Forest Genetics and Diversity: University of Copenhagen

Big congratulations to Dr. Feng Long, who successfully defended her PhD thesis yesterday on 'The Fraxinus excelsior Mycobiome,' shedding important light on the ash dieback disease. Well done, Dr. Long!

🎉 Congratulations to Kedra Mohammed Ousmael! 🎉

We are thrilled to announce that Kedra successfully defended her PhD yesterday on the topic: "Implementation of high-throughput DNA markers for efficient breeding tactics of forest tree species." She was supervised by Ole Kim Hansen and Jon Kehlet Hansen.

Kedra’s work has made a significant contribution to advancing forest tree breeding techniques, and we are incredibly proud of her achievements. Wishing her all the best in her future endeavors! 🌱🌍

Team FGD@ DHL Stafetten💪🏼🏃🏼‍♀️🏃🏃🏽‍♂️

Today Juan David Castillo Marin successfuly defended his Masters thesis with FGD on “Study of genetic variation in seed desiccation
impact on germination within and between
Quercus petraea and Quercus robur in
Denmark”. Congratulations👍🏼

Congratulations to Dr. Oulimata Diatta who did her PhD with FGD Group for winning the Best Poster Award at the the 26th IUFRO World Congress in Stockholm for her outstanding research on survival and growth of Acacia senegal provenances and their dependence on rainfall at the site of origin!

Team FGD @ DHL Stafetten 2022 🏃🏽‍♂️🏃🏃🏼‍♀️💪🏼

Yesterday, FGD’s Corrie Lynne Madsen successfully defended her PhD thesis ‘Forest Guard: Detection of invasive pathogens in Danish forests’. Congratulations🎓👏🏼🥂

Today Fatou Gning successfully defended her thesis:
“Ecophysiology of Sahelian agroforestry tree species and their adaptive potential: Rooting architecture and water storage”

Congratulations🎓🥂👏🏼👏🏼

“Higher temperature during somatic embryogenesis triggers earlier budburst in Nordmann fir emblings”
New open access article from FGD's Albin Lobo, Jon Kehlet Hansen, Anders Ræbild & Erik Dahl Kjær

Effect of temperature and osmotic stress during somatic embryogenesis on phenology and physiology of abies nordmanniana emblings Epigenetic modification induced during embryogenesis can serve as a mechanism for rapid adaptation of plants to climate change, especially for long li…

FGD news from Galapagos Islands Rostgaard Nielsen

The genomic basis of the plant island syndrome in Darwin’s giant daisies Oceanic archipelagos comprise multiple disparate environments over small geographic areas and are isolated from other biotas. These conditions have led to some of the most spectacular adaptive radiations, which have been key to our understanding of evolution, and offer a unique chance to characteris...

New article on poplyploidy in Acacia senegal by Adja Madjiguène Diallo, Erik Dahl Kjær, Anders Ræbild & Lene Rostgaard Nielsen

Coexistence of diploid and polyploid Acacia senegal (L. Willd.) and its implications for interploidy pollination - New Forests Polyploidy is an important mechanism in angiosperm diversification and evolution. Polyploidization can lead to speciation when the chromosome doubling prevents interbreeding between coexisting cytotypes. In the case of Acacia senegal, different ploidy levels have been reported but the degree and imp...

Latest article from FGD's Lene Rostgaard Nielsen and Chatchai Kosawang on the infection biology of ash dieback disease.

Host–Pathogen Interactions in Leaf Petioles of Common Ash and Manchurian Ash Infected with Hymenoscyphus fraxineus Some common ash trees (Fraxinus excelsior) show tolerance towards shoot dieback caused by the invasive ascomycete Hymenoscyphus fraxineus. Leaf petioles are considered to serve as a pathogen colonization route to the shoots. We compared four common ash clones with variation in disease tolerance, and...