36th Southern Forest Tree Improvement Conference (SFTIC)
36th Southern Forest Tree Improvement Conference
Overcoming Tree Improvement Bottlenecks with New Technologies
June 7 - 9, 2021
Virtual Conference
About SFTIC: 
The Southern Forest Tree Improvement Committee (SFTIC) is the de facto professional organization of tree improvement specialists throughout the southeastern United States. SFTIC has organized and coordinated tree improvement activities and has sponsored studies including the first quantification of geographic variation in the southern pines (the South-wide Southern Pine Seed Source Study). The Southern Forest Tree Improvement Conference organized by SFTIC has met biannually for 70 years to exchange information and to discuss current research and future needs. The 36th Southern Forest Tree Improvement Conference will be our first virtual conference.
Learn more at www.sftic.org
Who should attend?
This SFTIC is designed to bring together those actively engaged in applying forest tree genetics and genomics to improve tree breeding practices for enhanced genetic gain in adaptive and productivity traits. A particular focus this year will be application of new technologies to help forest geneticists and breeders overcome the challenges of working with the genetic improvement of woody perennials.
If your work focuses on using applied genetics, genomics and biotechnology for genetically improving forest trees you should attend the conference!
Conference participants include:
• Forest Geneticists and Tree Breeders
• Forest Biotechnologists
• Forest Entomologists and Tree Pathologists
• Tree Physiologists and Silviculture Researchers
• Tree Improvement managers
• Tree Nursery and Seed Orchard managers
• Procurement foresters/Forestry consultants/Forest landowners
• Academic scientists, and post-doctoral, graduate and undergraduate students
• Forest products retailers and wholesalers
• Forest industry professionals
• State and Federal forestry professionals
Conference Contact:
Scott A Merkle
smerkle@uga.edu
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