Plantations of genetically improved forest trees are critical for economic sustainability in
forestry. This review summarizes gains in objective traits and the resulting economic impact …

Plantation‐grown trees have to cope with an increasing pressure of pest and disease in the
context of climate change, and breeding approaches using genomics may offer efficient and …

Economic Evaluations of Tree Improvement for Planted Forests: A Systematic Review Page 1
Abstract This paper reviews the literature on the economic evaluations of tree improvement for …

Intensive plantation forestry is a potent strategy for forest managers to increase wood
production on a smaller forest land acreage, especially with the use of genetically improved …

Planting food trees within local parks and other public urban green areas is starting to gain
in popularity as a strategy to enhance the sustainable development of cities. However, the …

Breeding in the most of the Baltic Sea region countries has been used as an important tool
to improve target traits of forest trees for more than 60 years. Its basis is an extensive plus …

Substantial investments in tree breeding for coastal Douglas-fir in British Columbia are
projected to lead to significant volume gain at rotation age. Recent research shows growth …

The financial viability of using improved seed material of Scots pine was assessed in Finnish
conditions. Based on a few dozen field trials, a range of genetic gains for height growth was …

Forest genomics is a relatively recent research field and is often poorly understood both by
the public and forest managers. Genomics in forestry, an expansion of forest biotechnology …

The timber producing forest land-base in Alberta, Canada, is decreasing due to the increase
in allocation of land to other uses such as agriculture, infrastructure, energy development …