IUFRO Tree Biotechnology Conference 2015

This year's IUFRO Tree Biotechnology Conference, Forests: the importance to the planet and society will be held from June 8th to 12th in Florence, Italy, including an EVOLTREE workshop on 10th June.

The IUFRO Tree Biotechnology Conference is held every two years and is the official meeting of the IUFRO Working Group 2.04.06 (Molecular biology of forest trees). The year 2015 is the thirtieth anniversary of its initial gathering in 1985 in the U.S. (Avon Lake, Ohio), and for the first time organized in Italy, returning to Europe after 8 years. It is estimated that approximately 300 delegates from 50 countries will participate the Tree Biotechnology Conference being the major international forum to present and discuss new developments and ideas related to the current state and future of research in genetics, genomics and biotechnology in the forestry.

EVOLTREE is holding a workshop during this conference on Wednesday, June 10th. More information about this session will be available soon.

For more information about the conference, visit its website: http://www.treebiotech2015.it/

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