TREE BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Chairs:

Ivan Scotti – INRAE, FR; Berthold Heinze – BFW, AT; ‘Roger Hellens – Scion CRI, NZ

Activities:

Further development of the Working Group; Contribute to input to the European Commission, eg, DG-AGRI and DG-RTD

Meetings:

This WG plans to hold a workshop in 2021. The third meeting of the Working Group took place at the Brussels on the 6.11.2017. In the presence of representatives from the European Commission, the group discussed forestry research in their regions and identified themes to address at a European level and the best mechanisms to implement them. The group has 15 members and is welcoming further members in forestry research across Europe.

EPSO news developed by this WG:

Relevant news from other sources:

Members:

Ricardo Alia – INIA-CIFOR, ES

Isabel Allona – CBGP (UPM-INIA/CSIC), ES

Pedro Barros – ITQB, PT

Wout Boerjan – VIB, BE

Jorge Canhoto – Univ Coimbra, PT

Célia Miguel, ITQB, PT

María Teresa Cervera (Maite) – INIA-CIFOR, ES

Sandra Correia – Univ Coimbra, PT

Maria Eugenio – INIA, ES

Carl Gunnar Fossdal – NIBIO, NO

Alessio  Giovannelli – CNR, IT

Santiago C. Gonzalez-Martinez – INRAE, FR

Berthold Heinze – BFW, AT

Hojka Kraigher – SFI, SI

Roger Hellens – Scion CRI, NZ

Karin Metzlaff – EPSO

Ove Nilsson – Umea PSC, SE

Elina Oksanen – Univ East Fi, FI

Margarida Oliveira – ITQB, PT

Andrea Patocchi, Agroscope, CH

Mariano Perales – CBGP (UPM-INIA/CSIC)), ES

Christophe Plomion – INRAE, FR

Ivan Scotti – INRAE, FR

Jens Sunstroem, SLU, SE

Giovanni Vendramin – CNR forestry Inst, IT

Marjana Westergren – SFI, SI

Observers:

Matthias Fladung – Thuenen Inst, DE