Unlocking Tree Genomes for the Sustainable Economy

 

2011 Southern Tree Improvement Conference Presentations

Welcome

 

Today more than ever, tree improvement in the southern United States faces the challenge of increasing biomass quantity and quality of both pines and hardwoods for the emerging bioenergy/biofuel systems and the traditional forest products industries on a finite land base. We are confident that this challenge can be met, but time is the essence, and therefore our community must set a course for developing and implementing the knowledge that will combine current technology in genetics, genomics, and biotechnology with operational tree improvement programs to provide for a sustainable economy.

We are pleased to announce that Mississippi State University, Department of Forestry, College of Forest Resources and the U.S. Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Southern Institute of Forest Genetics will be hosting the 31st Southern Forest Tree Improvement Conference and invite you to join us. Please mark your calendar for Biloxi, Mississippi on the beautiful Gulf Coast for the week of June 13, 2011.

For information regarding SAF CFE credits please contact Barbara Crane.