Summary

• A brief introduction

Progress HIGHLIGHTS

Activity 1 - Climate adaptation

• Douglas-fir
• Western larch and jack pine
• Comparative transciptomics

Activity 2 - Disease resistance

• Dothistroma and pine

  Inoculation of resistant and susceptible

  Inoculation pilot study

  Host gene expression

  Genome-wide association

• Swiss needle cast and Douglas-fir

  Host gene expression

  Phenotyping

Activity 3 - Pathogenicity zones

• Genomics of Dothistroma
• Genomics of Swiss needle cast
• Outbreak risks for Dothistroma
• Outbreak risks for Swiss needle cast

Activity 5 - Societal dimensions

• Public perceptions
• Barriers to novel tools