Program

Monday 20 | Tuesday 21 | Wednesday 22

Monday 20 April 2009

  9:00am Welcoming Address
     

Keynote addresses
  9:20am Economics & Breeding
Dr Robert Banks, Meat & Livestock Australia
  10:00am Genomics of terpenoid chemical diversity in conifer defense
Prof. Joerg Bohlmann, University of British Columbia
  10:40am Morning Tea
  11:00am Genetic diversity studies using DNA technologies – the story unfolding.
Dr Margaret Byrne, Department of Environment and Conservation
     

Solidwood session 1
  11:40am Solidwood Corporate Paper
Greg Linsley-Noakes, Forest Enterprises Australia
  12:00pm Economics of Clonal Development and Deployment for Solid Wood
Dr Christine Dean, Weyerhaeuser
  12:40pm Lunch
  1:40pm Trials and tribulations of genetic gain assessment in tree improvement programs
Michael Powell, Southern Tree Breeding Association
  2:00pm Multi-trait selection in clonal tests of Pinus elliottii x P. caribaea var. hondurensis
Mark Dieters, University of Queensland
  2:20pm Effect of selection method on genetic correlation and gain in a two trait selection scheme
Harry Wu, Commonwealth Science and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia
  2:40pm Genetic variation in traits influencing Radiata pine structural timber production
Jeremy Brawner, Commonwealth Science and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia
  3:00pm Prediction of breeding values across different cross types, selection histories and clonal replication in Picea abies L. (Karst).
Greg Dutkowski, PlantPlan
  3:20pm Afternoon Tea
  3:40pm Genetic parameters of tree selection criteria in a Eucalyptus nitens progeny trial
David Blackburn, University of Tasmania
  4:00pm Phenotypic & Genetic Variation in Wood Colour in Australian Blackwood (Acacia melanoxylon RBr.)
Gordon Bradbury, University of Tasmania
  4:20pm Changeover
     
  Short presentation session
  4:30pm Enhancement of Khaya senegalensis (African mahogany) tree improvement outcomes in Australia through base population development and expansion
Geoff Dickinson, Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries Queensland
  4:35pm Variation in wood properties in a spotted gum (Corymbia citriodora subsp. variegata) provenance seedling seed orchard
Kevin Harding, Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries Queensland
  4:40pm Genetic improvement of Sydney Blue Gum (Eucalyptus saligna) for the Plantation Sawlog Industry in South-Western Western Australia
Liz Barbour, Forest Products Commission
  4:45pm Genetic Parameter Estimates for Growth and Stem Form in a 9-Year Old Clonal Tests of Teak (Tectona grandis Linn. f.) in Java
Eko Hardiyanto, Gadjah Mada Univestity, Indonesia
  4:50pm Genetic and environmental influences on capsule retention of control pollinated Eucalyptus globulus flowers
Sally Collins, ITC Limited
  4:55pm A novel gel-based method for isolation of stigmas during controlled pollination experiments
Tasmien Horsley, Sappi
  5:00pm Relationships and population structuring amongst Red Mahoganies
Son Le, Southern Cross University
  5:05pm Advances in our knowledge of the Eucalyptus globulus (bluegum) gene pool
Rebecca Jones, University of Tasmania
  5:10pm Pulpwood quality characterisation of Eucalyptus globulus plus trees selected from commercial plantations in south west Western Australia
Allie Muneri, Oji Paper Company Limited
  5:15pm Genetics and site affect growth and wood quality of spotted gum (C. citriodora subsp. variegata)
Jun Lan, Southern Cross University
  5:20pm Variation in, and genetic control of wood and dissolving pulp properties of Eucalyptus dunnii and the potential economic impact at the mill
Gert Van den Berg, Sappi
  5:25pm Genotype by environment interaction in Pinus radiata within NSW
Carolyn Raymond, Southern Cross University
  5:30pm CLOSE

Tuesday 21 April 2009

Pulp session
  8:20am The Profitable Pulp Mill
Dr Charlie Clarke, Sappi
  8:40am Purpose Grown Forest Plantations: The Importance of Wood Quality Decisions
Dr Jeff Wright, ArborGen
  9:20am Genetic parameters for Eucalyptus globulus kraft pulp yield
Des Stackpole, University of Tasmania
  9:40am Why investigate association mapping for the improvement of plantation species in Australia?
Peter Ades, University of Melbourne
  10:00am Genotyping of young trees for kraft pulp yield can shorten generation interval in Eucalyptus globulus
Greg Dutkowski, PlantPlan
  10:20am Morning Tea
  10:40am Nucleotide variation and selection patterns at wood quality candidate genes in Eucalyptus globulus Labill
Gerd Bossinger, University of Melbourne
  11:00am Association of allelic variation in xylem genes with wood properties in Eucalyptus nitens (Deane & Maiden)
Simon Southerton, Commonwealth Science and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia
  11:20am Modeling aggregates of different genotypes in genetic evaluation of forest species
Li Li, University of New England
     

Solidwood session 2
  11:40am Improving initiation, genotype capture and family representation in somatic embryogenesis of Pinus radiate D. Don
Cathy Hargreaves, Scion New Zealand
  12:00pm Breeding Radiata Pine to Maximise Profits by Mitigating Climatic and Biotic Risks
Milosh Ivkovic, Commonwealth Science and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia
  12:20pm Lunch
  1:20pm Making sense of genotype x environment interaction of Pinus radiata in New Zealand
Tim McDonald, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
  1:40pm Optimal deployment of genetic gains in wood quality across Southern Australian radiata pine plantations
Washington Gapare, Commonwealth Science and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia
  2:00pm Quantitative vs molecular structure in native provenances of Pinus radiata D. Don
Carolyn Raymond, Southern Cross University
  2:20pm Association genetics reveal candidate gene SNPs affecting wood properties in Pinus radiata (D. Don)
Shannon Dillon, Commonwealth Science and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia
  2:40pm Mapping the Genetic Diversity of Khaya senegalensis
Gary Sexton, Universtiy of Queensland
  3:00pm Afternoon Tea
  3:20pm Genetic Association Studies in Blackbutt (Eucalyptus pilularis)
Tim Sexton, Southern Cross University
  3:40pm Selecting hardwood varieties for fibre production in Queensland's subtropics
David Lee, Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries Queensland
  4:00pm Modeling wood quality using random regression splines
Luis Apiolaza, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
  4:20pm Estimation of hedonic prices for structural wood attributes of radiata pine in New Zealand
Rosa Alzamora, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
  4:40pm CLOSE
  5:00pm Research working group 1 meeting
Is there a need for a national genetic certification scheme in forestry?
Dr Tony MacRae, Southern Tree Breeding Association

Wednesday 22 April 2009

Environmental session
  8:20am Environmental Corporate Paper
Tony Jack, Sustainable Forest Management
  8:40am Developing commercial trees for saline land
 Dr Elizabeth Barbour, Forest Products Commission
  9:20am Identifying deployment zones for Eucalyptus camaldulensis X E. globulus and X E. grandis hybrids using Factor Analytic modelling of genotype by environment interaction
Craig Hardner, University of Queensland
     

Extractives session
  9:40am Applying Biotechnology to Innovation in Value-added Wood Extractive Product Development
Dr Simon Potter, Commonwealth Science and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia
  10:00am Understanding the key to heartwood oil production in sandalwood
Dr Christopher Jones, University of Western Australia
  10:20am Morning Tea
     

Pulp session 2
  10:40am Optimal allocation of seedlots to stands improves forest profitability
Richard Kerr, Southern Tree Breeding Association
  11:00am Site classification to account for genotype by environment interaction in E. globulus
David Pilbeam, Southern Tree Breeding Association
  11:20am How dense is my Blue Gum? Methods to predict whole-tree wood density for genetic gain estimation in Eucalyptus globulus
Nigel England, ITC Limited
  11:40am Comparison of genetic effect on growth and wood quality of E.urophylla in second generation trials to parents in first generation progeny trials
Jun Lan, Southern Cross University
  12:00pm The Influence of Site, Age and Genetics on Pulp Yield and Wood Chemistry of Eucalyptus dunnii
Michael Henson, Forests NSW
  12:20pm Lunch
  1:20pm Wrap-up
  2:30pm CONFERENCE ENDS
  3:00pm Post conference tour departs