Forest Bioresources Department
Forest Tree Improvement and Biotechnology Division
Forest Tree Improvement and Biotechnology Division has carried out researches on the improvement of economic tree species and contributes to the enhancement of the economic values of forest tree resources and its adaptation to climate change.
Improvement of economic tree species
Conducting researches on the selection of plus trees, the establishment of breeding populations, genetic tests and selection of superior genetic materials for an advanced generation.
- Plus tree selection
Plus tree selection
- Creation of breeding population
Creation of breeding population
- Growth survey using ICT equipment
Growth survey using ICT equipment
Enhancement of carbon absorption capacity and environmental functionality of forest trees
Conducting researches on biological responses to environments of forest trees, improvement of biomass productivity of tree species, development of new variety.
- Introduction of promising exotic tree species
Introduction of promising exotic tree species
- Development of new poplar variety
Development of new poplar variety
- Phytobiome analysis
Phytobiome analysis
Genetic Engineering
Conducting research on omics such as genomics, transcriptomics and metabolomics, discovering and characterizing useful genes, transformation, genome editing.
- Genome editing process
Genome editing process
- Low-lignin poplar
Low-lignin poplar
- Isolated testing field for genome-edited tree
Isolated testing field for genome-edited tree
Clonal Propagation
Developing various in vitro technologiess such as cell and organ culture, somatic embryogenesis.
- Initiation of embryogenic tissue
Initiation of embryogenic tissue
- Induction of somatic embryo
Induction of somatic embryo
- Mass production of somatic plant (clone)
Mass production of somatic plant (clone)