Forest Genetic Resources: Their Use and Conservation

Forest Genetic resources: their use and conservation

A conference of the Nordic Group for the Management of Genetic Resources of Trees

Húsavík, 27–29 August 2003

Conference schedule

Wednesday, 27.08.03

Arrive in Reykjavík

17:00 Bus from Hótel Loftleiðir

19:00 Dinner at Staðarskáli

24:00 Arrive at Hótel Húsavík

Thursday, 28.08.03

8:00-9:00 Registration

Morning session

9:00-9:10 Welcome to participants Thröstur Eysteinsson

9:10-9:40 Keynote paper - Nordic cooperation on gene resource management: an overview Leena Yrjana, NSFP

9:40-10:10 Conservation and management of forest genetic resources - from strategy to implementation Anna Thormann, SNS

10:10-10:40 Coffee break – set up posters

10:40-11:10 On access and rights to forest genetic resources Martin Werner

11:10-11.40 Gene conservation in the Swedish pine and spruce breeding programs

Bengt Andersson, Per Ståhl, and Ola Rosvall , Skogforsk

11:40-12:00 The good animals and the bad animals Thröstur Eysteinsson, Iceland Forest Service

12:00 Lunch at Hótel Húsavík

Afternoon session

13:00-13:30 The present status of Norway spruce breeding in Finland in the light of genetic conservation Marja-Leena Napola, Finnish Forest Research Institute

13:30-14:00 A CD-rom project on forest tree gene conservation Gösta Eriksson, Department of Plant Biology and Forest Genetics, SLU

14:00-14:30 Conservation of genetic resources of forest trees - a web-based approach Tor Myking, Arne Steffenrem and Tore Skrøppa, Norwegian Forest Research Institute

14:30-15:00 Optimal number of tested clones in seed orchards Dag Lindgren, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, SLU, Umeå

15:00-15:30 Cryopreservation as a tool for gene conservation and breeding of Nordic forest trees Tuija Aronen and Leena Ryynänen, Finnish Forest Research Institute

15:30-16:30 Coffee and poster session

16:30 Whale watching

21:00 Dinner at Hótel Húsavík

Friday, 29.08.03

Morning session

8:30-9:00 Overview of Oak genetics research in Denmark and the application for gene resource management of oak Jan Svejgaard Jensen FSL and Ditte Christine Olrik KVL

9:00-9:30 Alien genes in forestry: hybrid aspen as a model species for alien gene flow Leena Suvanto, Stenvall, N., Vares, A. & Pulkkinen, P., Finnish Forest Research Institute

9:30-10:00 Climatic adaptation among native and introduced populations of downy birch (Betula pubescens Ehrh.) in Iceland: Implications for gene conservation Aðalsteinn Sigurgeirsson, Iceland Forest Research

10:00-10:20 Coffee break

10:20-10:50 Variation and covariation in annual flowering phenology and frost hardiness in northern populations of Scots pine Matti Haapanen, Pakkanen, A. & Pulkkinen, P., Finnish Forest Research Institute

10:50-11:20 Length of growth period of silver birch (Betula pendula) seedlings as a function of latitude of seed origin and sowing time Jouni Partanen, Risto Häkkinen, Anneli Viherä-Aarnio, Alpo Luomajoki and Veikko Koski, Finnish Forest Research Institute

11:20-11:50 The history of the native Icelandic woodlands Ólafur Eggertsson, Icelandic Forest Research

12:00-13:00 Lunch at Hótel Húsavík

13:00 Excursion to Vaglaskógur National Forest

17:00 Arrive back in Húsavík

17:00-19:00 Free time

19:00 Business meeting

20:00 Dinner at Gamli Baukur

Saturday, 30.08.03 Post Conference excursion

9:00 Leave Húsavík by bus

10:00 Ásbyrgi in Jökulsárgljúfur National Park

11:30 Dettifoss – Europe’s largest waterfall

12:00 Box lunch at Dettifoss

15:00 Arrive in Hallormsstadaskogur National Forest

18:00 Dinner at Hótel Hérad in Egilsstadir

20:00 Arrive at Egilsstadir Airport for flight to Reykjavík