Research in Use, Improvement and Conservation of Tree Genetic Resources

 

Domestication and breeding can provide very significant benefits to rural livelihoods and wise use and conservation of forest genetic resources support sustainable economic and environmental development.

 

Our objective is to improve the livelihood of people in developing countries by improving their options for choice of tree reproductive material. To do so we work within the following three integrated areas:

 

• How do we improve tree grower’s access to genetic material of trees?

• How do we efficiently domesticate tree species for small-holders and other tree growers with limited resources?

• How do we conserve tree genetic resources of many species with limited knowledge and resources?

Through conservation of genetic resources, material will be available for future use. Through domestication we can improve harvests and products from the trees, and through improved seed distribution, farmers may get access to better material and thus better crops.

 

Researchers Lars Graudal Head of Research   Erik Dahl Kjær Professor   Ole Kim Hansen Associate Professor   Jon Kehlet Hansen Senior Researcher   Jens-Peter Barnekow Lillesø Senior Adviser   Søren Moestrup Special Consultant    Anders Ræbild Senior Adviser   Lars Holger Schmidt Senior Consultant   Lene Rostgaard Nielsen Senior Researcher   Ida Theilade Senior Researcher

PhD Students Kristin Marie Lassen   Paulo van Breugel   Ida Hartvig Larsen   Haby Sanou   Moussa Ouedraogo   Adama Korbo   Zoewinde Henri-Noel Bouda

 

Collaboration

All our work is implemented in close collaboration with a large number of partners, including ICRAF, IER (Mali), INERA and CNSF (Burkina Faso), STCP (Ghana), KEFRI (Kenya) and TTSA (Tanzania.