Dear Colleagues,
On behalf of the IUFRO and Czech University of Life Sciences, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, I cordially invite you to attend
the 2014 IUFRO Forest Tree Breeding Conference,Prague, Czech Republic, August 25-29, 2014.
Conference website:
- advances in quantitative genetics and breeding theory,
- review of current breeding methods and trends,
- genetic evaluation protocols and tools,
- development of breeding and deployment strategies,
- progeny testing - including experimental statistics,
- reports on countries’ progress in specific programs,
- interaction between forest tree breeding and other
disciplines, including evolutionary biology, genomics, population
genetics, environmental science, physiology and reproduction biology.
Keynote Speakers:
Luis Apiolaza, Yousry A. El-Kassaby, Gary Hodge, Dudley Huber, Antoine Kremer, Dag Lindgren, Bruce Tier
Submission for Abstracts:
starts on October 1th, 2013, special issue of selected contributions in Silvae Genetica!
Registration:
starts on December 1th, 2013.
Superior conference environment at a close proximity to Prague downtown, gala dinner on the boat in dowtown Prague, Prague tours, post-conference excursions, etc. More details on the website.
We hope that you will make plans now to attend the 2014 conference and we encourage you to share your knowledge by submitting contributions to the program.
Hope to see you in Prague!
Milan Lstiburek, Conference Chair
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Milan Lstiburek, Ph.D.
Associate Professor in Forest Genetics, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
Adjunct Associate Professor, North Carolina State University
IUFRO Breeding Theory and Progeny Testing Deputy Coordinator
http://www.iufrobreeding2014.org/