CFCG RESEARCH PROJECTS
Here we have posted summaries of all the CFCG research projects, both completed and ongoing. They are organized by research topic and can be viewed using the project menus for the topic areas of: Climate Data, Adaptation to Climate, Hybrid Zones and Adaptation, Species Projects, and Strategies for Gene Conservation. Some of these projects are part of AdapTree (2011 to 2014) and CoAdapTree (2016 to present – a Large Scale Applied Project funded by Genome Canada, Genome BC, Genome Quebec, Genome Alberta, BC Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resources, the Forest Genetics Council of BC, and many more sponsors ).
CURRENT RESEARCH TOPICS
1. CoAdapTree: Healthy trees for future climates
- Using tree and pathogen genomics to inform climate based seed transfer for Douglas-fir, Lodgepole pine, western larch and jack pine (CoAdapTree website)
- Climate adaptation in Douglas-fir (CFCG project summary)
- Climate adaptation in western larch (CFCG project summary)
2. Whitebark disease resistance for conservation
- Phenotyping of seedlings to determine family effects for white pine blister rust resistance
- Determine geographic and climate variables that may influence rust resistance
- Assess effectiveness of natural rust inoculation compared to controlled inoculation (CFCG project summary)
3. AdapTree: Assessing the adaptive portfolio of restoration stocks for future climates
- Using genomics to inform climate based seed transfer for Lodgepole pine and interior spruce (AdapTree website)
- Mapping potential gene flow in pine and spruce (CFCG project summary)
- Evaluating the genome-wide effects of selective breeding on adaptive diversity in reforestation seedlots for future climates (CFCG project summary)
- Understanding the genomic impacts of hybridization in interior spruce (CFCG project summary)
- Assisted gene flow to facilitate local adaptation to climate (Aitken and Whitlock 2013)
4. Climate BC & Climate WNA
- Visit the Climate BC/Climate WNA website for the newest updates and publications.