Tree Biotechnology
in the New Millennium
July 22-27, 2001

 

 


International Symposium on Molecular Domestication  of Forest Trees
 
July 26, 2001
Skamania Lodge, Stevenson, Washington
Columbia River Gorge
Pacific Northwest United States



The symposium will be held as a satellite meeting, in conjunction with a week-long international meeting of the International Union of Forestry Research Organizations (IUFRO), section on Molecular Biology of Forest Trees.It will feature a number of speakers from outside forestry who will discuss:

    • What is known of the molecular nature of the domestication process in agricultural crop breeding,
       
    • What ecophysiological, morphological, developmental, and chemical targets are desirable for domestication of forest trees, and
  • What genes, genetic tools, and knowledge exist, or will exist in the medium term, that can enable pursuit of these target traits.
The speakers are presently being assembled (April 2000).

Paul Gepts

THE INHERITANCE OF THE DOMESTICATION SYNDROME IN FIELD CROPS: ARE THERE LESSONS FOR TREE CROPS?

 

Donald Duvick

CHANGES IN MAIZE HYBRIDS DURING 70 YEARS OF BREEDING FOR HIGHER YIELD AND GREATER STABILITY OF PERFORMANCE
 

Reinhart Ceulemans

DESIGNING A TREE : INSIGHTS FROM TREE PHYSIOLOGY AND MODELING

 

E. David Ford

THEORY AND EXPERIMENT IN CROWNS AND CANOPIES

 

Karl J. Niklas

BREEDING SAFE AND PRODUCTIVE TREES: A BIOMECHANICAL PERSPECTIVE

 

Toby Bradshaw

SUMMARY AND DISCUSSION