Purdue University
Department of
Forestry and
Natural Resources
Future Forests: Emerging Physiological and Genetic Technologies 
Program
 
Revised:
May 7, 2007
North American Forest Biology Workshop
May 20-23, 2007
Hosted by Purdue University Department of Forestry and Natural Resources
Bloomington Convention Center
Bloomington, Indiana, USA

Program  (subject to change)
All times are Eastern Daylight Time
Sunday, May 20   
5:00- 8:00 pm Registration and poster setup, Bloomington Convention Center
6:00- 8:00 pm Evening Reception, Bloomington Convention Center
 
Monday, May 21
 
7:00-7:45 Breakfast Buffet 
7:00 am Registration, Bloomington Convention Center
7:00 – 9:30 am Poster setup
9:45                       Posters up for viewing (posters come down at 9:00 pm Tuesday)
 
Monday General Session – Morning (speakers in bold)
 
8:00 am

Opening and Welcome, Rick Meilan, Program Chair

8:15-9:00

“A proposed research program regarding the ecological and population genetics effects of transgenic trees”
Author(s): Peter Farnum and Richard Meilan

9:00-9:45 "Genome guided approaches to advances in forest tree physiology"
Author(s): C. Dana Nelson and Kurt H. Johnsen
9:45-10 Break/Posters
10-10:45 "The benefits of tree biotechnology"
Author: Maud Hinchee, ArborGen
10:45-11:30 “Large-scale Varietal Forestry”
Author: John Pait, Senior Vice President of Business Development, CellFor
Corporation
11:30-12:15 “Nanotechnology for the forest products industry”
Author: Theodore H. Wegner
12:15-1:00 Lunch/Posters
 
Monday General Session – Afternoon
 
1:00-1:30  “Field establishment of transgenic American chestnut: A milestone on the path to blight resistance”
Author(s): Charles A. Maynard, William A. Powell, and Linda D. McGuigan
1:30-2:00 “New insights and old lessons in the conservation genetics of butternut and the       pathology of butternut canker disease”
Author(s): Keith Woeste, Mike Ostry, and Amy Ross-Davis
2:00-2:30 “Carbohydrate-related genes and cell wall biosynthesis in vascular tissues of loblolly  pine”
Author(s): Campbell J. Nairn, Denise Lennon, Alicia Wood-Jones, and Jeffrey F.D.                         Dean
2:30-2:45 Break/Posters
2:45-3:15 “Effects of the decline of the American chestnut and different management techniques on genetic diversity of northern red oak in western North Carolina”
Author(s): Stephanie Grant and Laura DeWald
3:15-3:45 “Developing a sustainable source of Canada yew biomass for drug production: Plantation research in Ontario”
Author(s): Thomas L. Noland, Mamdouh Abou-Zaid, Ron Smith, and Stewart Camero
n
3:45-4:15 

“Development of oak regeneration in the central Appalachians”
Author(s): Songlin Fei, Kim C. Steiner, and James C. Finley

4:15-4:30 Break/Posters
4:30-5:00 “Artificially-induced short-day treatments during culture of Pseudotsuga menziesii     seedlings alters dormancy release and transplant root proliferation at varying rhizosphere temperatures”
Author(s): Douglass F. Jacobs, Anthony S. Davis, Barrett C. Wilson, R. Kasten
Dumroese, and Rosa C. Goodman
5:00-5:30 “Physiological and morphological responses of Quercus rubra seedlings to mid-summer photoperiod manipulation during nursery culture”
Author(s): Anthony S. Davis and Douglass F. Jacobs
 
Tuesday, May 22 
 
7:00-7:45 am Breakfast Buffet
8:00-4:30 Field tour of hardwood forests and industry in the region. See Field Trips for specific   information
(Lunch provided to field tour participants only)
5:30- 6:30 pm Reception
6:30-8:00 Banquet
Keynote speaker: Allen Pursell, Interior Low Plateau Director, The Nature Conservancy in Indiana
"Expecting the unexpected: How conservation management decisions can produce   unexpected results" 
9:00   Poster takedown 
 
Wednesday, May 23 (morning only)
 
7:00-7:45 Breakfast Buffet
8:00-8:30 “Forest carbon storage in the upper Midwest: Connecting the past with the future”
Author(s): Christopher M. Gough, Peter S. Curtis, Christoph S. Vogel, and Hans Peter Schmid
8:30-9:00 “Carbon translocation patterns associated with new root proliferation during episodic  growth of transplanted Quercus rubra seedlings”
Author(s): Joshua L. Sloan and Douglass F. Jacobs
9:00-9:30 “Mechanisms of carbon capture and loss from young Pinus taeda L. varieties that differ in leaf efficiency with nutrient and organic matter manipulation”
Author(s): Michael C. Tyree, John R. Seiler, and Chris A. Maier
9:30- 9:45 Break
9:45- 10:15 “Environmental factors and associated stand variables influencing soil CO2 efflux across the commercial range of loblolly pine”
Author(s): Benjamin S. Templeton, John R. Seiler, Randolph H. Wynne, and Thomas R. Fox
10:15-10:45   “Cumulative nitrogen use efficiency after 14 years of annual nitrogen application in      Sandhills site”
Author(s): T.J. Albaugh, H.L. Allen, and T.R. Fox
10:45- 11:15 “Development of beech bark disease resistant American beech (Fagus grandifolia)”
Author(s): Jennifer L. Koch, David W. Carey, and Mary E. Mason
11:15-11:45 "Twelve years of response of diverse families of loblolly pine to fertilization"
Author(s): Steve McKeand, Jesus Espinoza, Ben Smith, Lee Allen, and Jim Grissom
11:45 - 12:00 Closing Remarks