IUFRO Working Party 2.02.15
The Breeding and Genetic Resources of Five-Needle Pines
Conference in Yangyang, Korea
22-26 September 2008
  The Conference welcomes presentations on quantitative and molecular genetics, resistance to diseases and pests, hybridization, selection and improvement, genecology and conservation genetics in all five-needle pines. The conference will comprise presentations on all these aspects as well as excursions to the natural stands of Pinus Koraiensis in Sorak and Odae mountains. A visit to the seed orchard of P. Koraiensis will be included. A special presentation on the Korean effort to control white pine blister rust by eradication of Ribes is also scheduled.  
  You are kindly invited to attend the Conference to be held between September 22-26, 2008, in Yangyang, Korea. The meeting is co-hosted by the IUFRO Working Party 2.02.15 Breeding and Genetic Resources of five-needle pines, the Korean Forest Research Institute, and the Society for Korean White Pine.

The Working Party last held a conference in Valiug, Romania, on September 16-23, 2006. There were about 40 registered participants in attendance from 9 countries, enabling good interaction in a very successful meeting in a region with active genetic research on three species of five-needle pines.

The tentative Fee for the Conference will be around
261,000(Won) or 288 US Dollars as of Nov. 2007.

Before
June 30, 2008
200 Euros
After
June 30, 2008
220 Euros
Guest/Students/Post Docs
100 Euros


The EURO as well as US dollars are the currencies that can be transferred as the FEE to the bank account. The same currency must be paid at the Conference Registration Desk. No other currency will be received.

Download a MS Word Registration Form, fill it out and return as per instructions.


   
 
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  Local contact: Dr. E.W. Noh,
Biotechnology Division,
Department of Forest Genetic Resources
Korea Forest Research Institute, Suwon 441-847
Republic of Korea
Tel.: 82-31-290-1161
Fax: 82-31-290-1020
e-mail: ewnoh@forest.go.kr
 
 
Ministry contact: John King.
Updated November 23, 2007