#ForestGenetics #PlantScience #PostdocJobs #Epigenetics #FutureForests
In close collaboration with:
@lauraragni.bsky.social @hartman-plantlab.com @kleinevehnlab.bsky.social @chriswernerlab.bsky.social @kathrinblumenstein.bsky.social and other researchers @uni-freiburg.de
In close collaboration with:
@lauraragni.bsky.social @hartman-plantlab.com @kleinevehnlab.bsky.social @chriswernerlab.bsky.social @kathrinblumenstein.bsky.social and other researchers @uni-freiburg.de
May 22, 2026 at 2:05 PM
#ForestGenetics #PlantScience #PostdocJobs #Epigenetics #FutureForests
In close collaboration with:
@lauraragni.bsky.social @hartman-plantlab.com @kleinevehnlab.bsky.social @chriswernerlab.bsky.social @kathrinblumenstein.bsky.social and other researchers @uni-freiburg.de
In close collaboration with:
@lauraragni.bsky.social @hartman-plantlab.com @kleinevehnlab.bsky.social @chriswernerlab.bsky.social @kathrinblumenstein.bsky.social and other researchers @uni-freiburg.de
Our amazing ‘Team Ash’ has been working hard to overwinter >9000 critically endangered black ash seedlings: building a hoop house, tagging each individual, and monitoring #phenology #growth and more. Next spring these seedlings across multiple environments #conservation #restoration #forestgenetics
November 22, 2024 at 3:32 PM
Our amazing ‘Team Ash’ has been working hard to overwinter >9000 critically endangered black ash seedlings: building a hoop house, tagging each individual, and monitoring #phenology #growth and more. Next spring these seedlings across multiple environments #conservation #restoration #forestgenetics
Save the Date! The first ever joint conference between WFGA-SFTIC-NFGA is taking place June 23-27, 2025 in State College, PA #ForestGenetics2025 #forestgenetics #treebreeding #restoration #climateadaptation #restoration
September 24, 2024 at 8:28 PM
Save the Date! The first ever joint conference between WFGA-SFTIC-NFGA is taking place June 23-27, 2025 in State College, PA #ForestGenetics2025 #forestgenetics #treebreeding #restoration #climateadaptation #restoration
🧬🌲👩🔬 Had an amazing time sharing my research with curious minds at last month's Soapbox Science event in Québec!
Big thanks to the fantastic organizers and to everyone who stopped by to listen and ask questions.
#SoapboxScience #ScienceCommunication #Quebec #WomenInSTEM #ForestGenetics #Science
Big thanks to the fantastic organizers and to everyone who stopped by to listen and ask questions.
#SoapboxScience #ScienceCommunication #Quebec #WomenInSTEM #ForestGenetics #Science
July 3, 2025 at 3:10 PM
🧬🌲👩🔬 Had an amazing time sharing my research with curious minds at last month's Soapbox Science event in Québec!
Big thanks to the fantastic organizers and to everyone who stopped by to listen and ask questions.
#SoapboxScience #ScienceCommunication #Quebec #WomenInSTEM #ForestGenetics #Science
Big thanks to the fantastic organizers and to everyone who stopped by to listen and ask questions.
#SoapboxScience #ScienceCommunication #Quebec #WomenInSTEM #ForestGenetics #Science
🌲📡 Can laser scanning improve forest genetics?
This JFR study shows how terrestrial laser scanning supports accurate measurements and reliable genetic evaluations in Pinus taeda progeny trials.
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#JFR #ForestryResearch #ForestGenetics
This JFR study shows how terrestrial laser scanning supports accurate measurements and reliable genetic evaluations in Pinus taeda progeny trials.
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#JFR #ForestryResearch #ForestGenetics
Extraction of genetic test measurements from LiDAR cloud data - Journal of Forestry Research
Forest measurements, including genetic trials, have relied on traditional measurement methods, an approach affected by different types of errors. To assess genetic trials, Terrestrial Laser Scanning (...
link.springer.com
March 24, 2026 at 3:51 PM
🌲📡 Can laser scanning improve forest genetics?
This JFR study shows how terrestrial laser scanning supports accurate measurements and reliable genetic evaluations in Pinus taeda progeny trials.
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#JFR #ForestryResearch #ForestGenetics
This JFR study shows how terrestrial laser scanning supports accurate measurements and reliable genetic evaluations in Pinus taeda progeny trials.
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#JFR #ForestryResearch #ForestGenetics
🌲 Did you know #EUFORGEN hosts a collection of webinars on #ForestGenetics & #Resilience?
🌍 From stone pines facing pests to genetic diversity & ash dieback resistance, top experts share insights for sustainable #ForestManagement
Explore all the recordings here 👉 www.euforgen.org/resources/we...
🌍 From stone pines facing pests to genetic diversity & ash dieback resistance, top experts share insights for sustainable #ForestManagement
Explore all the recordings here 👉 www.euforgen.org/resources/we...
August 22, 2025 at 3:06 PM
🌲 Did you know #EUFORGEN hosts a collection of webinars on #ForestGenetics & #Resilience?
🌍 From stone pines facing pests to genetic diversity & ash dieback resistance, top experts share insights for sustainable #ForestManagement
Explore all the recordings here 👉 www.euforgen.org/resources/we...
🌍 From stone pines facing pests to genetic diversity & ash dieback resistance, top experts share insights for sustainable #ForestManagement
Explore all the recordings here 👉 www.euforgen.org/resources/we...
Paper out! New insights into #Quercusrobur past demographic dynamics in the core of the Mediterranean basin
#CNR_IBBR #forestgenetics #pedunculateoak @consbiog.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1111/ddi....
#CNR_IBBR #forestgenetics #pedunculateoak @consbiog.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1111/ddi....
May 19, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Paper out! New insights into #Quercusrobur past demographic dynamics in the core of the Mediterranean basin
#CNR_IBBR #forestgenetics #pedunculateoak @consbiog.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1111/ddi....
#CNR_IBBR #forestgenetics #pedunculateoak @consbiog.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1111/ddi....
🌿Join the 3rd Summer School on Adapting Forests to Climate Change with a special focus on Assisted Migration🌿
📅28 July – 1st August 2025
📍FAST -Traunkirchen Forestry Training Centre, of BFW, Austria
➡️ www.iufro.org/courses-and-...
#ClimateChange #AssistedMigration #SummerSchool #ForestGenetics
📅28 July – 1st August 2025
📍FAST -Traunkirchen Forestry Training Centre, of BFW, Austria
➡️ www.iufro.org/courses-and-...
#ClimateChange #AssistedMigration #SummerSchool #ForestGenetics
March 19, 2025 at 12:09 PM
🌿Join the 3rd Summer School on Adapting Forests to Climate Change with a special focus on Assisted Migration🌿
📅28 July – 1st August 2025
📍FAST -Traunkirchen Forestry Training Centre, of BFW, Austria
➡️ www.iufro.org/courses-and-...
#ClimateChange #AssistedMigration #SummerSchool #ForestGenetics
📅28 July – 1st August 2025
📍FAST -Traunkirchen Forestry Training Centre, of BFW, Austria
➡️ www.iufro.org/courses-and-...
#ClimateChange #AssistedMigration #SummerSchool #ForestGenetics
🌲The key to Europe's forests surviving climate change? It's in their DNA. Genetic diversity is nature's insurance against drought, fire & disease.
Discover why diverse forests are more resilient in the latest #OptFORESTS newsletter 👇 #HorizonEU #ForestGenetics
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Discover why diverse forests are more resilient in the latest #OptFORESTS newsletter 👇 #HorizonEU #ForestGenetics
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OptFORESTS News #6 - July 2026
Don't miss the latest news from the Horizon Europe OptFORESTS project, focused on the management and sustainable use of forest genetic resources to foster more resilient forests!
mailchi.mp
July 27, 2026 at 10:07 AM
🌲The key to Europe's forests surviving climate change? It's in their DNA. Genetic diversity is nature's insurance against drought, fire & disease.
Discover why diverse forests are more resilient in the latest #OptFORESTS newsletter 👇 #HorizonEU #ForestGenetics
mailchi.mp/e6672f032da6...
Discover why diverse forests are more resilient in the latest #OptFORESTS newsletter 👇 #HorizonEU #ForestGenetics
mailchi.mp/e6672f032da6...
Finalizing our European collections of naturalized green ash populations with Katha Budde and Gregor Unger along the Danube and Elbe rivers in Austria and Germany. So excited to learn from these trees! What can invasions tell us of adaptation in forest trees? #forestgenetics
September 8, 2024 at 7:34 AM
Finalizing our European collections of naturalized green ash populations with Katha Budde and Gregor Unger along the Danube and Elbe rivers in Austria and Germany. So excited to learn from these trees! What can invasions tell us of adaptation in forest trees? #forestgenetics
#Plant-Herbivore-Interactions
#Oak tree #transcriptomes respond differently to attacks by generalistic or specialistic herbivores. A new paper from our long-term partnership with #BirgitKersten, #HilkeSchroder & #MalteMadee from @thuenen.de Institute #ForestGenetics, @andreaghirardo.bsky.social
#Oak tree #transcriptomes respond differently to attacks by generalistic or specialistic herbivores. A new paper from our long-term partnership with #BirgitKersten, #HilkeSchroder & #MalteMadee from @thuenen.de Institute #ForestGenetics, @andreaghirardo.bsky.social
Modulation of the leaf transcriptome of Quercus robur by specialist and generalist herbivorous insects
Abstract. Plants deploy complex transcriptional responses to herbivores, yet, differences in the responses to generalist versus specialist insects, especia
academic.oup.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:44 PM
#Plant-Herbivore-Interactions
#Oak tree #transcriptomes respond differently to attacks by generalistic or specialistic herbivores. A new paper from our long-term partnership with #BirgitKersten, #HilkeSchroder & #MalteMadee from @thuenen.de Institute #ForestGenetics, @andreaghirardo.bsky.social
#Oak tree #transcriptomes respond differently to attacks by generalistic or specialistic herbivores. A new paper from our long-term partnership with #BirgitKersten, #HilkeSchroder & #MalteMadee from @thuenen.de Institute #ForestGenetics, @andreaghirardo.bsky.social
🌲 How does genetic diversity shape Europe’s #forests?
EUFORGEN’s videos highlight the role of #ForestGenetics in resilience and adaptation, featuring 30 years of work, afforestation in #Iceland and unique black pines in Lesvos.
📽️ Explore our resources: www.euforgen.org/resources/vi...
EUFORGEN’s videos highlight the role of #ForestGenetics in resilience and adaptation, featuring 30 years of work, afforestation in #Iceland and unique black pines in Lesvos.
📽️ Explore our resources: www.euforgen.org/resources/vi...
August 19, 2025 at 3:41 PM
🌲 How does genetic diversity shape Europe’s #forests?
EUFORGEN’s videos highlight the role of #ForestGenetics in resilience and adaptation, featuring 30 years of work, afforestation in #Iceland and unique black pines in Lesvos.
📽️ Explore our resources: www.euforgen.org/resources/vi...
EUFORGEN’s videos highlight the role of #ForestGenetics in resilience and adaptation, featuring 30 years of work, afforestation in #Iceland and unique black pines in Lesvos.
📽️ Explore our resources: www.euforgen.org/resources/vi...
Check out my latest paper: link.springer.com/article/10.1... @springernature.com key message: Provenances show a high phenotypic plasticity and the ability to grow beyond the cold treeline. Local is best can still be applied. #futureforests #treeline #climatechange #forestgenetics #whitespruce
Is local the best? Phenotypic plasticity vs local adaptation in a reciprocal transplant experiment with white spruce in Alaska - Trees
Key message Provenances show a high phenotypic plasticity and the ability to grow beyond the cold treeline. Local is best can still be applied. Abstract Boreal forests situated in high latitudes face ...
link.springer.com
May 6, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Check out my latest paper: link.springer.com/article/10.1... @springernature.com key message: Provenances show a high phenotypic plasticity and the ability to grow beyond the cold treeline. Local is best can still be applied. #futureforests #treeline #climatechange #forestgenetics #whitespruce
Further insights into the past dynamics of #Piceaabies at its southern distribution limit
#Norwayspruce #CNR_IBBR #forestgenetics #Campolino
doi.org/10.1016/j.re...
#Norwayspruce #CNR_IBBR #forestgenetics #Campolino
doi.org/10.1016/j.re...
May 2, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Further insights into the past dynamics of #Piceaabies at its southern distribution limit
#Norwayspruce #CNR_IBBR #forestgenetics #Campolino
doi.org/10.1016/j.re...
#Norwayspruce #CNR_IBBR #forestgenetics #Campolino
doi.org/10.1016/j.re...
Drone laser scanning reveals loblolly pine crown directionality tracks solar radiation and genotype, with southern light-foraging boosting stem volume. #RemoteSensing #ForestGenetics #Phenomics
Details: doi.org/10.34133/pla...
Details: doi.org/10.34133/pla...
August 24, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Drone laser scanning reveals loblolly pine crown directionality tracks solar radiation and genotype, with southern light-foraging boosting stem volume. #RemoteSensing #ForestGenetics #Phenomics
Details: doi.org/10.34133/pla...
Details: doi.org/10.34133/pla...
Position Announcement : Assistant/Associate Professor
"Forest Genetics, Genomics, & Tree Breeding"
At the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia
Application deadline: 1 March 2026
www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/464...
#ForestGenetics #ForestScience #ForestResearch
"Forest Genetics, Genomics, & Tree Breeding"
At the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia
Application deadline: 1 March 2026
www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/464...
#ForestGenetics #ForestScience #ForestResearch
February 5, 2026 at 10:36 AM
Position Announcement : Assistant/Associate Professor
"Forest Genetics, Genomics, & Tree Breeding"
At the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia
Application deadline: 1 March 2026
www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/464...
#ForestGenetics #ForestScience #ForestResearch
"Forest Genetics, Genomics, & Tree Breeding"
At the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia
Application deadline: 1 March 2026
www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/464...
#ForestGenetics #ForestScience #ForestResearch
Monte Orsaro (ORS), one of the beautiful but highly endangered silver fir populations in the northern Apennines, which we studied in 👉 doi.org/10.1007/s109...
#Abiesalba #silverfir #forestgenetics #CNR-IBBR #TuscanEmilianApennineNationalPark
#Abiesalba #silverfir #forestgenetics #CNR-IBBR #TuscanEmilianApennineNationalPark
April 5, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Monte Orsaro (ORS), one of the beautiful but highly endangered silver fir populations in the northern Apennines, which we studied in 👉 doi.org/10.1007/s109...
#Abiesalba #silverfir #forestgenetics #CNR-IBBR #TuscanEmilianApennineNationalPark
#Abiesalba #silverfir #forestgenetics #CNR-IBBR #TuscanEmilianApennineNationalPark
The forests of the future are being planted in Spain right now. 🌱
Two new #OptFORESTS common garden trials at CNRGF Valsaín: 5,000+ trees across 3+ hectares, testing which species and provenances thrive under climate change.
www.optforests.eu/news-and-med...
#ForestGenetics #ClimateAdaptation
Two new #OptFORESTS common garden trials at CNRGF Valsaín: 5,000+ trees across 3+ hectares, testing which species and provenances thrive under climate change.
www.optforests.eu/news-and-med...
#ForestGenetics #ClimateAdaptation
New OptFORESTS common garden trials established in Spain
Two new forest genetic trials at the National Centre for Forest Genetic Resources of Valsaín will help assess how European forest species and provenances adapt to a changing climate.
www.optforests.eu
July 13, 2026 at 9:14 AM
The forests of the future are being planted in Spain right now. 🌱
Two new #OptFORESTS common garden trials at CNRGF Valsaín: 5,000+ trees across 3+ hectares, testing which species and provenances thrive under climate change.
www.optforests.eu/news-and-med...
#ForestGenetics #ClimateAdaptation
Two new #OptFORESTS common garden trials at CNRGF Valsaín: 5,000+ trees across 3+ hectares, testing which species and provenances thrive under climate change.
www.optforests.eu/news-and-med...
#ForestGenetics #ClimateAdaptation
🌱Vietnam’s clonal trials: 42 Acacia hybrid clones across 3 ecological regions over 5 years show strong genetic control, clear genotype–environment interactions, and top performers for growth and stem quality.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#JFR #ForestryResearch #Acacia #ForestGenetics 🍁🌺🌱🌿
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#JFR #ForestryResearch #Acacia #ForestGenetics 🍁🌺🌱🌿
December 9, 2025 at 1:07 PM
🌱Vietnam’s clonal trials: 42 Acacia hybrid clones across 3 ecological regions over 5 years show strong genetic control, clear genotype–environment interactions, and top performers for growth and stem quality.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#JFR #ForestryResearch #Acacia #ForestGenetics 🍁🌺🌱🌿
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#JFR #ForestryResearch #Acacia #ForestGenetics 🍁🌺🌱🌿
🌿Join the 3rd Summer School on Adapting Forests to Climate Change with a special focus on Assisted Migration🌿
📅28 July – 1st August 2025
📍FAST -Traunkirchen Forestry Training Centre, of BFW, Austria
➡️ www.iufro.org/courses-and-...
#ClimateChange #AssistedMigration #SummerSchool #ForestGenetics
📅28 July – 1st August 2025
📍FAST -Traunkirchen Forestry Training Centre, of BFW, Austria
➡️ www.iufro.org/courses-and-...
#ClimateChange #AssistedMigration #SummerSchool #ForestGenetics
April 24, 2025 at 6:59 AM
🌿Join the 3rd Summer School on Adapting Forests to Climate Change with a special focus on Assisted Migration🌿
📅28 July – 1st August 2025
📍FAST -Traunkirchen Forestry Training Centre, of BFW, Austria
➡️ www.iufro.org/courses-and-...
#ClimateChange #AssistedMigration #SummerSchool #ForestGenetics
📅28 July – 1st August 2025
📍FAST -Traunkirchen Forestry Training Centre, of BFW, Austria
➡️ www.iufro.org/courses-and-...
#ClimateChange #AssistedMigration #SummerSchool #ForestGenetics
🌿Join the 3rd Summer School on Adapting Forests to Climate Change with a special focus on Assisted Migration🌿
📅28 July – 1st August 2025
📍FAST -Traunkirchen Forestry Training Centre, of BFW, Austria
➡️ www.iufro.org/courses-and-...
#ClimateChange #AssistedMigration #SummerSchool #ForestGenetics
📅28 July – 1st August 2025
📍FAST -Traunkirchen Forestry Training Centre, of BFW, Austria
➡️ www.iufro.org/courses-and-...
#ClimateChange #AssistedMigration #SummerSchool #ForestGenetics
May 20, 2025 at 7:00 AM
🌿Join the 3rd Summer School on Adapting Forests to Climate Change with a special focus on Assisted Migration🌿
📅28 July – 1st August 2025
📍FAST -Traunkirchen Forestry Training Centre, of BFW, Austria
➡️ www.iufro.org/courses-and-...
#ClimateChange #AssistedMigration #SummerSchool #ForestGenetics
📅28 July – 1st August 2025
📍FAST -Traunkirchen Forestry Training Centre, of BFW, Austria
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#ClimateChange #AssistedMigration #SummerSchool #ForestGenetics
The FORGENIUS-powered relaunch of EUFGIS is here 🌍
More data. Better tools. Stronger conservation.
Europe’s forests are ready for the future. 🌲🧬
🔗 eufgis.org
Find out more: www.forgenius.eu/news/post/ma...
#EUFORGEN #FORGENIUS #ForestGenetics #Biodiversity
More data. Better tools. Stronger conservation.
Europe’s forests are ready for the future. 🌲🧬
🔗 eufgis.org
Find out more: www.forgenius.eu/news/post/ma...
#EUFORGEN #FORGENIUS #ForestGenetics #Biodiversity
To navigate this website, you can click directly to the links below, or search the navigation menu.
eufgis.org
November 18, 2025 at 3:22 PM
The FORGENIUS-powered relaunch of EUFGIS is here 🌍
More data. Better tools. Stronger conservation.
Europe’s forests are ready for the future. 🌲🧬
🔗 eufgis.org
Find out more: www.forgenius.eu/news/post/ma...
#EUFORGEN #FORGENIUS #ForestGenetics #Biodiversity
More data. Better tools. Stronger conservation.
Europe’s forests are ready for the future. 🌲🧬
🔗 eufgis.org
Find out more: www.forgenius.eu/news/post/ma...
#EUFORGEN #FORGENIUS #ForestGenetics #Biodiversity
New genomic resources for the wild service tree (former #Sorbustorminalis, now #Torminalisglaberrima) produced within the @forgenius-eu.bsky.social project!
#CNR-IBBR #forestgenetics #transcriptome
#CNR-IBBR #forestgenetics #transcriptome
De Novo transcriptome assembly and annotation of the wild service tree Sorbus torminalis (L.) Crantz - BMC Research Notes
Objectives The wild service tree, Sorbus torminalis (L.) Crantz, is a sub-Mediterranean forest tree species native to Europe, Asia Minor, Caucasus and north-western Africa. Despite its ecological and ...
bmcresnotes.biomedcentral.com
April 3, 2025 at 6:50 AM
New genomic resources for the wild service tree (former #Sorbustorminalis, now #Torminalisglaberrima) produced within the @forgenius-eu.bsky.social project!
#CNR-IBBR #forestgenetics #transcriptome
#CNR-IBBR #forestgenetics #transcriptome
📢 PhD #opportunity in #ForestGenetics & #ClimateAdaptation!
@inrae-france.bsky.social’s Mediterranean Forest Ecology Research Unit with Aix-Marseille University is offering two fully funded PhD positions on genetic adaptation in European forest trees!
Learn more ➡️ www.forgenius.eu/news/post/tw...
@inrae-france.bsky.social’s Mediterranean Forest Ecology Research Unit with Aix-Marseille University is offering two fully funded PhD positions on genetic adaptation in European forest trees!
Learn more ➡️ www.forgenius.eu/news/post/tw...
Two PhD opportunities in forest genetics and climate adaptation at INRAE Avignon
Two PhD positions at INRAE Avignon explore genetic adaptation in oak and beech trees, focusing on phenology, climate resilience, and forest population vulnerability.
www.forgenius.eu
June 16, 2025 at 11:19 AM
📢 PhD #opportunity in #ForestGenetics & #ClimateAdaptation!
@inrae-france.bsky.social’s Mediterranean Forest Ecology Research Unit with Aix-Marseille University is offering two fully funded PhD positions on genetic adaptation in European forest trees!
Learn more ➡️ www.forgenius.eu/news/post/tw...
@inrae-france.bsky.social’s Mediterranean Forest Ecology Research Unit with Aix-Marseille University is offering two fully funded PhD positions on genetic adaptation in European forest trees!
Learn more ➡️ www.forgenius.eu/news/post/tw...
🌲 Join us in the joint OptFORESTS–EUFORGEN two-part webinar Detecting genetic decline: From theory to practice on 6–7 Nov 2025. Explore when and how to act to protect genetic diversity in forests and beyond.
👉 Register: www.optforests.eu/news-and-med...
#ForestGenetics #Biodiversity #HorizonEU
👉 Register: www.optforests.eu/news-and-med...
#ForestGenetics #Biodiversity #HorizonEU
Joint OptFORESTS-EUFORGEN webinar: Detecting genetic decline – from theory to practice
6 & 7 November 2025 (two hours each day). Online
Day 1: 6 November, 13:00–15:00 CET Day 2: 7 November, 11:00–13:00 CET
www.optforests.eu
October 1, 2025 at 2:21 PM
🌲 Join us in the joint OptFORESTS–EUFORGEN two-part webinar Detecting genetic decline: From theory to practice on 6–7 Nov 2025. Explore when and how to act to protect genetic diversity in forests and beyond.
👉 Register: www.optforests.eu/news-and-med...
#ForestGenetics #Biodiversity #HorizonEU
👉 Register: www.optforests.eu/news-and-med...
#ForestGenetics #Biodiversity #HorizonEU