Dear Colleagues of IUFRO Division 2 and IUFRO 2.09.02 Unit, I would like to remind you that Special Issues of the Open Access Journals "Forests", "Plants" and "Frontiers in Plant Science" will cover research topics of high relevance for our Working Group and Division 2: · New Insights into Plant Somatic Embryogenesis: Genetic and Epigenetic View (Plants, Eds: Montalbán IA, Moncaleán P) · Application of Biotechnology Techniques on Tree Species (Forest, Eds: Canhoto J, Moncaleán P, Correia S) · Zygotic and Non-Zygotic Embryogenesis: Evolutionary, Developmental and Practical Aspects (Frontiers in Plant Science, Eds: Canhoto J, Moncaleán P, Correia S, Loyola-Vargas VM, Scherwinski-Pereira JE) See the information below and provided links. These announcements are also posted at the IUFRO 2.09.02 Unit Noticeboard<https://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-2/20000/209…. Please forward the information to any interested colleague from this IUFRO Unit and others! Kind regards, Jean-François Trontin IUFRO 2.09.02 Unit Coordinator ************** Special Issue, PLANTS: New Insights into Plant Somatic Embryogenesis: Genetic and Epigenetic View Dr. Itziar A. Montalbán and Dr. Paloma Moncaleán (Neiker, Spain) will serve as Guest Editors for a Special Issue of the Open Access Journal "Plants" on the following highly relevant topic for our Working Group: "New Insights into Plant Somatic Embryogenesis: Genetic and Epigenetic View". For those who are interested in contributing to this Special Issue, further information is available at the Journal's dedicated webpage<https://www.mdpi.com/journal/plants/special_issues/plant_somatic…. Do not hesitate to contact Dr. Itziar A. Montalbán (imontalban(a)neiker.eus) and Dr. Paloma Moncaleán (pmoncalean@neiker.eus<mailto:pmoncalean@neiker.eus>) for any request. Deadline for manuscript submission: June 15, 2021 ************** Special Issue, Forests: Application of Biotechnology Techniques on Tree Species Pr. Jorge Canhoto (University of Coimbra, Portugal), Dr. Paloma Moncaleán (Neiker, Spain) and Dr. Sandra Correia (University of Coimbra, Portugal) will serve as Guest Editors for a Special Issue of the Open Access Journal "Forests" (EISSN 1999-4907) on the following highly relevant topic for our Working Group: "Application of Biotechnology Techniques on Tree Species". For those who are interested in contributing to this Special Issue, further information is available at the Journal's dedicated webpage<https://www.mdpi.com/journal/forests/special_issues/Tree_Biotech…. Do not hesitate to contact Pr. Jorge Canhoto (jorgecan@bot.uc.pt<mailto:jorgecan@bot.uc.pt>), Dr. Paloma Moncaleán (pmoncalean@neiker.eus<mailto:pmoncalean@neiker.eus>) or Dr. Sandra Correia (sandraimc@ci.uc.pt<mailto:sandraimc@ci.uc.pt>) for any request. Deadline for manuscript submission: August 20, 2021 ************** Special Issue, FRONTIERS IN PLANT Sciences: Zygotic and Non-Zygotic Embryogenesis: Evolutionary, Developmental and Practical Aspects Pr. Jorge Canhoto (University of Coimbra, Portugal), Dr. Paloma Moncaleán (Neiker, Spain), Dr. Sandra Correia (University of Coimbra, Portugal), Dr. Victor M. Loyola-Vargas (CICY, Mexico) and Dr. Jonny E Scherwinski-Pereira (EMBRAPA, Brazil) will serve as Topic Editors for a Special Research Topic of the Open Access Journal "Frontiers in Plant Science" on the following highly relevant topic for our Working Group: "Zygotic and Non-Zygotic Embryogenesis: Evolutionary, Developmental and Practical Aspects". For those who are interested in contributing to this Special Issue, further information is available at the Journal's dedicated webpage<https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/17744/zygotic-and-no…. Do not hesitate to contact Pr. Jorge Canhoto (jorgecan@bot.uc.pt<mailto:jorgecan@bot.uc.pt>), Dr. Paloma Moncaleán (pmoncalean@neiker.eus<mailto:pmoncalean@neiker.eus>), Dr. Sandra Correia (sandraimc@ci.uc.pt<mailto:sandraimc@ci.uc.pt>), Dr. Victor M. Loyola-Vargas (vmloyola@cicy.mx<mailto:vmloyola@cicy.mx>) or Dr. Jonny E Scherwinski-Pereira (jonny.pereira@embrapa.br<mailto:jonny.pereira@embrapa.br>) for any request. Deadline for manuscript submission: August 31, 2021 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Les données et renseignements contenus dans ce message peuvent être de nature confidentielle et soumis au secret professionnel et sont destinés à l'usage exclusif du destinataire dont les coordonnées figurent ci-dessus. Si vous recevez cette communication par erreur, nous vous demandons de ne pas la copier, l'utiliser ou la divulguer. 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