Abstract:

ESTABLISH addresses the impact of recultivation of land under arid climatic conditions, on eroding and saline soils by reforestation. To enable economically feasible afforestation, to recreate favorable microclimatic conditions and for wood production in stressful environments, stress-tolerant tree species will be identifIed in the genus Populus using combinations of molecular, ecophysiological and morphological markers and by testing these markers in established field plots. New plantations will be implemented and already existing plantations of Quercus and Eucalyptus will be extended. The tools developed by ESTABLISH can be used for conventional and biotechnological breeding programmes. Propagation protocols for genotypes with desired properties and genomic markers will be available for practical use.

Contacts

Coordinator

• Andrea POLLE / Forstbotanisches Institut GERMANY

EC Scientific Officer

• Ignacio SEOANE / European Commission DG Research Theme 1 Key Action 5.3 / BELGIUM

Participant

• Dimitar DJILIANOV / AgroBioInstitute BULGARIA
• Jean-Francois HAUSMAN / CREBS Unit Research LUXEMBOURG
• Arie ALTMAN / Hebrew University of Jerusalem Faculty of Agriculture / ISRAEL
• Erwin DREYER / INRA Nancy FRANCE
• Joao PEREIRA / Universidade Tecnica de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia / PORTUGAL
• Jaakko KANGASJARVI / University of Helsinki Institute of Biotechnology / FINLAND
• Giuseppe E SCARASCIA MUGNOZZA / University of Tuscia Department of Forests / ITALY
• Douglas GODBOLD / University of Wales, Bangor School of Agricultural and Forest Sciences / UNITED KINGDOM