of mature black cherry (Prunus serotina). Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture 94:113-123.

Michler, C.H., Woeste, K.E., and Pijut, P.M. 2007. Black walnut. pp. 189-198. IN: Kole, C. (ed.), Genome mapping and molecular breeding in plants, Vol. 7, Forest Trees, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.

Pijut , P.M., Woeste, K.E., Vengadesan, G., and Michler. C.H. 2007. Technological advances in temperate hardwood tree improvement including breeding and molecular marker applications. In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology - Plant 43: 283-303.

Morse, A.M., Tschaplinski, T.J., Dervinis, C., Pijut, P.M., Schmelz, E.A., Day, W., and Davis, J.M. 2007. Salicylate and catechol levels are maintained in nahG transgenic poplar. Phytochemistry 68:2043-3052.

Pijut, P.M. 2006. Diseases in hardwood tree plantings. USDA-Forest Service, Northern Research Station, Hardwood Tree Improvement and Regeneration Center, and Purdue University, Department of Forestry and Natural Resources. FNR-221.

Michler, C., Jacobs, D., Meilan, R., Pijut, P., and Woeste, K. 2006. The Hardwood Tree Improvement and Regeneration Center looks to the future. Hardwood Matters (April) pp. 6-7.

Espinosa, A.C., Pijut, P.M., and Michler, C.H. 2006.  Adventitious shoot regeneration and rooting of Prunus serotina in vitro cultures. HortScience 41(1):193-201.

Michler, C.H., Meilan, R., Woeste, K.E., Pijut, P.M., Jacobs, D., Aldrich, P., and Glaubitz, J.. 2005. Hardwood genetics and tree improvement - A Midwest USA perspective. The Thin Green Line: A symposium on the state-of-the-art in reforestation Proceedings.  Ont. Min. Nat. Resour. Ont. For. Res. Inst. Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. For. Res. Inf. Pap. No. 160 pp. 69-74.

Wichman, J., Hawkins, R., and Pijut, P.M. 2005.  Straw mulch prevents loss of fall-sown seeds to cold temperatures and wildlife predation.  Native Plants Journal 6(3):282-285.

Michler, C.H., Pijut, P.M., Jacobs, D.F., Meilan, R., Woeste, K.E, and Ostry, M.E. 2005. Improving disease resistance of butternut ( Juglans cinerea ), a threatened fine hardwood:  a case of single-tree selection through genetic improvement and deployment Tree Physiology 26:121-128.

Pijut, P.M. 2005. Native hardwood trees of the central hardwood region. USDA-Forest Service, North Central Research Station, Hardwood Tree Improvement and Regeneration Center, and Purdue University, Department of Forestry and Natural Resources FNR-218.

Pijut, P.M. and Espinosa, A.C. 2005. Development of a rooted cutting propagation method for Prunus serotina. The International Plant Propagators' Society Combined Proceedings 54:513-515.

Pijut, P.M. 2004. Vegetative propagation of butternut ( Juglans cinerea ) - field results. In: Michler, C.H.; Pijut, P.M.; Van Sambeek, J.; Coggeshall, M.; Seifert, J.; Woeste, K.; Overton, R. (eds.) Black walnut in a new century. Proceedings of the 6 th Walnut Council research symposium. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-243. St. Paul , MN : U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station. 188 p.

Michler, C.H., Pijut , P.M., Van Sambeek, J., Coggeshall, M., Seifert, J., Woeste, K., and Overton, R. 2004. (eds.) Black walnut in a new century. Proceedings of the 6 th Walnut Council research symposium, 2004 July 25-28, Lafayette , IN. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-243. St. Paul , MN : U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station. 188 p.

Pijut, P.M. 2004. Acer spicatum. IN: Wildland Shrubs of the United States and its Territories: Thamnic Descriptions. J.K. Francis (ed.), USDA-Forest Service GTR-IITF-GTR-26, International Institute of Tropical Forestry and Shrub Science Laboratory. 3 p.

Pijut, P.M. 2004. Comptonia peregrina. IN: Wildland Shrubs of the United States and its Territories: Thamnic Descriptions. J.K. Francis (ed.), USDA-Forest Service GTR-IITF-GTR-26, International Institute of Tropical Forestry and Shrub Science Laboratory. 3 p.

Pijut, P.M. 2004. Cornus sericea. IN: Wildland Shrubs of the United States and its Territories: Thamnic Descriptions. J.K. Francis (ed.), USDA-Forest Service GTR-IITF-GTR-26, International Institute of Tropical Forestry and Shrub Science Laboratory. 3 p.

Pijut, P.M. 2003. Planting hardwood seedlings in the central hardwood region. USDA-Forest Service, North Central Research Station, Hardwood Tree Improvement and Regeneration Center, and Purdue University , Department of Forestry and Natural Resources. FNR-210.

Michler, C.H., Bosela, M.J., Pijut, P.M., and Woeste, K.E. 2003. The hardwood tree improvement and regeneration center: its strategic plans for sustaining the hardwood resource. IN: Van Sambeek, J.W., Dawson, J.O., Ponder, F., Jr, Loewenstein, E.F., Fralish, E.F., (eds.) Proceedings, 13th Central Hardwood Forest Conference, 2002 April 1-3, Urbana, IL.Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-234, St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station. 565p.

Pijut, P.M and Moore, M.J. 2002. Early season softwood cuttings effective for vegetative propagation of Juglans cinerea . HortScience 37(4): 697-700. (PDF)

Pijut, P.M. 2002. Eastern white pine flowering in response to spray application of gibberellin A 4/7 or ProCone. Northern Journal of Applied Forestry 19(2): 68-72. (PDF)

Pijut, P.M. 2001. Laburnum . IN: The Woody Plant Seed Manual. F.T. Bonner and R.P. Karrfalt (eds.), USDA, Forest Service, Washington , DC, Agriculture Handbook 727.http://www.nsl.fs.fed.us/nsl_wpsm.html

Pijut, P.M. 2000. Kalopanax . IN: The Woody Plant Seed Manual. F.T. Bonner and R.P. Karrfalt (eds.), USDA, Forest Service, Washington , DC, Agriculture Handbook 727.http://www.nsl.fs.fed.us/nsl_wpsm.html

Pijut, P.M. 2000. Cedrus . IN: The Woody Plant Seed Manual. F.T. Bonner and R.P. Karrfalt (eds.), USDA, Forest Service, Washington , DC, Agriculture Handbook 727.http://www.nsl.fs.fed.us/nsl_wpsm.html

Pijut, P.M. 2000. Colutea . IN: The Woody Plant Seed Manual. F.T. Bonner and R.P. Karrfalt (eds.), USDA, Forest Service, Washington , DC, Agriculture Handbook 727. http://www.nsl.fs.fed.us/nsl_wpsm.html

Pijut, P.M. 2000. Carpinus . IN: The Woody Plant Seed Manual. F.T. Bonner and R.P. Karrfalt (eds.), USDA, Forest Service, Washington , DC, Agriculture Handbook 727.http://www.nsl.fs.fed.us/nsl_wpsm.html

Pijut, P.M. 2000. Cotinus . IN: The Woody Plant Seed Manual. F.T. Bonner and R.P. Karrfalt (eds.), USDA, Forest Service, Washington , DC, Agriculture Handbook 727.http://www.nsl.fs.fed.us/nsl_wpsm.html

Pijut, P.M. 2000. Cedrus - the true cedars. Journal of Arboriculture 26(4): 218-224. (PDF)

Ostry , M.E. and Pijut, P.M. 2000. Butternut: An underused resource in North America . HortTechnology 10(2): 302-306. (PDF)

Pijut, P.M. 1999. Somatic embryogenesis from immature fruit of Juglans cinerea. IN: Somatic embryogenesis in woody plants, Vol.4, Section B: 415-429, S.M. Jain, P.K. Gupta, and R.J. Newton (eds.). Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands.

Pijut, P.M. and Juzwik, J. 1999. Buckthorn fruit production reduced by ethylene-based product ( Minnesota ). Ecological Restoration 17(3): 167-168.

Barker, M.J., Pijut, P.M., Ostry , M.E. , and Houston, D.R. 1997. Micropropagation of juvenile and mature American beech. Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture 51(3): 209-213. (PDF)

Pijut, P.M. 1997. Micropropagation of Juglans cinerea L. (Butternut). IN: Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry, Vol.39, High-Tech and Micropropagation V., Y.P.S. Bajaj (ed.). Section III.4: 345-357. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.

Skilling, D., Ostry, M., and Pijut, P. 1993. The use of tissue culture to produce trees with resistance to canker diseases. IN: Shoot diseases of conifers, P. Barklund, S. Livsey, M. Karlman, and R. Stephan (eds.), pp 123-129. Proceedings of the IUFRO Working Party S2.06.02, Canker and shoot blight of conifers, Garpenberg , Sweden.

Pijut, P.M. 1993. Somatic embryogenesis in butternut, Juglans cinerea . Canadian Journal of Forest Research 23: 835-838.

Domir , S.C. , Sticklen, M.B., Pijut, P.M., Bolyard, M., and Lineberger, R.D. 1993. Micropropagation and regeneration of DED-resistant elms using protoplast and tissue culture techniques. IN: Dutch elm disease research: cellular and molecular approaches, M.B. Sticklen and J.L. Sherald (eds.), pp 81-88.

Domir , S.C. , Schreiber, L.R., and Pijut, P.M. 1993. Development of model systems to screen elms resistant to Dutch elm disease. IN: Dutch elm disease research: cellular and molecular approaches, M.B. Sticklen and J.L. Sherald (eds.), pp 181-187.

Ostry , M.E. , Pijut, P.M., and Skilling, D.D. 1991. Screening larch in vitro for resistance to Mycosphaerella laricina. Plant Disease 75: 1222-1224.

Pijut, P.M., Domir , S.C. , Lineberger, R.D., and Schreiber, L.R. 1990. Use of culture filtrates of  Ceratocystis ulmi as a bioassay to screen for disease tolerant Ulmus americana . Plant Science 70: 191-196.

Pijut, P.M., Lineberger, R.D., Domir , S.C. , Ichida, J.M., and Krause, C.R. 1990. Ultrastructure of cells of Ulmus americana cultured in vitro and exposed to the culture filtrate of Ceratocystis ulmi . Phytopathology 80: 764-767.

Skilling, D.D., Ostry , M.E. and Pijut, P.M. 1990. Use of somaclonal variation techniques to produce rust resistant white pine. IN: Proceedings of a Symposium on White Pine Provenances and Breeding, USDA Forest Service GTR-NE-155: 46-49.

Lineberger, R.D., Sticklen, M.B., Pijut, P.M., Kroggel, M.A., Fink, C.V.M. and Domir, S.C. 1990. Use of protoplast, cell, and shoot tip culture in an elm germ plasm improvement program. Acta Horticulturae 280: 247-253.