36th Southern Forest Tree Improvement Conference - Sessions 3A & 3B
Webinar Details
When:
Jun 8, 2021 10:00 am US/Eastern
Length: 01:47 (hh:mm)
Advance Registration NOT required.
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Presenter(s):
- Laura DeWald
- Matthew Huff
- C.J. Tsai
- Heather J. Gladfelter
- William P. Bewg
- Nurul Islam-Faridi
Virtual Event Format:
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This contains links to SESSION 3A & 3B of the 36th Southern Forest Tree Improvement Conference hosted by the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources at the University of Georgia.
Select either track from the link after starting the on-demand webinar.
The virtual conference includes five two-hour sessions that start on the morning of Monday, June 7 and run through the morning of Wednesday, June 9, and will include plenary presentations, volunteer presentations, "lightning" poster presentations, and a symposium.
For detailed information about this virtual conference and for links to each conference session, please visit the conference home page.
Session 1 - Day 1 (9:45am – Noon Eastern)
Welcome Address from Dr Dale Green, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources
Plenary Session - Content will cover new phenotyping technologies that can be applied for forest genetics and tree improvement. Speakers: Gerald Tuskan, Ingo Ensminger, Anna Conrad
Session 2 – Day 1 (2pm – 4pm Eastern)
Concurrent Session 2A - Pine genetics and breeding..
Concurrent Session 2B - Forest health and restoration.
Session 3 – Day 2 (10am – Noon Eastern)
Concurrent Session 3A: Hardwood genetics and breeding - (15 minute talks)
Moderator: Fred Raley
Speakers:
- White oak genetics and tree improvement program: Range-wide collaborative effort, early results, and lessons learned – Laura DeWald
- Assembly and annotation of the green ash genome – Matthew Huff
- Fast-track transformation and flowering for rapid-cycle breeding in poplar – C.J. Tsai
- Exploring the genetic diversity of an extinct tree species in the wild, Franklinia alatamaha, using genotyping-by-sequencing of the surviving cultivated population – Heather J. Gladfelter
- CRISPR/Cas9-knockout of trichome-regulating MYBs in Populus alter light sensitivity and wax composition – William P. Bewg
- Ribosomal DNA organization and genomic composition of satellite chromosome in American (Castanea dentata (Marshall) bork.) And Chinese (C. mollissima Blume) chestnut – Nurul Islam-Faridi
Concurrent Session 3B: Forest health - pine pathogens, insects and stress -(15 minute presentations)
Moderator: Wellington Muchero
Speakers:
- Rapid-phenotyping of fusiform rust disease resistance in loblolly pine through vibrational spectroscopy – Simone Lim-Hing
- NLR diversity and candidate fusiform rust resistance genes in loblolly pine – Daniel Ence
- Longitudinal study on in-field trial rust resistance and seedling screening results – Stephanie Fong
- Predicting genetic parameters and tolerance to pitch canker in slash pine – Andrew Sims
- Hyperspectral imaging for the prediction of freeze damage and minimum winter temperature at seed source origin of loblolly pine seedlings – Kitt G. Payn
Session 4 – Day 2 (2pm – 4pm Eastern)
Lighting "poster" presentations
Session 5 – Day 3 (10am – Noon Eastern)
Schatz Symposium
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