Name
Poster Session #1 & Social
Date & Time
Monday, June 2, 2025, 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Description

 

🔹 Odd-Numbered
 

1. A multiomics approach to understanding pathogen response and resistance to Lecanosticta acicola in loblolly pine.
Zachary Bragg (University of Georgia), Rhys Eshleman, Katie McKeever, Jane Stewart, Helen Bothwell, Caterina Villari
 

3. An improved oxalic acid leaf assay used to select wild American chestnuts for breeding against blight resistance.
Clint Morse (Citizen Scientist), Jared Quesenberry
 

5. Balancing growth and defense: Investigating morphological traits in progeny of lodgepole pine attacked by mountain pine beetle.
Lucas Iwamoto (University of Alberta), Kira Vanderveen, Marion Mayerhofer, Jeffrey Kiely, Aryn Laxton, Colleen Fortier, Janice Cooke
 

7. Characterizing lodgepole pine candidate mountain pine beetle host quality genes.
Raymond Kwok (University of Alberta), Mohana Talasila, Samuel Beck, Colleen Fortier, Samson Osadolor, Marion Mayerhofer, R. Glen Uhrig, Janice Cooke
 

9. Comparing lodgepole pine defence responses against mountain pine beetle and Grosmannia clavigera.
Duowen Pu (University of Alberta), Colleen Fortier, Marion Mayerhofer, Houtan Vafaeifard, Samson Osadolor, Janice Cooke
 

11. Current status and future prospects of genetic improvement of pinewood nematode resistance of Pinus densiflora seedlings in Japan.
Masakazu Iwaizumi (Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute)
 

13. Forest tree resistance programs of the U.S.
Kathleen McKeever (USDA Forest Service), Richard Sniezko, Jennifer Koch, Carolyn Pike, Arnaldo Ferreira
 

15. FraxNet: A EUPHRESCO project to unite researchers in restoring ash tree populations.
Elizabeth Orton (John Innes Centre)
 

17. Impacts of elevated CO₂ on interactions with root microbes for enhanced oak growth and defence against pathogens.
Rosa Sanchez-Lucas (University of Birmingham), Yi Di, Emma Platt, Victoria Pastor
 

19. Interactive effects of genetics and environment on Douglas fir seedling responses to drought and extreme temperature conditions.
Carlos Gonzalez-Benecke, Esther Andrade Meirelles, Deny Nopri, Emily Von Blon (Oregon State University)
 

21. Pedigree reconstruction of Fraser fir families to facilitate Christmas tree breeding.
John Bagwell (North Carolina State University), Jesse Hickman, Angela Chiang, Ross Whetten, Justin Whitehill
 

23. Quantification of heritable variation in multiple lodgepole pine chemical and physical traits that contribute to defense against mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae).
Michael Howe, Alvin Yanchuk (BC Ministry of Forests), Kimberly Wallin, Kenneth Raffa
 

25. Turning invasive pests against themselves – protecting trees with anti-pest-specific treatments.
C. Dana Nelson, Andrew Groover, Tyler Dreaden, Anna Conrad (USDA Forest Service), Cornelia Wilson, Lynne Rieske-Kinney, Ellen Crocker, Flavia Pampolini, Thomas Michaels, Carolyn Hanrahan, Teaghan McAllister, Mojtaba Zamani Faradonbeh, Douglass Jacobs, Carolyn Pike
 

27. Unraveling the mycobiome: investigating fungal communities in symptomatic and asymptomatic giant sequoias.
Blessing Durodola (University of Freiburg), Emma Lührs, Frederik Siebert, Kathrin Blumenstein

 

Location Name
Vernon Lodge - Grand Ballroom
Full Address
Prestige Vernon Lodge & Conference Centre
3914 32 Street
Vernon BC V1T 5P1
Canada
Session Type
Session