27^th – 29^th of November 2024

Madrid. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) Headquarters

Background

Genetic trial (or common garden)  networks are an essential infrastructure which provide experimental data to address different aspects of the adaptation, evolution, conservation and sustainable use of forest tree species under climate change.

However, many of the networks established in the past, had one single  major objective:  the selection of best material for afforestation, with strong  biases in their choice of  populations and sites.

Reciently, new tools (phenotyping, genotyping, environmental modelling) have been developed, making it necessary to revisit the analysis of existing networks. As scientists we can provide insights for stakeholders in order to replace and improve these networks in the light of the new scientific and practical developments.

Audience:

Scientists and Managers of genetic trials networks. Short presentations and discussions will be organized in different sessions.

 Objectives

• To examine the state of the art of existing genetic trials network
• Advanced experimental designs to address the main aim of field experiments
• To discuss the application of new tools (phenotyping, genotyping, modelling).
• To discuss data sharing, repositories and analytical methods.
• To provide recommendations for new genetic trial networks.
• To discuss on a policy paper on forest genetic trials networks.

Practical aspects

Meeting language: English

Registration: 31^th August 2024 (to be confirmed the webpage or other method).

Location: C/ Jorge Manrique - CSIC Headquarters, in Madrid (Spain)

Participation will be limited to 40 people.

Accomodation: Up to 15 rooms are available in the “Residencia de Estudiantes” an historical hotel on the CSIC campus.

Organized by IUFRO WP 2.02.13 Breeding and Genetic Resources of Mediterranean Conifers

In collaboration with: RG 2.04.00 Genetics. and WP 2.04.02 Breeding strategy and progeny evaluation

On-site Meeting

Welcome, Registration and Coffee breaks: CSIC Sala 6010. C/ Pinar 25

Meeting Room: Sede Central CSIC. Salón de Actos Calle Jorge Manrique 27. Madrid

How to arrive to CSIC:

Taxi: from airport, cost 35€ (fixed)

 Public transport

Metro: Gregorio Marañón (Líneas 7 & 10) República Argentina (Línea 6)

Buses: To Calle Serrano: buses 9, 16, 19 & 51

             To Paseo de la Castellana: buses 7, 12, 14, 27, 40, 45, 147 & 150

Train: Cercanías Nuevos Ministerios

Online meeting

Link to the Online meeting. Access code: 919992

All the participants have to be identified by their family name to get access to the conference.

Please, check the access to the link. It will be open the 26th of November (from 15 to 16 h, Madrid time) and on the 27th of November (from 10 to 12). You can check the video and audio.

For those presenting online: Send the presentation to dbarba@inia.csic.es at least one day in advance. We will made the presentation from the computer in Madrid to avoid problems of connection.

Questions should be made in the Chat, to avoid problems of connection.

PROGRAM

 27th November 2024

12.00 to 12.45. Registration and Welcome (Lunch included)

13.00 to 13.30. Opening of the Workshop

 13.30 to 15:00 Forest genetic common garden Networks

 

Forest genetic common gardens: just for genetic improvement or an opportunity for understanding the ecology and evolution of forest trees?".	Raúl de la Mata Pombo
Development of a network for Pinus pinaster genetic trials in Portugal	Elsa Gonçalves
A new generation of multi-species common gardens: the OptFORESTS Experimental Network	Marjana Westergren
The Reinforce experimental Network	Christophe Orazio

 15.00 to 15,30. Coffee break

 15.30 to 16.30 Forest genetic common garden Networks

Progeny and provenance test for amazon species in Peru: 30 years of research	Leoncio Ugarte Guerra
MyGardenOfTrees: A Citizen Science project for climate-resilient forests in Europe.From regeneration trials in the forest to common garden experiments.	Daniella Maria Schweizer
Red GENFORES	Olman Murillo

 16.30 to 17.00 General discussion.

28th November 2024

 9.00 to 10.30 Forest genetic common garden Networks

The scientific value of common garden trials: case study of Scots pine in Scotland	Annika Perry
Re-launching the international beech network: from across-site phenotypic evaluations to the molecular level with genomics	Liepe, Katharina
The Belvédère community garden for a more sustainable Tunis	Saida Hammami
The Genfored network of common gardens	Eduardo Notivol

 10.30 to 11.00. Coffee break

 11.00 to 12.30 Mesauring adaptation of forest trees

Linking phenotypic data with ecological drivers in a changing climate	Maurizio Marchi
New common garden trials of European white oaks aim to support climate-smart seed sourcing	Charalambos Neophytou
Developing recommendations for deployment of adaptable forest reproductive material matched to future climates using common garden experiments in the OptFORESTS project	Egbert Beuker
Relation between morphology and native climate in the resistance of different Pinus pinaster populations to pitch canker disease	Raquel Díaz Vázquez

 12.30 to 14.00 Lunch

 14.00 to 15:00 New approaches

The value of pedigree reconstruction in evaluating the kinship of progenies of clonal seed orchards and improving breeding efficiency	Paraskevi Alizoti
Experimental methodology for clonal forest genetic trials”	Isabel Carrasquinho
Post hoc experimental designs improve genetic trial analyses: A case study of cherrybark oak (Quercus pagoda Raf.) genetic evaluation in the western Gulf region	Chen Ding

 15.00 to 15:30 coffee break

 15.30 to 16:30 New approaches

The design Double Tree Plot	Olman Murillo
Role of phylogeographic structure and climate in modulating genetic and plastic changes and their interdependence in fitness traits of a widespread Mediterranean conifer	Jordi Voltas
Breeding program in Catalonia	Rut Sanchez Bragado

 16.30 to17.00 General discussion

 

29th November 2024

9.00 to 11.00.

CartograPlant: Cyberinfrastructure to help improve forest health and productivity in a changing climate	Irene Cobo
Functional variation of Pinus pinaster provenances growing under constrasting environments	Jose Alberto Ramirez- Valiente
Leaf spectroscopy reveals drought response variation in Fagus sylvatica saplings from across the species' range	Sofia van Moorsel
Tbc	Luis sampedro
Trade-offss in breeding	Jose Climent

 11.00 to 11.30. Coffee break

 11.30 to 13.00. Round table. Future of Forest genetic common gardens

 13.00 Close of the Workshop and Conclussions

 13.15 to 14.00. Lunch

                                                                                     REGISTRATION FORM

European Projects: OptFORESTS and FORGENIUS EU Projects.