[IUFRO Div 2] Conference abstracts and extended abstracts book: 7th IUFRO 2.09.02 Conference - Harbin 2026

Dear Participants of the 7th IUFRO 2.09.02 conference in Harbin (China), As with previous conferences and announced during the IUFRO 2.09.02 Business Meeting, an Editorial Committee comprising members of the IUFRO Coordination Team (P. Moncaleán, Jorge Canhoto, and Jun-Jun Wang) and the Conference Organizing Committee (J. Krajňáková, H. Shen, S. Correia, J. Canhoto, and S. Sharry) will oversee the peer review, formatting, and publication of the Conference abstracts and extended abstracts. The abstract and extended abstracts will be published online by the end of 2026 as an official IUFRO publication (https://www.iufro.org/) and made accessible via the dedicated IUFRO 2.09.02 Publications and References<https://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-2/20000/2090…, IUFRO Proceedings Archive<https://www.iufro.org/publications/proceedings/>, and browsable On-Line Library<http://193.170.148.82/AISIUFRO/search/simple> IUFRO webpages. IUFRO is a world-renowned, non-profit network of scientists promoting forest-related science towards a sustainable future of forests and society. With representatives in 115 countries and high-performance communication channels (website, newsletter, social media, press release …), IUFRO ensure open, charge-free, and unlimited access to scientific publications with excellent visibility among scientific communities and other stakeholders interested in “Interconnecting Forests, Science and People” (IUFRO slogan). We will accept as usual i) extended abstracts, and updated versions of ii) short abstracts. Considering that IUFRO 2.09.02 Proceedings are frequently cited and that the Book of abstracts distributed during the conference will be published at the same time, we strongly encourage presenters to submit a full-length paper of their keynote, oral and/or poster presentation(s) or at least an extended abstract. Deadline To be included in the Book, abstracts and extended abstracts must be submitted in English by February 28, 2027 to pmoncalean@neiker.eus<mailto:pmoncalean@neiker.eus>. A submission receipt will be provided by Email. Please inquire if any deadline extension is needed. Review process Manuscripts will be checked by one member of the Editorial Committee for quality-science standard, minor editing, and compliance with the guideline for submission. Authors are solely responsible for the technical details of the paper. Extensive language editing by reviewers is excluded. It is the authors' responsibility to submit a well-written article in suitable English. We suggest careful proofread of the English before submission. Paper acceptance Manuscript will be accepted with reduced delay (no or minor revision) or upon reception of any necessary significant revision. Guideline for submission Please strictly refer to the following short guideline for preparing your manuscript: General format Paper size A4 Margins 2.5 cm on all four sides. General text format Times New Roman 11 pt. Single spaced, fully justified. Standard rules Measurement units should be metric Latin scientific names should be italicised Paper sections Section 1 Title Bold text. Example Epigenetic memory of sensed temperatures during somatic embryo maturation in young maritime pine trees Section 2 Author list Normal text. Author names fully written and separated by commas. [First name Middle initials Last (family) name] Example Jean-François Trontin1§, Mamadou D. Sow2£, Alain Delaunay2, Inês Modesto3, Caroline Teyssier4, Isabelle Reymond1, Francis Canlet5, Nathalie Boizot4, Claire Le Metté4, Audrey Gibert2, Cristian Chaparro6, Christian Daviaud7, Jörg Tost7, Celia Miguel3, Marie-Anne Lelu-Walter4, Stéphane Maury2 Section 3 Authors’ affiliation Normal text. Provide a numbered list of affiliations (Arabic superscript numerals) linking authors' names and affiliations. Back to line for each affiliation. [Lab/Team/Unit, University/Institute/organisation, Department, Postal code and City, Country] Provide under the list of affiliations any supplementary information (e.g., Present address, Email of corresponding author(s)) linked with authors’ names (using superscript symbols) Example 1BioForBois, FCBA, IBC Department, 33610 Cestas, France. 2LBLGC, University of Orléans, INRAE, EA 1207 USC 1328, 45067 Orléans, France. 3BioISI, University of Lisboa, Faculty of Science, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal. 4BioForA, INRAE, ONF, UMR 0588, 45075 Orléans, France. 5Sylviculture Avancée, FCBA, RFT Department, 33610 Cestas, France. 6IHPE, University of Perpignan, UMR 5244, 66100 Perpignan, France. 7LEE, CEA, CNRGH, 91057 Evry, France. §Corresponding author: jean-francois.trontin@inrae.fr<mailto:jean-francois.trontin@inrae.fr> Present address: BEF, INRAE, UR 1138, 54280 Champenoux, France. £Present address: GDEC, INRAE, UMR 1095, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France. Section 4 Abstract Extended abstract and abstract: not needed Section 5 Keywords Provide up to 6 keywords that are not in the title Section 6 Body text Extended abstracts: up to 5 single-space pages (but flexible if needed) Sections: Introduction, Material and Methods, Results and Discussion, short conclusion (100 words max). Short abstracts: 1 single-space page. Section 6 Tables Tables and corresponding legends should be referenced in text and placed at the appropriate location (preferably using the Table feature of Word). Use the following basic format (bold headers, only horizontal lines): Table X. Legend Title 1 Title 2 Title 3 Subtitle Subtitle Notes: Section 6 Figures Figures should be prepared with an adequate editor (e.g., PowerPoint), referenced in text and embedded at the appropriate location as high-quality pictures or charts. The legend must be placed below figure with the following format: Figure X. Legend. Section 7 Acknowledgements Acknowledge here any persons, technical facilities and funding sources that supported the work. Section 8 References Use the following format: Last (family) name, space, first name initials without period (.). The multiple authors are separated by comma (,) followed by publication year in parenthesis, and title. Then indicate the Journal (official abbreviation), volume and pages. When available, Indicate the doi, or alternatively the link where the reference can be found. Examples Aitken J, Horgan KJ, Thorpe TA (1981) Influence of explant selection on the shoot-forming capacity of juvenile tissue of Pinus radiata. Can J For Res 11:112–117. https://doi.org/10.1139/x81-015 Pullman GS, Bucalo K (2011) Pine somatic embryogenesis using zygotic embryos as explants. In: Thorpe T, Yeung E (eds) Plant embryo culture: methods and protocols. Methods in Molecular Biology, Humana Press, Totowa, vol 710, pp. 267-291. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-61737-988-8_19 Thorpe TA, Yeung EC (eds) (2011) Plant embryo culture: methods and protocols. Methods in Molecular Biology, Humana Press, Totowa, vol 710. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-61737-988-8 Looking forward to receiving your contribution! We will include in the Proceedings a Photo Gallery. Best wishes, Paloma Moncaléan On behalf of the Editorial Committee of the Conference Proceedings 7th IUFRO 2.09.02 Conference, Harbin, China