IUFRO Working Party 2.09.01 Seed Orchards
A seed orchard conference will be arranged May 2012 in Turkey.
On the IUFRO web the unit is at http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-2/20000/20900/20901/
Next conference is planned May 2012.
How seed orchards were reflected by the IUFRO world conference 2010
The working party arranged a conference September 8-11, 2009 in Jeju Island, Korea.
About the Unit
The main scope is to facilitate exchange
of information on the research and progress of seed orchards and seed crops.
Seed orchards are the link between research and breeding towards better forests,
and better forests help in solving future problems of the World, like shortage
of raw materials, energy, global warming and sustainability. Scientific research
for improving seed orchards and discussion for sharing experiences and progress
are keys to that goal. This research group draws together those interested in
research and management strategies concerning genetics of seed orchards,
management of seed production, flowering, seed physiology and technology,
injuries and protection, economics, seed dormancy, testing and storage; impact on seed orchards on
ecosystems on landscapes and national level, and conservation.
State of Knowledge
Seed orchards are in much of the world
the main supplier of forest generation material, and the use of seed orchard
seed as well as their quality is continuously rising. They are much discussed on
local levels, but less on international meetings. As they seldom are regarded as
fancy futuristic research objects, their development draws rather little
attention, and the development occurring is not well spread and discussed.
IUFRO wants to development guidelines, and conducts a survey for forest managers (The survey in English <https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/9L22T2Q> ) about views and perceptions on factors that limit the ability of forest managers to prepare for and respond to climate change. They invite you to participate if you feel as a manager of any type (e.g. seed orchard manager)
More information at this website
Office holders
Seed orchard PhD thesis are awarded by IUFRO!
Literature about seed orchards
Links to seed orchard related activities
News about the
working party and seed
orchards the most actual news stands on this place, but not forever. Please, email news you want posted here to Dag Lindgren
Business meeting 090910
Notes from a constitutionary Business Meeting 070927
History of the Seed Orchard Working Party since its formal formation (Oct 2008).
The WP has initiated a book about seed orchards and the book is now in structuring
http://www-genfys.slu.se/staff/dagl/SeedOrchardResearchGroup/ note that we were informed that we were a research group and I do not want to change the link.
About importance of seed orchards
IUFRO Division 2 structure: http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-2/ , for statutes of IUFRO go to membership first
Historic about the formation of the seed orchard Working Party
A short popularized abstract of Finnvid Prescher thesis was presented at the combined conference and dissertation dinner. It is suggested it is used at future Seed Orchard meeting dinners, it may become the official hymn of the WP.
This web
This web is managed by Dag Lindgren on behalf of
the WP and is more informative than the web on the IUFRO site. I retired
formally Sept 09 and it is uncertain how long or with what intensity this web
will be managed or even if it remains, and this does not depend only on me but
also on support from my former employer. I encourage the WP to find another
place for a web. When this site or parts of it may be copied to to the new web
but that is not under my control. If that does not happen, this WP site will
hopefully be reasonable well maintained till the 2012 meeting and I will probably keep my
email till that. You are welcome to email about or to this web to Dag Lindgren.
You may want to get news posted or improvements in text or structure or
links or you may have literature to add. I will be so happy to hear from you.