WWETAC Projects
Project Title: Applied resistance breeding for forest trees workshop
Date: August 1-5, 2011 (subject to change)
Location: USDA Forest Service, Dorena Genetic Resource Center (DGRC), Cottage Grove, Oregon, 97401 USA (near Eugene, OR, USA)
Principal Investigators: Susan Frankel, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station and Richard Sniezko, USDA Forest Service, Dorena Genetic Resource Center
E-mail Contact: Richard Sniezko, rsniezko[at]fs.fed.us
Sponsored by: IUFRO Working Parties: 7.03.11 (Resistance to Insects) and 2.02.15 (Breeding and Genetic Resources of Five-Needle Pines); USDA Forest Service, Western Wildland Environment Threat Assessment Center (WWETAC), Eastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center (EFETAC); Pacific Northwest Region (Forest Health Protection & Genetic Resource Programs); Pacific Southwest Research Station (PSW); and the California Oak Mortality Task Force
Purpose: This workshop will provide an international forum to discuss the status and future plans for applied tree resistance programs for pathogens and insects. An array of issues (including climate change and disease resistance in natural populations) and research tools to fast-track the development of durable resistance in tree species will be presented. The primary audience is those involved with operational breeding programs as well as researchers and extension professionals. The workshop will include field trips, indoor sessions, posters and a proceedings. Breeding programs for resistance, at various stages in development, will be compared: white pine blister rust (Cronartium ribicola) in several white pine species; Phytophthora lateralis, in Chamaecyparis lawsoniana (Port-Orford-cedar, Lawson’s cypress); Phytophthora ramorum on tanoak; and many others.
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Project ID: FY10TS81
