IUFRO Working Party 2.02.15 The Breeding and Genetic Resources of Five-Needle Pines Conference in the Southern Carpathians - Vãliug, Romania 16-23 September 2006 Preliminary Program before Indoor Sessions Saturday September 16 (For the participants arriving at Bucharest) Schedule All day 19:00-21:00 Topic All participants will be waited for and taken to the Gheorghita Guest House which belongs to the Ploiesti Forest State Administration. This House is 25 km. distant from Bucharest but transport and accommodation for about 10 participants is free of charge. It is expected that less than 10 people will arrive at Bucharest. First Icebreaker offered by the Ploiesti Forest State Administration. Sunday September 17 (For the participants arriving at Bucharest) Schedule 07:30-08:00 08:00-17:00 Breakfast 17:00-17:30 Provided Topic Hosted by the Ploiesti Forest State Administration at the Gheorghita Guest House. Departure by bus from Gheorghita - arrival at Timisoara. (Route: Bucharest-Pitesti-Ramnicul Valcea-Sibiu-Deva Lugoj-Timisoara). Accommodation (free of charge) at the Pischia Guest House (that belong to the Timisoara Forest State Administration) together with the arrivals at Timisoara. Sunday September 17 (For the participants arriving at Timisoara) Schedule All day 19:00-21:00 Topic Participants arrive at the Timisoara International Airport. All participants will be waited for, taken to and accommodated free of charge at the Pischia Guest House (that belong to the Timisoara Forest State Administration). First icebreaker offered by the Timisoara Forest State Administration to all joined participants. Monday September 18 (For all participants) Schedule 7:30-08:00 Breakfast Provided 08:00-10:00 10:00-12:00 12:00-13:00 13:00-19:00 Lunch On your own FirstField Trip 19:00-21:00 Dinner Provided. Topic At the Pischia Guest House (Hosted by the Timisoara Forest State Administration). Departure by bus / arrival at Valiug (Route: Lugoj-Caransebes-ResitaValiug). Accommodation at the Claris Hotel and Registration. Visiting a Pinus strobus x P. wallichiana F1 hybrid factorial trial at age 19 years after planting and a natural beech stand. These stands are close to the Claris Hotel. Offered by the Valiug Forest District. Tuesday 19: Indoor Session at Valiug, Claris Hotel. Schedule 08:00-09:00 Theme Breakfast 09:00-09:15 Open Conference Opening Session Provenance session Provenance session Provenance session Coffee 09:15-09:30 09:30-09:55 09:55-10:20 10:20-10:45 10:45-11:00 11:00-11:25 Population genetics 11:25-11:50 Population genetics 11:50-12:15 Population genetics 12:15-12:40 Population genetics 12:40-14:10 Lunch 14:10-14:35 Population genetics Molecular genetics Molecular genetics 14:35-15:00 15:00-15:25 15:25-15:50 15:50-16:05 16:05-16:30 16:30-19:00 Speaker On your own. J.N. King, Moderator I. Blada Plenary Session Topic Romsilva representative J.N. King Forestry in Romania. R.Th. Klumpp On the Geographic Variation of Pinus cembra in the Alpine Mountains. Results in P. strobus and P. peuce Provenance Trials. J. Gracan Provided. D.V. Politov, Moderator E.W. Noh, J.S. Lee, Y.I. Choi, M.S. Han, Y.S. Yi, and S.U. Han M.M. Belokon, D.V. Politov, and Yu.S. Belokon E.A. Petrova, S.N. Goroshkevich, D.V. Politov, M.M. Belokon, and Yu.S. Belokon M.M. Belokon, D.V. Politov, and Yu.S. Belokon On your own. A.K.M. Ekramoddoullah, Moderator M. Teodosiu Welcome to Working Party meeting. Provenance Variation in North American Species of 5-Needle Pines. Rearrangement of Chloroplast Genome in Pines. Contrasting Patterns of Spatial Genetic Differentiation in Two East Asian Five-needle pine Species, Pinus koraiensis and P. armandii. Genetic Structure and Mating System in Hybrid Zone between Pinus sibirica and Pinus pumila. Comparative Analysis of Genetic Variation in Two East Asian pine Species, Pinus koraiensis and P. armandii. Genetic Variation in some Swiss Stone pine Populations from the Carpathians as Determined by Isozyme Analysis. A.Ekramoddoullah Molecular Mapping of the Pinus monticola Cr2 Gene using AFLP and J.-J. Liu and SCAR Markers. D.V. Politov, Allozyme Variation in Swiss Stone pine, Pinus cembra L. and M.M. Belokon, Siberian Stone pine, P. sibirica Du Tour and Yu.S. Belokon Molecular P. Zhelev, D. Outcrossing Rates in a Natural Stand and in a Seed Orchard of Pinus genetics Gömöry, L. Paule peuce Griseb. Coffee Provided Miscellaneous K. Ishii, Yoshihisa Micropropagation of an Endangered Species Pinus armandii var. session Hosoi, Emilio amamiana. Maruyama, and Seiichi Kanetani A.H. Alexandrov, Genetic resources of Macedonian pine (Pinus peuce Griseb.) Poster V. Andonovski, session and D. Pandeva V.S. Akimov and Intra-Stand Variation of Cone Structure and Seed Production in S.N. Goroshkevich Siberian Stone Pine: Pattern and Use for Breeding. A.G. Popov and S.N. Goroshkevich S.U. Han, K.S. Kang, C.S. Kim, T.S. Kim,J.H. Song D.V. Politov, Ya.V. Pirko, N.N. Pirko, E.A. Mudrik, and I.I. Korshikov O. Bender and T.I. Rudnik A.P. Zotikova, and T.I. Rudnik A. Zotikova and G. Vasilieva M.S. Yamburov, S.N. Goroshkevich S.A. Krivets and E. Korovinskaya. 19:00-21:00 Dinner S.A. Krivets and E. Korovinskaya. Provided Juvenile Phase of Seedling Development in Six Eurasian 5-needle Pine Species: Pattern and Character of Interspecific Differences. Effect of Top-Pruning in a Clonal Seed Orchard of Pinus koraiensis. Analysis of mating system in two East Carpathian populationsof Pinus cembra L. Variability of Needle Structure in Siberian Stone Pine in a Provenance Plantation. Variability of Photosynthetic Parameters of Pinus sibirica Du Tour Needles under Changing Climatic Factors. Photosynthesis and Respiration in the Needle of Pinus Sibirica Du Tour, Pinus Pumila (Pall.) Regel. and their Hybrids Witches’-brooms in Siberian Stone Pine as Somatic Mutations and Initial Genetic Material for Breeding of Nut-bearing and Ornamental Cultivars The Intensity of Colonization of Siberian Stone Pine Trees in the Clone Archive from Tomsk Oblast by Pineus cembrae (Insecta, Phylloxeridae). The Phytophagous Insects in the Siberian Stone Pine Clone Archive from Tomsk Oblast (Russia, West Siberia). Hosted by Valiug Forest District. Wednesday 20: Indoor Session at Valiug, Claris Hotel Schedule 08:00-08:30 Theme Breakfast 08:30-08:55 Quantitative genetics Quantitative genetics Quantitative genetics Quantitative genetics Quantitative genetics Coffee 08:55-09:20 09:20-09:45 09:45-10:10 10.10-10.35 10:35-10.50 10:50-11:15 11:15-11:40 11:40-12:05 12.05-12.30 12:30-14:30 Speaker On your own. I. Blada, Moderator J.N. King R.A. Sniezko I. Blada R.A. Sniezko K.S. Kang Provided R.A. Sniezko, Moderator Conservation M. Thapliyal, O. Singh, N. Bahar and R.K. Srivastava Conservation S.N. Goroshkievich, A.G. Popov and G.V. Vasilieva Miscellaneous S.N. Velisevich, session E.A. Petrova, M.M. Belokon, and D.V. Politov I. Popa and Z. Kern Lunch On your own Plenary Session Topic Genetic Models for Resistance to the Exotic White Pine Blister Rust in Native North American Species of 5-Needle Pines. Family Variation in White Pine Blister Rust Resistance in Five North America White Pines – Experiences in Oregon. Results after 21 Years of Testing in a Pinus strobus x P. wallichiana F1 Hybrid Population. Rust Infection and Survival of 49 Pinus monticola Families at a Field Site Seven Years after Planting. General Combining Ability for Volume Growth of Open-Pollinated Progenies of Korean Pine (Pinus koraiensis). Seed Source Variation and Conservation of Pinus wallichiana in India. Ecological and Morphological Studies in Hybrid Zone Between Pinus sibirica and Pinus pumila. Start of Reproduction and Allozyme Heterozygosity in Siberian Stone Pine (Pinus sibirica Du Tour) under Different Techniques of Artificial Forest Stand Establishment. Climate-growth Relationship of Pinus cembra at Timberline in Calimani Mts. (Romania). 14:30-14:55 14:55-15:20 15:20-15.45 15.45-15.55 15.55-16.00 16:00-16:30 19:30 Moderator R.Th. Klumpp, Miscellaneous C.-H. Bae, J.-M. session Song, C.-W. Kim, J.-H. Song, S.-U. Han, T.-H. Shim, J.-S. Yi Quantitative I. Blada and F. genetics Popescu Original S. Radu presentation J.N. King Break Business Meeting Dinner Provided Comparison of Seed Component between Stem-Pruned and UnPruned Trees in Korean White Pine (Pinus koraiensis) Seed Orchard. Diallel Crossing in Pinus cembra: V. Analysis of Genetic Variation at Age 15. Dr. Radu Stelian as Father of the Eastern White pine in Romania. Closing remarks. Short break Working Group Future Objectives -Discussion. Hosted by Valiug Forest District. Thursday 21: Field Trips Schedule 07:30-08:00 08:00-11:30 Breakfast Field trip Field Trip 11:30-12:30 Refreshments Provided 12:30-17:00 Field trip 17:00-18:00 19:00-21:00 Field trip Dinner On your own. Provided Departure to Valisor (70 km) to visit the Pinus strobus x P. peuce F1 hybrid factorial trial at age 19 years after planting. Snacks, including local drinks, in the vicinity of the trial offered by the Caransebes Forest District. Departure/arrival at the Costei (95 km) trial. Visit the Costei Pinus strobus x P. wallichiana and Pinus strobus x P. peuce F1 hybrid trials at age 21 years after planting. At the same place, Pinus strobus, P. peuce and P. cembra clonal collections will be visited. Departure/arrival at the Valea lui Liman Hotel for accommodation. Dinner offered by the Cosava Forest District. Friday 22: Field Trips Schedule 07:30-08:00 Breakfast Field Trip 08:00-14:30 Field trip 14:30-16:00 Refreshments Provided 16:00-19:00 19:00-21:00 Field trip Dinner Included in the Hotel cost Provided Departure/arrival at Cugir. Change the bus / take Land Rovers and depart for the Pinus cembra provenance trial (eight years old from planting) located at 1550 m elevation in the Surianu Mountains. (Total distance about 170 km). (Sandwiches will be served in between). A rich snack, not far from the trial, offered by the Cugir Forest District. Departure/arrival and accommodation at the Lutsch Hotel. Dinner offered by the Cugir Forest District.. Saturday 23: Field Trip Schedule 07:30-08:00 08:00-12:30 12:30-13:00 13:00-15:00 15:00-21:00 Field Trip Breakfast Field trip On your own. Departure/arrival at the Sibiu Forest Administration County where a welcome will be addressed by Mr Robert Blaj, general director followed by departure to Paltinis and visit the Pinus cembra full diallel trial laid out in the Cibinului Mts., at 1650 m elevation. Departure/arrival at Sibiu. Lunch offered by the Forest Administration of the Sibiu County. Field trip Lunch / Close Provided Conference On September 23, after the Conference finishes, the participants for whom departure takes place from Timisoara will be transported by bus to Timisoara and accommodated free of charge at Pischia Guest House. On the next day, they will be picked up by the organizers at the airport. Further Information The participants for whom departure takes place from Bucharest are kindly offered the following suggestions: (1). On September 23/24 to be accommodated in Sibiu; the organizers will make reservations upon request; (2). To accept a visit of the renowned Bruckenthal museum from the historical Sibiu town in the afternoon of the September 23; if possible; (3) On September 24, after breakfast, at about 8:30 a.m., departure to Bucharest; expected arrival time 13:00 p.m; bus provided by organizers; (4) Upon request, the organizers will make reservations at the CARO HOTEL; (5) Those who wish to visit Bucharest will benefit from the organizer’s help. *Photographs: Pinus albicaulis; Dr. I. Blada, Romania.